the farewell, annihilation [2018], the dawn wall [2017], Mao's last dancer [2009], angel of Nanjing [2015]
Atlas Obscura - The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo
The Cut - I’m Not Saving 90 Percent of My Income for Myself
Mental Floss - 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites
The Guardian - No flights, a four-day week and living off-grid: what climate scientists do at home to save the planet
Mental Floss - How the Neighborhoods of Manhattan Got Their Names
The Washington Post - The Crane Who Fell In Love With a Human
NY Times - Things People Say to Their Dogs
The Atlantic - Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America
Variety - How America's Biggest Theater Chains Are Exploiting Their Janitors
Popular Science - One-fifth of Americans are responsible for half the country's food-based emissions
"46% of the total emissions from food came from the diets of just one-fifth of the population."
8.18.2019
7.08.2019
July 2019
death zone [2018]
CNN Business - America's addiction to absurdly fast shipping has a hidden cost
Wired - The Secret Life of the Aluminum Can, a Feat of Engineering
Nautilus - How Will Our Religions Handle the Discovery of Alien Life?
Ideas.Ted - Would you drink desalinated seawater? Recycled sewage water? Get ready to find out
Atlas Obscura - Toys Are Taking Vacations and Seeing the World (Without Their Owners)
The Atlantic - Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick
Refinery 29 - This Is What Periods Look Like For Women Around The World
cow pats. women use COW PATS. wow. had no idea that stuff was liquid absorptive.
The Atlantic - Millennial Burnout Is Being Televised
"Which brings us back to the perfectionism study. Millennials, born during the Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton presidencies, are the first real babies spawned by neoliberalism and its overarching message of competitive individualism. Curran and Hill wanted to establish whether growing up amid these ideologies made Millennials more likely to be perfectionists, and therefore more likely to be depressed, anxious, unhappy, and dissatisfied with themselves."
"Even as they’re poorer, Millennials are more materialistic: 81 percent of Americans born during the 1980s say that accruing wealth is among their significant life goals, more than 20 percent higher than previous generations. As a national belief in the collective has given way to an emphasis on the individual, Millennials have had to become less inhibited about the pursuit of self-gain, and more shrewd about how they define themselves."
"Even as they’re poorer, Millennials are more materialistic: 81 percent of Americans born during the 1980s say that accruing wealth is among their significant life goals, more than 20 percent higher than previous generations. As a national belief in the collective has given way to an emphasis on the individual, Millennials have had to become less inhibited about the pursuit of self-gain, and more shrewd about how they define themselves."
CNN Business - America's addiction to absurdly fast shipping has a hidden cost
Wired - The Secret Life of the Aluminum Can, a Feat of Engineering
Nautilus - How Will Our Religions Handle the Discovery of Alien Life?
Ideas.Ted - Would you drink desalinated seawater? Recycled sewage water? Get ready to find out
Atlas Obscura - Toys Are Taking Vacations and Seeing the World (Without Their Owners)
The Atlantic - Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick
Refinery 29 - This Is What Periods Look Like For Women Around The World
cow pats. women use COW PATS. wow. had no idea that stuff was liquid absorptive.
The Atlantic - Millennial Burnout Is Being Televised
"Which brings us back to the perfectionism study. Millennials, born during the Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton presidencies, are the first real babies spawned by neoliberalism and its overarching message of competitive individualism. Curran and Hill wanted to establish whether growing up amid these ideologies made Millennials more likely to be perfectionists, and therefore more likely to be depressed, anxious, unhappy, and dissatisfied with themselves."
"Even as they’re poorer, Millennials are more materialistic: 81 percent of Americans born during the 1980s say that accruing wealth is among their significant life goals, more than 20 percent higher than previous generations. As a national belief in the collective has given way to an emphasis on the individual, Millennials have had to become less inhibited about the pursuit of self-gain, and more shrewd about how they define themselves."
"Even as they’re poorer, Millennials are more materialistic: 81 percent of Americans born during the 1980s say that accruing wealth is among their significant life goals, more than 20 percent higher than previous generations. As a national belief in the collective has given way to an emphasis on the individual, Millennials have had to become less inhibited about the pursuit of self-gain, and more shrewd about how they define themselves."
