Just Good Shit: 02.13.22

by Rachel

pinwheel lasagna, roses, and pellegrino on top of a white and red checkered tablecloth for Valentine's Day

I’ve been having such a cozy and relaxing Valentine’s Day weekend, I’m not ready for it to be over! Here, in no particular order, are the corny/on-theme activities we’ve gotten up to:

  • Wearing pink, lavender, and/or red loungewear all weekend

  • Buying roses from the grocery store

  • Making boxed brownies, then topping with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup (very chain restaurant molten lava)

  • Playing a little flower card game

  • Listening to Slut Pop, the new Kim Petras album

  • Watching Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 3 (thanks to a rec on the podcast from Caroline Moss), which is truly incredible television

  • Eating bread and brie plus strawberries with chocolate and whipped cream and, later, hot chocolate

  • Doing red/pink mani-pedis in bed

  • Making Don Angie pinwheel lasagna (from the frozen extras we made for New Year’s)

Here’s what else I had going on this week…

My shit


Reading

What Do Masks Do to Kids?, The New Republic.

Boston University epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Murray speaks on COVID-19 and endemicity Part 1 and Part 2, WSWS.

Stop Calling Them ‘Accidents’, NYT. (gift link)

Artificial snow is nothing like the real stuff, Vox.

How to win an Oscar, Vox.
This is a fascinating breakdown of what an “Oscars campaign” actually entails.

Was It Me? Or My Teeth?, NYT. (gift link)

'Goodnight Moon' and the Queer Love Story of the Great Green Room, Lambda Literary.

Have a good week! 💘

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