Just Good Shit: 10.10.21
Hello! I’m back after a wonderful week spent in Maine at Acadia National Park. (Full rundown on everything we did to come!) It’s currently not as autumnal outside in Brooklyn as I’d like it to be, but I’m still glad it’s October. I’ve been knitting a bunch, reading books, and getting excited for gift guide season. Here’s what else I’ve had going on...
My shit
And there are two new eps of the podcast: How to Be, Like, 75% Organized and A Solid Alternative to Googling Your Symptoms ft. Casey Gueren.
Reading
On the Internet, We’re Always Famous, The New Yorker.
The Joe Manchin climate doctrine, Heated.
Do I Still Need a Pulse Oximeter?, NYT. (gift link)
Notes for a Queer Homemaker: Polishing Silver and Panoptical Perches, Autostraddle.
What's Up With "Gender Critical" Gay Guys?, Gawker.
$5 jewelry and an MLM conference gone wrong, Vox.
‘America’s Oldest Park Ranger’ Is Only Her Latest Chapter, NYT. (gift link)
Bringing Black History to Life in the Great Outdoors, NYT. (gift link)
Why TikTok Is So Obsessed With Labeling Everything a Trauma Response, Slate.
Watching & listening to
Lots of Maintenance Phase and You’re Wrong About. 5 Things Tidying Method (h/t Captain Awkward). Everything JoJo Siwa’s doing on Dancing With the Stars and also this clip from Dance Moms, which was my introduction to the show and is one of the wildest and high camp things I’ve seen in a while. (How...was this...a television show????) And this fantastic episode of the podcast ICYMI, in which the hosts interview a “true crime” TikToker about the content she made in the days following Gabby Petito’s disappearance.
Have a nice week! 🍂