Just Good Shit: 08.18.19
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This week was a pretty full one! Here’s what I was up to…
On the blog
Reading
I finished Trick Mirror, which I thought was excellent. My favorite essays were “Always Be Optimizing” (which you can read online in The Guardian), “The Cult of Difficult Women,” and “We Come from Old Virginia.”
Also:
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One,
The New York Times Magazine.
I am such a big fan of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ work, and this was no exception. PS You should really make time for the entire 1619 Project this week.
“Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up.”, Joanna Schroeder on Twitter.
Elizabeth Warren’s Classroom Strategy, The Cut.
I loved reading this and didn’t want it to end.
Demi Burnett and the Queering of Bachelor Nation, them.
When Is a Caption Close Enough?, The Atlantic.
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech, Wired.
How aggressively cute toys for adults became a $686 million business, Vox.
I Thought I'd Accepted My Body. Then I Got Pregnant., A Cup of Jo.
Accessible Design in 2019 & Beyond, Design*Sponge.
Dudes Love White Claw, So Maybe the Idea of ‘Bitch Beer’ Can Finally Die, Eater.
How ‘Am I the Asshole?’ became the internet’s most profound query, The Daily Dot.
How to *Actually* Forgive Someone, Man Repeller.
The Two Brides Who Wore Three Different Outfits, The Cut.
“We walked down the aisle to the song ‘1950’ by King Princess, an instrumental version of that.” Fuck me up.
America Has Never Been So Desperate for Tomato Season, The Atlantic.
“Tomatoes are proof that the world still works in some capacity, at least for now.” I loved this.
Cooking
I decided to make Nora Ephron’s tomato sauce this week (see the above post about tomato season) and it was so great! I felt like a true sauce man. Next time, I’d remove the tomatoes’ seeds either before or right after blanching, but it was fine that I didn’t — the seeds were pretty unobtrusive in the final dish. This recipe also led me to download a sample of Heartburn, and I think I’m going to read the full book soon!
Have a great Sunday! 🍅
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