Just Good Shit: 05.02.21

May 02, 2021 by Rachel

Hi, pals! I’m officially vaccinated and ready to party aka have 1/2 of a beer with friends and then go to bed at a sensible hour! I feel beyond grateful to have made it to this point, but the current COVID situation in India is dire. I donated via GiveIndia, and NYT has more ways to help here.

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

Reading

This week, I read Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, which I highly recommend. It’s true crime, which is usually not my cup of tea (and I had to kind of skim through the descriptions of the crimes), but it really focuses on the victims and their lives as opposed to centering the killer. It’s ultimately a book about community organizing, incompetent/bigoted policing, and gay New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and I just thought it was so well done. I also read Crying in H Mart, which I thought was fantastic.

Also:

I Was 12 When We Met, Slate.
Note: this article deals with grooming and rape.

Post-vaccination Inertia Is Real, The Atlantic.

The Slander Industry, NYT.

‘The Relief Outweighed the Regret’, Vulture.
I loved this! (Content note for diet/weight loss talk.)

Pixar’s Troubled “Soul”, The New Yorker.

Is This the End of the Leotard?, Slate.
I will click pretty much any story about athletic uniforms.

The Complicated Reality of Thrift Store 'Gentrification', Jezebel.

Has Online Retail’s Biggest Bully Returned?, NYT.

Ryan O’Connell’s Coming-of-Age Story, Told Through Polaroids, Interview.

Love Weed, Hate the Scaries? This Legal Bud Promises the Mellowest Buzz Ever, VICE.

Can confirm, this stuff is great and I love their branding. BTW, if you shop via this link, we’ll both get $10 off.