flight! so i watched movies: materialists, flow [2024], lee [2023], good fortune
wanted to read more this month. purposely didn't bring a book to europe to do so, but then ended up spending a lot of time on chinese homework (midterms!!) and sleeping from both sickness and exhaustion.
the atlantic - Why Is Everything Spicy Now?
taste - The Expansive, Absurdist Canvas of Tiramisu
airmail - She Faked Her Way into Yale. Then Things Unraveled
the atlantic - The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books
the guardian - Five o’clock dinner crowd: why are young Americans eating so early?
the guardian - Sephora workers on the rise of chaotic child shoppers: ‘She looked 10 years old and her skin was burning’
the ringer - The Age of Corporate Capitulation Won’t Work
LA times - Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? Because junk food is the only indulgence they can afford
"For parents raising their kids in poverty, having to say “no” was a part
of daily life. Their financial circumstances forced them to deny their
children’s requests — for a new pair of Nikes, say, or a trip to
Disneyland — all the time. This wasn’t tough for the kids alone; it also
left the poor parents feeling guilty and inadequate.... Honoring requests for junk food allowed poor parents to show their
children that they loved them, heard them and could meet their needs."
