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."