Wednesday Links!

This list o' links brought to you by comfy old t-shirts.

Recommended Reading:

Madeleine Aggeler at the Cut: [Content Note: Sexual harassment; misogynoir] Did Joe Biden Forget He Was There for the Anita Hill Testimony?

David Robson at Mosaic: [CN: Anaesthetic failure; descriptions of surgical trauma] This Is What It's Like Waking Up During Surgery (So, this happened to me when I was a kid during an oral surgery where I had four teeth pulled, and I didn't go to a dentist again for 30 years. It is torture and very traumatic. For anyone else who's had this experience, this piece may be triggering but it also may be validating.)

Nancy A. Nichols at Longreads: [CN: Familial abuse; addiction; racism] Memoirs of a Used Car Salesman's Daughter

May Jeong at Vanity Fair: The Untold Story Behind the Mysterious Disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the World's Biggest Movie Star

Cat Pausé at Friend of Marilyn: On the Year in Fat 2018

Guillem Balague with Juan Mata at BBC Sport: Juan Mata: Manchester United Midfielder on Common Goal, His Love of Poetry, and Football's Essence (Trust me that you don't have to care about soccer or Manchester United to enjoy this one! Juan Mata is just a really terrific and interesting human being.)

Angry Asian Man at AAM: Nathan Chen Wins World Figure Skating Championships

Anne Victoria Clark at Vulture: Keanu Reeves Gave His Fellow Stranded Plane Passengers a Tour of Bakersfield in a Van

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