Just Good Shit: 10.13.19
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Fall is officially upon us and I couldn’t be happier! Every time the temperature drops another 5 degrees, I get a little closer to my full powers. When I wasn’t trying on every sweater I own and aggressively researching boots and coats, here’s what else I had going on…
Reading
This week, I read Know My Name by Chanel Miller, which I highly, highly recommend. Miller is an excellent writer, and this book is an incredible meditation on trauma (and the tedium that often goes with it). I highlighted so many passages and cried fairly often, but I also cackled out loud on multiple occasions. Know My Name is, as far as I’m concerned, canon, and pretty much everyone should read it.
Also:
The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller, The New Yorker.
Ronan Farrow Depicts a Chilling Cover-up at NBC, The Cut.
It’s time to ban cars from Manhattan, Curbed.
What Are Californians Supposed to Do?, Slate.
On Coming Out, Slow and Not Always Steady: 6 Stories, Vogue.
Can a $1,300 baby bed make me a better mom?, Curbed.
How We Came to Live in “Cursed” Times, The New Yorker.
Discussing Blackness on Reddit? Photograph Your Forearm First, The New York Times.
Succession uses Shiv Roy’s hair and clothes to tell the story of her quest for power, Vox.
A good comment and another in an Ask a Manager thread about making a habit of using “they/them” pronouns.
At the Russian Baths With the Big Boys of Brawn, NY Mag.
AAFU: I begrudge my ex her success, The Outline.
Basic Bitches, Collective Delusion, and The Long American History of Being Defensive About Pumpkins, Summer Block.
A Publisher Attempts to Brainstorm Books for Women, McSweeney’s.
Eating
It’s fall, so taco soup is officially back in the rotation! Also, my girlfriend made Alison Roman’s creamy cauliflower pasta this week, which was delicious. And we went to Gertie for breakfast and loved it; it’s so cute and chill and the food was great.
Have a great Sunday! 🦇
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