April 2024

 yesterday [2019]

march 2024

more tv this month since i was planning for japan and our roadtrip. did manage some reading tho. I'm trying to be a bit more mindful about spending less time on instagram tho i have A LOT of room for improvement there...

dune: part 2, oscar nominated short: live action, to kill a tiger [2022], race to the summit [2023], nowhere [2023]

the atlantic - The People Rooting for the End of IVF
the atlantic - A Subtle Shift Shaking Up Sibling Relationships

the atlantic - ‘Some Damn Fine Shoes’
taste - I Guess Mukbang Is My Plan B
taste - You’re Wrong About White Chocolate
elle - The Secret Lives of Adjunct Professors
the atlantic - Sonia Sotomayor Should Retire Now
mental floss - What Ever Happened To Waterbeds?
the atlantic - The Eternal Scrutiny of Kate Middleton
the atlantic - Don't Tell America the Babysitter's Dead
mental floss - How Do Generations Get Their Names?
the atlantic - The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care
atlas obscura - Why Clouds Vanish During Solar Eclipses
the atlantic - Dad Culture Has Nothing to Do With Parenting
taste - The Fluidity and Fun of Chino Latino Cuisine Reaches New Fandoms
fast company - Why Google, General Mills and other companies are ending on-site childcare
ap news - Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases — and winning
the guardian - ‘She’s my sacred other’: is friendship, not romance, the key to a happy and fulfilled life?

february 2024

not much reading, surprisingly, i guess, tho most of my "free time" is on weekends, and j's family was in town, and also mardi gras.

fair play (2023), american fiction (2023), holdovers (2023), zone of interest (2023)

eater - The King Cake Tradition, Explained
yahoo news - How North Korean eyelashes make their way to the West
nyt - San Francisco Tried to Build a $1.7 Million Toilet. It’s Still Not Done.
mental floss - Known Alias: How Stephen King Was Outed as Richard Bachman
wapo - The Chicago Rat Hole Has Charmed Thousands. Neighbors Have Had Enough.
the guardian - ‘People Eat Two or Three Packets a Day’: How Instant Noodles Took Over the World

january 2024

lots of movies this month (what with j gone for two weeks ahead of me to Louisiana) and basically no reading. my eyes have been more tired than usual at night, and also, with the moving, personal and parental breakup, i've been kind of emotionally exhausted. now that i'm finally in louisiana, i'll hopefully be reading a bit more.

...well, instead of reading i ended up watching a ton of movies.

leave the world behind [2023], may December [2023],  minari [2020], the farewell [2019], oldboy [2013], queenpins [2021], the nest [2020], open wide (2023)

December 2023

very little reading this month. went to the movie theater twice and started packing for louisiana.

the wife [2017], dream scenario, maestro, poor things, the creator

rest of world - How different languages laugh online
conde nast traveler - What Happens to Babies Born on Planes
the atlantic - Why It’s So Hard to Search Your Email
npr- Houston, we have a tomato: ISS astronauts locate missing fruit (or vegetable)
mental floss - Smash Knit: How Ugly Christmas Sweaters Took the Holiday Season by Storm
ifl science - Your Perception Of Time And Space Is Radically Altered By The Language You Speak
artnet - The Most Reprinted ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Fetches $175,000 at Auction—the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Single Comic

cbs news - Americans say money can buy happiness. Here's their price tag.

npr - Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way
"Almost a quarter, or 23% of U.S. children under age 18, live with one parent and no other adults."
"Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. were born to unmarried women in 2019"
"One of the biggest issues is that women seem to be giving up on men, particularly those without college degrees. The economics hasn't been kind to this demographic: Since the 1980s, those men have seen their earnings stagnate and employment rates fall. In the same period, more women entered the workforce and their average earnings increased regardless of their education level. This change has stripped many men of their traditional role as breadwinner for the family and, in simple terms, made them less desirable marriage partners. Research shows that in parts of the country where men's earnings have fallen, so too have marriage rates."

vogue - How Many Clothes Should We Own, Exactly?
"Researchers from Berlin’s Hot Or Cool Institute found that we should only be purchasing five new garments a year in order to stay in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius, if nothing else changes."
"The researchers found that a “sufficient” wardrobe consists of 74 garments and 20 outfits in total. As an example, they’ve suggested six outfits for work, three outfits for home wear, three outfits for sports, two outfits for festive occasions, plus four outdoor jackets and trousers or skirts. “It’s a very generous allocation that we’ve given in our estimate..."

biographic - City of Glass

November 2023

sedona trip planning, also FINISHING MY QUILT!!! so bad romcoms to have something on I don't need to pay attention to. 

aka Mr chow, sex and the city [2008], sex and the city 2 [2010], set it up [2018], when we first met [2018], lady chatterly's lover [2022], downsizing [2017], marriage story [2019]

the atlantic - The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
charlie hamilton substack - The Giraffe In Red Sneakers
the atlantic - What the Gig Economy Does to a Human
taste - The Golden Age of the Golden-Brown Cheesecake
ny times - Do Cocktail Glasses Have a Gender? For Some Men, Clearly.
the atlantic - Why So Many Accidental Pregnancies Happen in Your 40s
bbc - The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use language
npr - Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's still happening
the atlantic - The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
vox - Why Americans Still Use Fahrenheit Long After Everyone Else Switched to Celsius
ap - Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC
the guardian - ‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness
martha stewart - Forget Clunky Martini Glasses—the Nick and Nora Is the Best Vessel for Cocktails
artnet - The Most Reprinted ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Fetches $175,000 at Auction—the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Single Comic

vogue - How Many Clothes Should We Own, Exactly?
"The researchers found that a “sufficient” wardrobe consists of 74 garments and 20 outfits in total. As an example, they’ve suggested six outfits for work, three outfits for home wear, three outfits for sports, two outfits for festive occasions, plus four outdoor jackets and trousers or skirts. “It’s a very generous allocation that we’ve given in our estimate,” Akenji explains. An average French wardrobe during the 1960s consisted of around 40 pieces, although times have admittedly moved on since then."

npr - Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way
"Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. were born to unmarried women in 2019, a dramatic increase since 1960, when only 5% of births were to unmarried mothers. And it's not because of divorce; today's unpartnered mothers are also more likely to have never been married."
"One of the biggest issues is that women seem to be giving up on men, particularly those without college degrees. The economics hasn't been kind to this demographic: Since the 1980s, those men have seen their earnings stagnate and employment rates fall."
"Their book suggests that many women don't marry the father of their child not because they reject the concept of marriage, but because they do not see him as a reliable source of economic security or stability. They appear to have a higher bar for a potential spouse than their partners, or the fathers of their children, have met."