Just Good Shit: 07.25.21

July 25, 2021 by Rachel

peach and blueberry fruit crisp in a pie dish, sitting on top of a yellow cutting board, with a wooden spoon with a smiley face carved into it sitting on top

Hi! This week I made an incredible fruit crisp, got to see Sally in person for the first time since 2019, did my best to watch the Olympics (despite NBC’s seeming disinterest in me actually finding the stuff I want to watch????), and dyed my girlfriend’s armpit hair pink! Really good stuff all around. Here’s what else I had going on…

Reading

In line with my SATC rewatch, I read Sex and the City and Us: How Four Single Women Changed the Way We Think, Live, and Love, which is just a very fun/fascinating behind-the-scenes kind of book, with lots of things I didn’t know (and I know a decent amount because I owned Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell). This book was very, like, E! True Hollywood Story (and I mean that in a good way).

Also:

America Is Getting Unvaccinated People All Wrong, The Atlantic.

They Waited, They Worried, They Stalled. This Week, They Got the Shot., NYT. (gift link)

‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor on treating unvaccinated, dying COVID patients, AL.com.

Meet the Young Adults Sneaking Behind Their Parents’ Backs to Get Vaccinated, Slate.

The Jessica Simulation: Love and loss in the age of A.I., San Francisco Chronicle.

“In 1934, My Life Snapped”, Slate.
Really tragic story of how a conservatorship was abused 90 years ago.

The Board Games That Ask You to Reenact Colonialism, The Atlantic.

If You Really Want A Dog, You Can Get A Damn Dog, Defector.

Among Mormon Women, Frank Talk About Sacred Underclothes, NYT. (gift link)

Alex Cooper Takes All, Bustle.

Welcome to the Queerest Olympics Ever, VICE.