6.06.2019
june 2019
always be my maybe [2019], wicker park [2004], do i sound gay? [2014], 50/50 [2011], rocket man
BBC - how your looks shape your personality
Atlas Obscura - The Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Greenville News - TAKEN: How police departments make millions by seizing property
The Atlantic - The 5 Years That Changed Dating
The Atlantic - Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s
Atlas Obscura - When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
Atlas Obscura - Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles?
The Guardian - Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe?
Gizmodo - The Ruthless Reality of Amazon's One-Day Shipping"“Jeff Bezos wants Amazon to be the core infrastructure on which everyone depends, and then use this power to exclude competitors and privilege his own businesses,” said Matthew Stoller, a fellow at the anti-monopoly non-profit Open Markets Institute, on Amazon’s business model. “He doesn’t seek to run a business, but to govern all commerce.”
BBC - how your looks shape your personality
Atlas Obscura - The Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Greenville News - TAKEN: How police departments make millions by seizing property
The Atlantic - The 5 Years That Changed Dating
The Atlantic - Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s
Atlas Obscura - When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
Atlas Obscura - Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles?
The Guardian - Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe?
Gizmodo - The Ruthless Reality of Amazon's One-Day Shipping"“Jeff Bezos wants Amazon to be the core infrastructure on which everyone depends, and then use this power to exclude competitors and privilege his own businesses,” said Matthew Stoller, a fellow at the anti-monopoly non-profit Open Markets Institute, on Amazon’s business model. “He doesn’t seek to run a business, but to govern all commerce.”
5.04.2019
may 2019
three identical strangers [2018], i, tonya [2018], ocean's 8 [2018], knock down the house, john wick 3, the heat: a kitchen (r)evolution, losing sight of shore [2017]
Eater - Instagram Food Is a Sad, Sparkly Lie
South China Morning Post - History of pad Thai: how the stir-fried noodle dish was invented by the Thai government
Refinery 29 - Why The Asian-American Food Movement Complicates What We Think About Authenticity
Patheos - The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal [about abortion]
Atlas Obscura - ‘Botanical Sexism’ Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies
Mental Floss - The Bizarre Story of Britain's Last Great Auk
Punch - Diagnosing the Tiki Psyche
“It all comes down to the punch formula,” says Berry, referencing the classic Planter’s Punch, a West Indies staple since the colonial era, the components of which are immortalized in a well-trod-out rhyme: one of sou r, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak. Tiki takes this baseline recipe and fractures each requisite component into multiples of each. It is, as Berry concludes, “a Caribbean drink squared, or cubed.”
New York - How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid? “Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.
women learn that if you can't get laid, it's your own fault. you're too fat, ugly, desperate, whatever. for men who can't get laid, it's also women's fault. they're too shallow, too much of a gold digger, too haughty, etc. all that being said. this stuff is sad.. incels are sad. whoever's fault, even no one's. it's sad they are so frustrated and are willing to go so far to try to get approval and validation from others.
Medium - Men Cause 100% of Unwanted Pregnancies
Eater - Instagram Food Is a Sad, Sparkly Lie
South China Morning Post - History of pad Thai: how the stir-fried noodle dish was invented by the Thai government
Refinery 29 - Why The Asian-American Food Movement Complicates What We Think About Authenticity
Patheos - The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal [about abortion]
Atlas Obscura - ‘Botanical Sexism’ Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies
Mental Floss - The Bizarre Story of Britain's Last Great Auk
Punch - Diagnosing the Tiki Psyche
“It all comes down to the punch formula,” says Berry, referencing the classic Planter’s Punch, a West Indies staple since the colonial era, the components of which are immortalized in a well-trod-out rhyme: one of sou r, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak. Tiki takes this baseline recipe and fractures each requisite component into multiples of each. It is, as Berry concludes, “a Caribbean drink squared, or cubed.”
New York - How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid? “Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.
women learn that if you can't get laid, it's your own fault. you're too fat, ugly, desperate, whatever. for men who can't get laid, it's also women's fault. they're too shallow, too much of a gold digger, too haughty, etc. all that being said. this stuff is sad.. incels are sad. whoever's fault, even no one's. it's sad they are so frustrated and are willing to go so far to try to get approval and validation from others.
