PositiveThe AtlanticJohnston stands out for her attunement to the needs and anxieties of true beginners ... Johnston’s assertion that lifting \'completely changed how I think and feel about the world and myself and everything\' sounds like another of the fitness industry’s wild overpromises. But I know what she means ... Weight lifting has stuck, for me and I think for Johnston, because it can also change the way one thinks about achievement. It serves as a pretty good metaphor for a balanced approach to striving that eschews both the Lean In–girlboss hustle and its \'I don’t dream of labor\' anti-ambition backlash.
Sarah Hepola
RaveThe Atlantic...an empathetic dissection of addiction and American drinking culture, and the blurry lines between the two. Hepola conveys both the horror in the mysteries left after a night smudged dark by drinking, and the draw of overdrinking that kept her carving out her memory with alcohol.
