April 2024

very busy month! but i'm still being mindful about reading rather than scrolling on instagram. but we packed up to leave slidell, flew home for a few days, went to japan for two weeks, came home for another week, and on the 1st, we fly out to atlanta to start a week-long road trip for boston. also, very few movies this month since none of our flights had tvs! i was quite disappointed, actually. i realized that i depend on long flights to catch up on movies, lol.

yesterday [2019]

taste - Elegy of a Tsukiji Tour Guide
consumer reports - Nude Gets a Makeover
the hustle - Why thieves love to steal razors
the atlantic - Can You Ever Really Escape Your Ex?
the atlantic - The End of Foreign-Language Education
the atlantic - The Coming Birth-Control Revolution
the atlantic - The IRS Finally Has an Answer to TurboTax
trillist - Inside the Pineapple Pizza Scandal Dividing Italy
the atlantic - Middle Names Reveal More Than You Think
the atlantic - Why Rich Shoppers Get So Angry About Hermès
takeout - How Girl Scout Cookies Are Born—And How They Die
inverse - Your dirty laundry is the next big thing in sustainable fashion
the atlantic - You Can’t Even Rescue a Dog Without Being Bullied Online
popoular science - The Insides of Pro Bowling Balls Will Make Your Head Spin
npr - How anti-vaccine activists and the far right are trying to build a parallel economy
nbc - Sacre bleu! Camembert and brie 'on the verge of extinction,' French scientists warn
romper - in a world of limitless media options, why are our kids watching dumb youtube videos?
south china morning post - Virtual cashier ‘zooming in’ from Philippines at New York City restaurant sparks debate about remote-work ethics

the atlantic - What Would Society Look Like if Extreme Wealth Were Impossible?

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)