Just Good Shit: 01.30.22
Image: Kiyana Salkeld / Just Good Shit
Hello! Here’s what I was up to this week…
My shit
There’s a new ep of Oh, I Like That, and Sally and I were guests on Caroline Moss’s podcast Gee Thanks, Just Bought It.
Reading
When Omicron Isn’t So Mild, NYT. (gift link)
The Big-Name Journalists Who Are Trying to “Both Sides” Covid, The New Republic.
You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence, Leaving Evidence.
“Abled culture teaches abled people to be entitled. You are entitled to never have to learn anything about disability and ableism. You are entitled to get to move through the world, and through our movements, with little-to-no understanding or political analysis about disability, even as you pontificate about every other system of oppression and violence. Abled culture in our movements mean that we will say, ‘we must center those who are most impacted,’ all day every day, but then not include disabled, especially those who are high risk, in the center during a global pandemic. Abled entitlement means that you will still continue to plan your vacation abroad, even amidst the Delta surge; you will still post pictures from your giant family holiday gathering amidst the Omicron surge.”
We're All Trying to Find the Guy Policing Our Behavior, Alex Pareene.
“I find the tenor of discussion around Covid-19 restrictions genuinely bewildering. There basically aren’t any. The United States is powering through the Omicron wave with its usual enforced individualism. The hard restrictions on our activities are, for the most part, not mandated or enforced by the state, acting at the behest of liberals who refuse to go back to normal because they are addicted to panic and quarantine; the limits are imposed by the virus that isn’t going away.”
The Bogus Claim That School Closures Will Doom Democrats, The New Republic.
The New Face of “No Promo Homo” Laws, Slate.
‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider, NYT.
Watching
On an absolute impulse, I decided to check out the Saved by the Bell reboot on Peacock. I had super low expectations and was…delightfully surprised?! I have seen every episode of the original many, many times over, and my girlfriend had never seen it; we both really liked the reboot. All the references to the original feel more like Easter eggs than anything else, and it’s not overly nostalgic. (It’s also addressing race and class considerably better than And Just Like That…not that it’s so hard, but still.) And it’s just bizarro and silly and made us laugh out loud a bunch. A perfect little pick-me-up In These Times.
Cooking
We’re having a beany one: bean and cheese burritos, roasted tomato and white bean stew, and cheesy white bean and tomato bake (all from NYT Cooking).
Have a good night! ❄️
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