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Outline Staff
The most memorable bathrooms of the decade
From seatless commodes in Italy to piss-filled sinks in New York City, these are the bathrooms that made us think.
How to pitch The Outline
A useful guide with examples.
Our favorite Outline stories of 2019
365 days of superlative content — how could we pick our most-loved pieces? Well, it was difficult, but we did.
The worst takes of the 2010s
The past decade had a lot of pieces that should have been left unpublished.
What we loved this week: The ‘X-Men’ comics are good again, ‘Blazing Chrome’ is a great ‘Contra’ successor, La Creme Apricots are a mystery fruit worth trying
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of July 29, 2019.
What we loved this week: ‘Chernobyl’ sends us down a rabbit hole, ‘Dark Souls 3’ is challenging fun, and... sports!
Here��s the entertainment that got us through the week of June 17, 2019.
What we loved this week: The comic brilliance of ‘French Exit,’ getting car advice at AutoZone, and... mashups
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of June 3, 2019.
What we loved this week: Quelle Chris made us smile, Eve Babitz made us appreciate Los Angeles, and dish racks made us do dishes
Here’s what got us through the week of May 20, 2019.
What we loved this week: The story of Wu-Tang, Tierra Whack goes hard on ‘Tim Westwood,’ Sally Rooney lives up to the hype
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of May 13, 2019.
What we loved this week: ‘Barry’ is absurdly good, The Mountain Goats are absurdly touching, fancy instant noodles are absurdly delicious
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of May 6, 2019.
What we loved this week: The big ‘Game of Thrones’ battle is better on second watch, baseball cures our boredom, Bard memes are extremely specifically funny
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of April 29, 2019.
What we loved this week: ‘NieR: Automata’ gets us back into gaming, ‘God of War’ lets us learn about masculinity, dirt feels... good
Here’s the entertainment that got us through the week of April 22, 2019.
Out Westeros Podcast, Season 1 Episode 0: Valar Dohaeris
The Out West team returns to discuss the new and final season of ‘Game of Thrones.’
Our favorite stories of 2018
Read ‘em again!
Turns out snails are Instagrammy as hell
Aleia Murawski’s use of snails and miniatures will rearrange your brain.
Early cyanotype prints feel like visions of an unrealized future
I’m blue, da-ba-di-da-ba-di. (Sorry.)
Medicine used to be so goth
It’s kind of incredible that we used to depict diseases as literal demons.
The aesthetics of tropical fish prove that nature is the best graphic designer
And these fish prove it.
Remembering the fantastic visions of Steve Ditko
The legendary comics artist has died at the age of 90.
Here are our favorite summer songs
The Outline’s staff on the songs of the season.
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 10: The real world
“This isn’t a dream, Dolores. This is a fucking nightmare.”
Massage your brain with some space gifs
Insert obligatory “Dude…. what if we’re just, like, ants” here.
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 9: The Teddinator
“I want the truth.” “Fuck you.”
These beautiful sculptures were too strange to last
The Mudflats Sculptures were an early victim of Bay Area development
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 8: Take my heart when you go
“We only update them when they die”: Big Mood 2018.
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 7: Ghost Nation, Woke Nation
“You and the hosts are something different. An original work. More just, more noble.”
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 6: Hat evidence
“I’m not going to let you stay here now and go out in some bullshit blaze of glory.”
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 5: what’s the WiFi password?
“You try writing 300 stories in three weeks.”
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 4: It’s lupus!
And other maladies, explained.
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 3: Two different tigers
Timelines: have you heard of them?
Out West Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Pee Tape World
The second episode of Westworld's second season puts hosts at odds but maybe explains the true purpose of the park.
Out West Podcast, Season 2 Episode 1: We are in a dream
The first episode of Westworld’s second season may answer a couple of questions, but it asks far more.
Out West Podcast ,Season 2 Episode 0: Everyone is a host
Westworld is back this week. Get ready to get weird.
Out West season 2: Coming soon
The podcast that investigates and unpacks Westworld’s biggest secrets is back. And it wants blood.
Here are our favorite love songs
The Outline’s staff on the songs that touch their hearts.
The Outline’s Favorite Outline stories from 2017
What were yours?
