november 2024

 his three daughters,  memoir of a snail 

October 2024

movies on the flight back to flew back to Boston. i'd forgotten what it's like to fly on a non-discount airline that actually has "perks" like entertainment, and free drinks and snacks, and a pocket in the seat back!

babes, madame clicquot [2024], holy frit [2021]

taste - The Tasting Menu Gets a Trim
the baffler - How Covid Changed Nursing
the atlantic - Who Should Get to Have Kids?
vox - Why do divorced guys dress like that?
taste - The Secrets of California’s Oldest Recipes
nyt - The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield, Revisited
the atlantic - What Is America’s Gender War Actually About?
atlas obscura - How Chain Restaurants Use Smells to Entice Us
the atlantic - America Is Lying to Itself About the Cost of Disasters
nyt - Inside the Colorful and Cultish World of Nerds Gummy Clusters
rolling stone - Inside the Secretly Lucrative World of Solo Piano Music
the atlantic - Yes, Third-Trimester Abortions Are Happening in America
thrillist - Please Stop Pretending You're on an Episode of 'Bizarre Foods'
vox - The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do
huff post - Gen Z Is Particularly Weird About Relationship Age Gaps. Here's Why.
the guardian - The Horror of Cow Attacks: ‘I Told My Husband to Leave Me to Die’
vanity fair - Playing It Straight: For Queer Roles, Should an Actor’s Sexuality Matter?
the guardian - ‘To the train lady with dark brown hair … ’: extraordinary stories of four couples who found love via small ads 

the atlantic - Not All Men, but Any Man 

the cut - Divorced Men Are Falling for Trump 

curbed - What Ever Happened to the Three-Bedroom?

the republic - How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights

ny times - In a First Among Christians, Young Men Are More Religious Than Young Women 

cnn -  Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

September 2024

too hot to leave the house and no TV in my room so am reading more, much more. also! i started a new quilt, and had pocket read aloud my articles since i ran out of new podcast episodes. it's actually really great when i tend to prefer to read articles less than 8 minutes long (i dunno why such a specific number), but now i can get thru my really long articles!

movie: beetlejuice beetlejuice

books: Elizabeth Kolbert - the sixth extinction, Kurt vonnegut - slaughterhouse five, General Smedley D Butler - War Is a Racket, Jonah berger - contagious, why things catch on

eater - Field of Dreams
the atlantic - The Crybaby Olympics
eater - Restaurant Math Isn’t Working
taste - Bring Back Those Pumped Italian Sodas
fatherly - The Paternal Urge To Toss Your Baby
time - The Parents Who Regret Having Children
mental floss - Why Are Airplane Windows Round?
the atlantic - How Snacks Took Over American Life
vox - How the seasons screw with your moral compass
wapo - Opinion Why not pay teachers $100,000 a year?
the atlantic - A Food-Allergy Fix Hiding in Plain Sight
vox - How Did Home Cooking Become a Moral Issue?
nyt - Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often
vox - Pregnancy in America is starting to feel like a crime
the atlantic - The Real Reason People Aren’t Having Kids
dwell - Are White Fridges Really Coming Back Into Style?
atlas obscura - When Every Ketchup But One Went Extinct
michigan department of state -  2024 "I voted" sticker contest
the new yorker - Why You Can't Get a Restaurant Reservation
vox - The case against otters: necrophiliac, serial-killing fur monsters of the sea
bbc - How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet
fast company - How the pineapple became an icon of hookup culture everywhere
npr - Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men
the drive - Swiss BMW Driver Slammed With $116,000 Tailgating Fine Because He’s Rich
thrillist - Nothing Could Prepare Me for the Bizarre 'Live Birth' Experience at Babyland Hospital
the smithsonian - The Rebellious History of Mooncakes, the Note-Passing Dessert That Liberated China

vox - The moral case for paying kidney donors
npr - There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?
the guardian - ‘For me, there was no other choice’: inside the global illegal organ trade

slate - The Parents Who Want Daughters—and Daughters Only

cosmo - Inside the Conservative-Backed Movement to Make Divorce Almost Impossible for Young Women

august 2024

breezed thru my first book in YEARS! and so for fun, finished a serving as well! also spent more time reading my longer saved articles on pocket. also watched a few movies :) this is what happens, I guess, when I have no craft materials? also, j had surgery this month and also focused on reading which meant i did more of it as well.

