Just Good Shit: 12.22.19
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I truly cannot believe it’s almost Christmas, but here we are! Here’s what I had going on this week…
On the blog
Writing
Reading
This week, I read Winter Street and I am now reading Winter Stroll, which are both from Elin Hildebrand’s four-part series of winter books, and honestly…these books fucking slap. They are just very chill and funny and juicy, and are quickly becoming some of my favorites of hers so far.
Also…
The Terror Queue, The Verge.
Stop Believing in Free Shipping, The Atlantic.
'We Are Treated As Disposable': Everlane's Customer-Service Employees Are Unionizing, VICE.
@Asher_Wolf on what’s going on with the fires in Australia right now.
Home Alone for Christmas? You're Not the Only One., Food52.
”A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy.”
Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick, The New York Times Magazine.
The Improbable Insanity of “Cats”, The New Yorker.
Instagram says hiding ‘likes’ isn’t about making more money, Input.
The Year in Canine Curatives, Hazlitt.
I always love reading Hazlitt’s end of year essays.
My Friends Serve Underage Kids Alcohol. Should I Speak Up?, The New York Times.
The Curious Case of Chris Evans’s Sweater in “Knives Out”, The New Yorker.
The 2019 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog, VICE.
Make Party Cocktails By the Pitcher Rather Than the Glass, Lifehacker.
The Decade in Internet Culture, in 34 Emblematic Posts, New York Magazine.
I fully lost my shit over “this bewildering TikTok.”
Watching
I’ve watched so many things in the past few weeks! I watched the first three episodes of The Morning Show, which is……..not good. (This review perfectly sums up my feelings on it.) I saw Uncut Gems, which is just so chaotic and extremely too much while also being weirdly boring, but I didn’t hate it either. (Kevin Garnett is great in it.) I watched Carol for the first time this weekend (though I’d read the book). And I saw Knives Out, which is fun, and a very good one to see if you’re with family/bored this week.
Have a great Sunday! 🎅
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