What is ambition anyway? And ambition toward what? Join us as we contemplate—and, frankly, give side-eye to—one of the driving forces of our lives.

The linkage:

WOW, Maris Kreisman's "Where Did My Ambition Go?" essay. (It's probably worth following Maris on Twitter too, while you're at it.)

Tavi Gevinson on shutting down Rookie, and Grace Bonney on shutting down Design*Sponge.

The profiles of The Chicks and Viola Davis that resonated.

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