the french dispatch, okja (2017), good hair (2009), picture a scientist (2020), disclosure (2020)
Vox - The “ghost stores” of Instagram
MediBank - The history of orange juice
Quartz - There is no shortage of US truck drivers
The Atlantic - Why I’ll Keep Saying ‘Pregnant Women
NYT - What Paternity Leave Does for a Father’s Brain
Axios - Scoop: FEC lets foreigners finance U.S. ballot fights
The Atlantic - The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind
The Ringer - The Deep and Twisted Roots of the American Yam
NYT - Moderna and U.S. at Odds Over Vaccine Patent Rights
The Atlantic - Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves
The Atlantic - The Inventors of America’s Most Dangerous Idea
The Atlantic - Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.
The Atlantic - America's Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms
The Atlantic - The Deadly Myth That Human Error Causes Most Car Crashes
NewsNation - From tummy tucks to facelifts: Pet plastic surgery is happening in Ohio
NY Times - Italy’s unvaccinated can still work with a swab test. But it will cost them.
NBC - Georgetown study: ‘To succeed in America, it’s better to be born rich than smart’
The Guardian - Revealed: the true extent of America’s food monopolies, and who pays the price
The State - They executed people for the state of South Carolina. For some, it nearly destroyed them.
LA Times - Dear UC Santa Barbara: Don’t let a petulant billionaire build a prison dorm on your campus
The Guardian - ‘It’s the biggest open secret out there’: the double lives of white-collar workers with two jobs
Washington Post - More Americans say they’re not planning to have a child, new poll says, as U.S. birthrate declines
Business Insider - Corporations are using inflation as an excuse to raise prices and make fatter profits — and it's making the problem worse
Bloomberg CityLab - Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
"the U.S. has only eight toilets per 100,000 people overall — tied with Botswana. (Iceland leads their ranking, with 56 per 100,000 residents.)"
I watched Good Hair by Chris Rock. it's about black women's hair. I think it's soooo interesting how the grass is always greener. i have the absolute straightest hair. i got a perm and it literally went away after after two showers. (disclaimer, when it's wet it's still a bit wavy, but when dry, not at all). more tellingly, i didn't own a hairbrush for a decade plus because my hair is so straight, it doesn't tangle. i finally bought a hairbrush because it's in the shape of a hedgehog and because joe would chase me around the apartment with a comb. but anyway, I think the MOST beautiful hair is black women's natural hair! I love a big afro! and dreads, and tight curls. amazing and so beautiful.
the "best" part of the documentary is the way these men talk about women is hilarious. there's a scene in a barbershop where rock asks when the last time these men touched a black woman's hair was, if they're allowed to, even in sex, touch a black woman's hair. and if this isn't why some black men prefer white women, because there aren't any barriers. and one guy totally says yes. wow.
