By the time you read this, the NBA Playoffs will either be over or almost over, so you might want to start feeding your brain something besides novel-length think pieces on the societal repercussions of Draymond Green’s testicle-thwapping and graphics-laden statistical theorems proving that Steph Curry is the 34th incarnation of the Panchen Lama. Here are four of our best articles from the past two weeks to remind you that there is life after basketball:
- Sick of being a cubicle monkey at your high-paying programmer job? Joe Nguyen highlights the worst-of Craigslist in this monthly roundup of the weirdest job listings in the Bay.
- Assuming you’re not Donald Trump (does he read TBI?), you probably have the wherewithal not to call everyone who has (or appears to have) a Latino background “Mexican.” But unless you’re on the inside, you have no idea how complex an identity issue this can be. V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi writes eloquently about her experience as a Colombian growing up in San Francisco.
- It may be expensive to dress and look “professional,” but it’s always way worse for women. Gabriella Horowitz writes a heartrending essay on the brutal economics of being an average woman professional— think Erica Jong meets Freakonomics.
- Jackie Lam also delves into feminist Freakonomics, but with penises and dildos, posing a question that humankind has asked since time immemorial: should I attempt to get laid, or masturbate?