Medium - Men Cause 100% of Unwanted Pregnancies
4.02.2019
April 2019
blackkklansman [2018], period, end of a sentence [2018], crazy rich asians [2018]
First We Eat - How L.A. Became A Powerhouse for Chinese Food
Bazaar - Men Think They Can't Get a Date Because of Feminism
Market Watch - Ecoanxiety is now a thing -- and it's ruining your sex life
Guardian - Cadbury Dairy Milk: why rounded chunks of chocolate taste sweeter
Pacific Standard - Why Atheists Terrify Believers
Taste - A Bowl of Cut Fruits Is How Asian Moms Say: I Love You
wow, how much extra did nicole's mom love her? peeled grapes?!
InStyle - My Neighbor Told Me to Stop Breastfeeding — Because Her Husband Was Watching
I need to stop feeding my baby the best food I can provide because your husband is a fucking pervert?!
BBC - Why are single women still mistaken for prostitutes?
I have only like once eaten alone in a real restaurant in america. i don't do it because i feel extremely self conscious. why? i really don't know. i see other people eating alone and i either think nothing of it, or i think "wow, that's so awesome; they're so brave." but, SHIT, to be mistaken for a prostitute. if that's not sexism i don't know what is.
Eater - Yelp Reviewers’ Authenticity Fetish Is White Supremacy in Action
when i think authentic, i think flavors. and, honestly, i only feel qualified to rate (other than socal american food) szechuanese food as authentic or not. i've been there to the region a half dozen times, eaten high to low (mostly medium to low, lol), had snacks and meals, altho i've never eaten at a home, so there's that, ha. but seriously, what to most americans, or most people from anywhere, know about what makes food authentic? have you been to that place a lot? did you grow up there? or is most of what you know of that culture and food taken from tv, movies, and tourist ridden vacation spots? i don't think authenticity should be on a rating scale. it practically promotes cultural generalizations and therefore racism.
New York - The Secrets I Keep From My Spouse
“I’ve always stolen small amounts of cash from my husband and hidden it. I once got up to $1,300 and bought a couch.” —Laurel, 65, married 40 years
take this quiz to see what current political candidates you most align with!
https://www.isidewith.com/
First We Eat - How L.A. Became A Powerhouse for Chinese Food
Bazaar - Men Think They Can't Get a Date Because of Feminism
Market Watch - Ecoanxiety is now a thing -- and it's ruining your sex life
Guardian - Cadbury Dairy Milk: why rounded chunks of chocolate taste sweeter
Pacific Standard - Why Atheists Terrify Believers
Taste - A Bowl of Cut Fruits Is How Asian Moms Say: I Love You
wow, how much extra did nicole's mom love her? peeled grapes?!
InStyle - My Neighbor Told Me to Stop Breastfeeding — Because Her Husband Was Watching
I need to stop feeding my baby the best food I can provide because your husband is a fucking pervert?!
BBC - Why are single women still mistaken for prostitutes?
I have only like once eaten alone in a real restaurant in america. i don't do it because i feel extremely self conscious. why? i really don't know. i see other people eating alone and i either think nothing of it, or i think "wow, that's so awesome; they're so brave." but, SHIT, to be mistaken for a prostitute. if that's not sexism i don't know what is.
Eater - Yelp Reviewers’ Authenticity Fetish Is White Supremacy in Action
when i think authentic, i think flavors. and, honestly, i only feel qualified to rate (other than socal american food) szechuanese food as authentic or not. i've been there to the region a half dozen times, eaten high to low (mostly medium to low, lol), had snacks and meals, altho i've never eaten at a home, so there's that, ha. but seriously, what to most americans, or most people from anywhere, know about what makes food authentic? have you been to that place a lot? did you grow up there? or is most of what you know of that culture and food taken from tv, movies, and tourist ridden vacation spots? i don't think authenticity should be on a rating scale. it practically promotes cultural generalizations and therefore racism.
New York - The Secrets I Keep From My Spouse
“I’ve always stolen small amounts of cash from my husband and hidden it. I once got up to $1,300 and bought a couch.” —Laurel, 65, married 40 years
take this quiz to see what current political candidates you most align with!
https://www.isidewith.com/
3.04.2019
march 2019
Lorena [Bobbitt documentary] [2019], Legion [2010]
not much book reading this month; I tried to get thru my article reading list:
Eater - How Influencers on WeChat Are Driving NYC’s Restaurant Scene
City Lab - There’s a Tile Theft Epidemic in Lisbon
The Atlantic - The Murky Ethics of the Ugly-Produce Business
Field Mag - How Social Media Perpetuates Cliché Photography
Good - A 'barefoot runner' complained about acorns in the neighborhood. It did not go over well.
