we have a crush on this data viz, you guys
Data viz nerds, get a load of this: the “visual essay” site The Pudding (think if FiveThirtyEight had a baby w/The Ringer) analyzed thousands of submissions to the iconic Ask Abby advice column, and the result — 30 Years of American Anxieties — is beauteous and like, weirdly comforting (love when the data shows that we are all stressing out always about sex, bosses, and church-appropriate behavior).
What an interesting, quantitative take on a subject that’s so personal and qualitative, and we must say that the overall ~scroll-sperience~ is a master class in visual hierarchy and using highlighted text wisely. Also, while we’re here, can we take a pause and obsess over The Pudding’s unconventional About section and that pay scale transparency though???? We dig it all.
(H/t Natalie!)