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 March 25, 2019.
Can you watch this video to the end?
You’ve seen the videos or maybe you’ve just avoided them… Dermatologists popping pimples, chiropractors cracking spines, aestheticians cutting away ingrown toenails. These “oddly satisfying” videos are creating a whole new wave of YouTube stars.
→ Read it on L’ADN. (French)
Finding comfort in childish fashion
Faced with financial stress and the death of the planet, beleaguered Millennials are seeking meaning anywhere they can find it. In an effort to soothe themselves, this generation is now investing in fashion and accessories that remind them of their youth.
→ Read it on WWD
Disney’s desert island
Disney World once owned a separate theme park on a private island called Discovery Island, but it was closed in 19999. Twenty years later, MattSonswa, a young YouTuber set off to explore the island with his camera.
→ Read it on This Is Insider
Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
This is the most common question posed by visitors to the Brooklyn Museum of Egyptian Art. Curator Edward Bleiberg, who oversees the museum’s extensive holdings, was surprised the first few times he heard this question. But then he started looking into it…
→ Read it on CNN
Aliens, America’s next religion
Whatever your personal beliefs, the aliens have landed—or at least they’re about to. In his new book “American Cosmic”, D.W. Pasulka explores how the once-fringe phenomenon of believing in little green men has taken root among the most powerful, and why.
→ Read it on The Outline
In your earbuds: Happier with Gretchen Rubin
In this this lively, thought-provoking podcast, best-selling author Gretchen Rubin and her sister Liz share practical (and manageable) advice about happiness and how to get more of it in your life.
→ Listen to it on Gretchen Rubin
Instagram fave: Jeanne RD
Jeanne takes you on an emotional and vivid trip across the many regions of Quebec with her clean and minimalist photography. A nature lover, Jeanne shows you the many travel treasures located close to home.
Photo: Gary Sandoz