Grub Street - Why Tips Won They’re outdated. They’re discriminatory. And they aren’t going anywhere.
New York Times - How a 9-Year-Old Boy’s Statistic Shaped a Debate on Straws
CNN - Where does fake movie money come from?
NPR - Misophonia: When Life's Noises Drive You Mad (I totally have this. mouth noises, especially from my parents drive me absolutely crazy. I'm not just disgusted; I'm infuriated.)
The Guardian - White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks
"Even so, neo-Nazis continue to push the theory that soya milk is a liberal conspiracy to emasculate men, and drink cow’s milk at rallies to demonstrate “digestive superiority”."
"Many plant milk brands add calcium carbonate – chalk – to make the liquid whiter and more opaque (the calcium content is a happy bonus) but the colouring in these plant milks, Camilla assured me, was natural."
"One issue is environmental: it takes 4.5 litres of water to grow a single almond (technically not a nut, but a seed). In California, which grows eight in 10 of the world’s almond crop, almond growing consumes an estimated 10% of the entire water supply – a controversial issue in a state often afflicted by drought.
"Consumers have also caught on that the actual almond content of most almond milks is minuscule. Both Silk and Alpro contain just 2% almonds. “It’s actually a water-based emulsion that you’re adding oils, a lot of sugar and gums to, and then just adding a couple of nuts on top,” Elmhurst’s Cheryl Mitchell said. “As a business model, it’s great – any time you can sell water, right? That’s essentially what they’re doing.” The industry insiders I spoke to agreed that almond’s moment is over. Right now the real growth is in coconut, and in oat."
Granta - On High Heels and Lotus Feet
"Susan Sontag, writing on women and sickness, noted that frailty and vulnerability had increasingly become an ideal look for women. But this only holds true if the woman can maintain her charms – that is, if she can suffer and be made frail without complaining about it. Women are expected to suffer, must expect suffering, and yet must not speak of it."
not much book reading this month; I tried to get thru my article reading list:
Eater - How Influencers on WeChat Are Driving NYC’s Restaurant Scene
City Lab - There’s a Tile Theft Epidemic in Lisbon
The Atlantic - The Murky Ethics of the Ugly-Produce Business
Field Mag - How Social Media Perpetuates Cliché Photography
Good - A 'barefoot runner' complained about acorns in the neighborhood. It did not go over well.
Grub Street - Why Tips Won They’re outdated. They’re discriminatory. And they aren’t going anywhere.
New York Times - How a 9-Year-Old Boy’s Statistic Shaped a Debate on Straws
CNN - Where does fake movie money come from?
NPR - Misophonia: When Life's Noises Drive You Mad (I totally have this. mouth noises, especially from my parents drive me absolutely crazy. I'm not just disgusted; I'm infuriated.)
The Guardian - White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks
"Even so, neo-Nazis continue to push the theory that soya milk is a liberal conspiracy to emasculate men, and drink cow’s milk at rallies to demonstrate “digestive superiority”."
"Many plant milk brands add calcium carbonate – chalk – to make the liquid whiter and more opaque (the calcium content is a happy bonus) but the colouring in these plant milks, Camilla assured me, was natural."
"One issue is environmental: it takes 4.5 litres of water to grow a single almond (technically not a nut, but a seed). In California, which grows eight in 10 of the world’s almond crop, almond growing consumes an estimated 10% of the entire water supply – a controversial issue in a state often afflicted by drought.
"Consumers have also caught on that the actual almond content of most almond milks is minuscule. Both Silk and Alpro contain just 2% almonds. “It’s actually a water-based emulsion that you’re adding oils, a lot of sugar and gums to, and then just adding a couple of nuts on top,” Elmhurst’s Cheryl Mitchell said. “As a business model, it’s great – any time you can sell water, right? That’s essentially what they’re doing.” The industry insiders I spoke to agreed that almond’s moment is over. Right now the real growth is in coconut, and in oat."
Granta - On High Heels and Lotus Feet
"Susan Sontag, writing on women and sickness, noted that frailty and vulnerability had increasingly become an ideal look for women. But this only holds true if the woman can maintain her charms – that is, if she can suffer and be made frail without complaining about it. Women are expected to suffer, must expect suffering, and yet must not speak of it."
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