<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:14:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/longreads/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Hollywood Relentlessly Fails Women Directors]]></title><description><![CDATA[In what it names an “industry set up to fail them”, VICE goes beyond Hollywood and the Oscars and interviews female movie directors who participated to the popular Sundance festival.... in 2019, women]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dashroom/how-hollywood-relentlessly-fails-women-directors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dashroom/how-hollywood-relentlessly-fails-women-directors</guid><category><![CDATA[dlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dashroom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/yX2kCPo1MLz3zCXEGzZx9Gj37wt4wuyNng28fYNoPkrom6CrrqzcTcwV2TwKAURChgX1cQuC6ZwXmAzTFj5FZ3aRiA7QWwUhAkzCQUdUnvUhoFUjsmM4QJw4iUCBRbjPv5hsgFJtaWmaoFa13PAzEd4g6uTagavgBEVa92FuRMecqskfwsyYDnYMBGqSqrreyFAnNnPBPE8u8V?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checking in on the Masculinity Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calling the manosphere. This solid longread has a great look at the “masculinity crisis” and what better way to do so than by starting with one of the masculinity eminences, Peterson.Personally, I think]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dashroom/checking-in-on-the-masculinitycrisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dashroom/checking-in-on-the-masculinitycrisis</guid><category><![CDATA[dlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dashroom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDT13vqwAWGsy8z6tcuYTFtU7x8rpdvt4sMj9NiupMfiCiLCBSMEW4sYsp4ecEGNGjAyT3eDd4TFAZqA2V6SDv7JJ56PKCQyNy9ts?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-read: History of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Barter to Bitcoin and Beyond The concept of money has come a long way since the dawn of time. From trading physical commodities to paper currency, and now to digital assets, the value of money has]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@coinbundle/long-read-history-of-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@coinbundle/long-read-history-of-money</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[coinbundle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPdRJf3aYKSN9VFwrjXiZoXiipaMyqaaQeR7wNe9pmcLe2k1PM7ruRFNxaMVnvgW7R7DDgMU4Pg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Forward] Blockchain Just Isn’t As Radical As You Want It To Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, today I recommend a good article about blockchain cited from longreads.com, thanks for reading. Original link: Part of the original text: 'A blockchain is essentially a distributed database. 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A post in which he shares what he shared on other social media platforms, because]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dashroom/quantity-over-quality-what-and-how-often-do-you-share-on-steemit-what-s-your-noise-value-ratio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dashroom/quantity-over-quality-what-and-how-often-do-you-share-on-steemit-what-s-your-noise-value-ratio</guid><category><![CDATA[fknmayhem-tumbls]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dashroom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 06:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8JmY2kePz7vWemzqtr23tkYaCPZmaP94KZKodCBSQV3kgM2g99NwzcN6PGn548uaNDizHdsgA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Males De Facto Sexual Predators?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In these challenging times for us men, times of compulsory introspection with possible painful admissions, multiple times published author @yahialababidi asks a challenging question: "Does a sexual]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dashroom/are-males-de-facto-sexual-predators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dashroom/are-males-de-facto-sexual-predators</guid><category><![CDATA[fknmayhem-tumbls]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dashroom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/0x0/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2017/11/03/20/wire-1655624-1509740096-455_634x475.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Short stories you will be glad you read]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a couple of years now I have been posting short stories from free online sources, using the hashtags #fiction #longreads. 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What grounds it in a moment when you can say, “Okay -- this is where we are?” Or, to put this another way: why did Iowa Congressman Steve King think it was okay to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@evan.fleischer/against-the-moebius-strip-of-american-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@evan.fleischer/against-the-moebius-strip-of-american-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[evan.fleischer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 17:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLr5Y7bwxY4gEh8FyixCTmzYZKviXw4R1VmKRqfPZtsnYkDFzdy8BTvD9biwgprrvw3zQUmhHkZ6p1SxrZkp6f8jxqfzugBxU3gkVpRJECZTNf5GQP7E4sVhEG6CVvqajwEBY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatches #134: Crooked ladders, Antarctic expeditions and human sample kits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday, 8 December 2016 Welcome to Dispatches, a weekly summary of my writing, listening and reading habits. I'm Andrew McMillen, a freelance journalist and author based in Brisbane,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@andrewmcmillen/dispatches-134-crooked-ladders-antarctic-expeditions-and-human-sample-kits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@andrewmcmillen/dispatches-134-crooked-ladders-antarctic-expeditions-and-human-sample-kits</guid><category><![CDATA[dispatches]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmcmillen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:01:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAdz924c35K9V2BU4xxpdQTUXqdkEcf5FsA5esJ12iQk2QPXvsde5kryjMj9gL5irHK2UrvHg4DYZv6hPB3qeWnkJaoYDev5cV4agKsuynu8QJzcVPMCDjyTTK4csJPH7fRLFh7qBUQ3biLJCiyZmD8txLSDchX3aN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatches #133: Synthetic nervescapes, fire starters and mute bones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday, 1 December 2016 Welcome to Dispatches, a weekly summary of my writing, listening and reading habits. 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