Just Good Shit: 01.12.20
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Hello! Here’s what I had going on this week…
On the blog
Elsewhere
I was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio this week, talking about how to say no!
Reading
Sussexit: The Timing, Sussexit and “The Cartel”, Sussexit: “Financial Independence”, and Sussexit: The Negotiations, Lainey Gossip.
Lainey is the best for all things Harry and Meghan.
Netflix's "Cheer" director: Cheerleaders are "the toughest athletes I’ve ever filmed", Salon.
Would You Work for Nothing at Disney? 10,000 Superfans Applied, The New York Times.
How Sheet-Pan Cooking Took Over Instagram, Eater.
Who Gets to Pick Best Actor? Actually, I Do, The New York Times.
Lingua Franca and the rise of the resistance socialite., The Cut.
This One Marriage Story Line Plays on a Loop in My Brain, Vulture.
I can only hear this scene in the Goofy voice now.
Watching & listening to
I watched all of CHEER on Netflix this week and I loved it. I fuck hard with cheerleading stuff, but this six-episode documentary series is exceptional. It’s ultimately a show about trauma and found family and a very specific type of relentlessness, and I wept multiple times. Highly, highly recommend.
I also watched The First Wives’ Club, which I had actually never seen before! What a delight.
At Terri’s absolute insistence, I saw the new Oklahoma! It’s definitely exactly as horny as everyone said it was. I can’t really say whether I liked it or not. But Oklahoma!, as a musical, is too long and the music is not that great. Ultimately, I left feeling exactly like I did after seeing Uncut Gems: feeling like I neither liked it nor disliked it but glad I saw it; definitely recommending it to other people who are interested but not to everyone; thinking “How can something be both incredibly intense/chaotic but also boring?”; and desperate to read everything that has been written about it.
I listened to the D.C. snipers episode of You’re Wrong About, which is really worth your time. It’s completely devastating (and FYI, it deals heavily with domestic abuse) and also incredibly moving in parts. Like, I was crying in public listening to it. Be sure to listen all the way to the end.
And some lighter fare: I’m obsessed with this Family Feud moment, the best cover of “Before He Cheats”, and Puppy Dog (Bouncin' in the Box).
Have a great Sunday! ✨
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