Readings

In addition to the book we are reading, Content (choose the PDF version because it has page numbers), your reading material will consist of various magazine articles about a variety of topics. You determine which ones you use as the basis for your essays! One of the three essays you write on these topics will be expanded into the research topic for your portfolio.

• "Murder by Craigslist"
• "The Killing Machines"
• "How Junk Food Can End Obesity"
• "How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?"
• "Home Economics: The Link Between Work-Life Balance and Income Equality"
• "The Girl Who Turned to Bone"
• "The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss"
• "The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men"
• "What If We Never Run Out of Oil?"
• "Learning to Live With Fossil Fuels"
• "How Not to Die"
• "Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity"
• "The Touch-Screen Generation"
• "How to Stop the Bullies"
• "The Robot Will See You Now"
• "Awakening"
• "The Web’s New Monopolists"
• "A Million First Dates"
• "The Case for More Guns (and More Gun Control)"
• "The Insourcing Boom"
• "Mr. China Comes to America"
• "Hacking the President's DNA"
• "General Failure"
• "The Writing Revolution"
• "Why Kids Should Grade Teachers"
• "Boys on the Side"
• "Why Women Still Can't Have It All"
• "The Perfected Self"
• "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely"

The following magazines have free and interesting reads:

• The Atlantic
• Wired Magazine
• The New Yorker
• New York Times Magazine
• Harper's Magazine
• The American Scholar
• Orion Magazine
• Mother Jones
• The Chronicle of Higher Education