The 9 Best Articles to Read at the Beach This Summer

You’re going to the beach, and you want to be entertained, but you don’t feel like lugging a giant hardcover book in your bag. Here are nine articles to save on your phone so you can read start-to-finish while working on your tan. 

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If you bingewatched all of season 2 of Queer Eye and now you're sad it’s over...

Read about one of the show’s stars Jonathan Van Ness, and his quest to take down toxic masculinity. (Washington Post)

If you can quote The Devil Wears Prada by heart...

Read about how verbal abuse in the fashion industry is going out of style—finally. (NY Magazine)

If you use oat milk in your coffee and almond milk in your cereal...

Read about the history of soymilk, which predated today’s alt-milk craze. (Serious Eats)

If you've recently hopped on the metal straw bandwagon...

Read about the advantages and ecological problems of disposable plastic straws. (The Atlantic)

If you're still mourning the loss of Anthony Bourdain...

Read The Wire creator David Simon’s funny and insightful tribute to his longtime friend. (The Audacity of Despair)

If you've ever passed by a Hooters and thought 'Why though?'...

Read about whether, in 2018, there’s still a place for Hooters and restaurants like it. (GQ)

If you watched—and adored—Ocean's 8...

Read about the trouble with Hollywood’s gender flips. (The New York Times Magazine)

If you're a reality TV fanatic...

Read about the rise and fall of one of the genre’s first programs, The Real World. (Longreads)

If it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Read a touching portrait of the children’s television icon Fred Rogers. (Hazlitt) 

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