Medium Rare

Our Favorite Medium Stories You May Have Missed

Welcome to our new weekly digest of the weird and wonderful from the Medium universe

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Here at GEN, it’s my job to scour Medium each day for fresh voices with compelling stories and unmatched expertise. Still, it’s a constant struggle to not get distracted, and sometimes you just have to go down that rabbit hole. Each week on Medium Rare, I’ll be sharing stories you might have missed that are definitely worth a second look. Got a suggestion for a piece we should feature? Pop it in the responses below!

• Mike Bloomberg thinks he can win over millennial voters with memes and meatballs. But Geraldine DeRuiter actually tested out his recipe and found that much like his candidacy, Bloomberg’s meatballs are a mess. DeRuiter gave a similar treatment to Mario Batali’s terribly timed sorry-not-sorry-for-being-a-creep cinnamon roll recipe in a viral story back in 2018, which won a James Beard award. This time around, she knows better than to actually follow the recipe instructions.
• A perfect explainer on how to properly drink bubble tea without finishing the tea before the bobas. It even includes cute little animated charts to help you optimize your boba-guzzling at the ideal rate and frequency. Give this story a goddamn…