Each week, we share the top five articles that caught our attention. Here are your must-reads, published here and abroad, for the week of August 6th 2018.
So long, sex shops!
Often considered to be shady, sex shops nonetheless went through a golden age. Peep shows, porn films and shelves full of erotic toys once made these boutiques a ton of money. How will they survive the digital age?
→ Read it on Rue89 (In French)
The rise of all-male beauty salons
Over the past ten years, salons dedicated exclusively to men’s beauty and grooming have been popping up on high streets all over Britain. But what does this trend mean for gender equality?
→ Read it on Elle
Wikipedia, the last bastion of reality
The culture wars are coming for the best utopian project of the early internet. Can Wikipedia survive the informational anarchy that’s disrupted the rest of media?
→ Read it on The Atlantic
How Google auto-completes you
At what point will Google’s predictive technology grow so powerful that we begin thinking of its personalized recommendations as our own?
→ Read it on Fast Company
Can Food Network survive the Netflix effect?
Food Network was instrumental in creating the discerning foodie, who clamoured for increasingly better cooking programs on TV. More recently, Netflix has used this audience to create a variety of more creative and accessible foodie shows.
→ Read it on Grub Street
In your earbuds: Hey, cool job!
The Hey, cool job! podcast, hosted by writer Mary HK Choi, is very relevant in this age of freelance workers and other working nomads. From musicians to porn stars to paparazzi, Mary’s guests reveal why they chose such untraditional careers.
→ Listen to it on iTunes
Who to follow:
Adopted in 2012, Cheeto’s name nods to pop culture and flaming hot cheetos, both of which inspire her lifestyle and social presence. When she’s not working the camera, she’s playing laser tag or sleeping/hiding/daydreaming in her shark bed.
Photo: Antalya Sex Shop
