Link Roundup #19: Warren's Ideas, Sexism in the Academy, Ketamine Trips, & Rihanna

Links I’ve Been Meaning to Read #19

Warren’s nonstop ideas reshape the Democratic presidential race — and give her new momentum [The Washington Post]
Sexism in the Academy: Women’s narrowing path to tenure [n+1] - Shoutout to Ann Friedman’s newsletter, which I love, and which is where I saw the link to this article
‘Useless Chaos Is What Fiction Is About’: Mavis Gallant & Jhumpa Lahiri [Granta]
The Banality of Empathy [The New York Review of Books]
The working witches of Los Angeles just want you to be your best self [LA Times]
Natural philosophy redux: The great split between science and philosophy must be repaired. Only then can we answer the urgent, fundamental problems [Aeon]
Ketamine trips are uncannily like near-death experiences [Aeon]
Rachel Kushner’s American Gothic: The Bestselling Author And National Book Award Finalist (Twice) Is Building Characters [Ssense]
MEET RIHANNA, THE SHY GAL* [Interview]