Atul Gawande - complications, Lauren Slayer - Opening Skunner's Box

american society of magical negros, didi, Deadpool and wolverine, afterlife [1998], little buddha [1993]

the hustle - Who are fossils for?
the atlantic - The New Age of Endless Parenting
smithsonian magazine - A Brief History of Peanut Butter
the atlantic - Why Parents Don’t Mind If Their Kids Don’t Marry
the guardian - Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice?
wired - I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget.
nyt - In the Fierce Lobster Roll Rivalry, There Are Only Winners
bbc - Japan is recycling food waste back into food with fermentation
the romper - The Couple Who Run Their Relationships Like A Corporation
texas monthly - A New Vending Machine Sells Bullets Next Door to a Middle School
wapo - How ‘Skibidi Toilet’ became one of the most valuable franchises in Hollywood
npr - Disney backtracks on request to toss wrongful death suit over Disney+ agreement
thrillist - How to Appreciate, and Then Eradicate, California’s Least Favorite Wildflower
wired - I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But Was It Really Going to Waste?
the outline - How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company, and HuffPost stories
popular science - Why Do Cats—and So Many Other Animals—Look Like They’re Wearing Socks?
mental floss - When a Captive Shark Vomited Up a Human Arm—and Sparked a Murder Investigation
screenshot - Skibidi Toilet: Exploring the dystopian Gen Alpha trend, from brain rot to Michael Bay movies

the atlantic - The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports

the atlantic - A Shocking Number of Killers Murder Their Co-workers 

3 quarks daily - Lessons From Singapore – The Power Of Homeownership

wapo - The One Thing You Should Look for on Clothing Labels When You Go Shopping

cbs news - Americans say money can buy happiness. Here's their price tag.
"Median household income in the U.S. stands at about $74,000 annually, but respondents told Empower that they'd need to earn roughly $284,000 each year to achieve happiness. And as for wealth, Americans said they'd need even more in the bank to feel content: $1.2 million..."

July 2024

a lot of reading this month! i got a new phone and haven't installed instagram on it, so instead read from pocket instead when i'm out and get bored. at least for now, i don't intend to re-install insta.

high life [2018], men [2022], midsommar [2019]

songs of the moment: myles smith - solo, morgan wallen - wasted on you

romper - Folding Clothes Is A Scam
grist - Why can't we just quit cows?
taste - Can Dried Fruit Get a Facelift?
bbc - The rise of the ‘no-wash’ movement
business insider - The rise of 'friendly' fraud
economist - Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
taste - The Nail Art Restaurant Will Seat You Now
outside - This Is How Your Backpacking Meals Are Really Made
mental floss - 10 Inventors Who Came to Regret Their Creations
the hustle - The wild tale of the man who founded Rainforest Cafe
the hustle - The one person in America happy about tipping fatigue
bbc news - The Joy and the Trauma of Carrying a Celebrity’s Baby
nyt - The Mixed Martial Artist Who Became the King of Tidy Eating
business insider - Why so many men in the US have stopped working
nyt - He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.
the cut - Why Would Anyone Look for a Sperm Donor on Facebook?
nyt - The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School, and Struggling
inverse - America's Favorite Fruit Reveals The Hidden Truth About Food Waste
wapo - Road Rage Is Up. How to Deal With an Angry Driver — Even if It’s You.
cnbc - ‘NEETS’ and ‘new unemployables’ — why some young adults aren’t working
wfae - RNC represents culmination of a decades-old movement in the Republican Party
life hacker - Dating Profiles, Bakeries, and Other Unexpected Places With Secret Codes
refinery29 - We Aren’t Leaving It Too Late To Have Children, We’re Being Screwed Over
npr - How ob-gyns are handling more requests for sterilization after ‘Roe’ was overturned
mental floss - King of Quarters: The ‘Pay Phone Bandit’ Who Baffled the FBI in the ’80s
la times - People are obsessed with this weird pizza box. The company behind it won’t discuss it
the guardian - ‘Clearly, I have no rizz’: can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?
business insider - Turbulence is getting more frequent and more severe. An aviation and climate expert explains why. 

vox - The Christian right is coming for divorce next

the marshall project -  The New Battle Over an Old Institution: Forced Prison Labor

june 2024

friends and then j's brother visited this month, so less tv, but much more reading since i spent less time in the living room (which has the tv) where j's brother n was sleeping. altho, homie LOVES tiktok so i had a lot of my own internet time.

trainwreck [2015], binging all the seasons of Girls from HBO [i love how fearless lena dunham is!]

taste - to eat a dairy cow
vulture - The Love Machine
vox - Rent control for child care?
nyt - The Lost Art of the Negative
taste - the secret lives of private chefs
the dial - Who’s Afraid of Mickey Mouse?
the atlantic - The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs
vogue - What Is the Right Price for Fashion?
the atlantic - Surprise! You Work for Amazon.
eater - How Cookie Jars Capture American Kitsch
taste - Order Your Next Mac and Cheese From…Etsy?
gq - Spouse Out of Town? It’s Time For ‘Husband Meal’
the atlantic - Dog Food Is So Fancy Now That I Ate Some
wired - Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead
the cut - What It’s Like to Not Buy New Clothes for 7 Years
scientific american - Why Do People in Relationships Cheat?
hakai - Iceland’s Quest to Use 100 Percent of Its Fish Waste
mental floss - Why Do People Toss Shoes Over Power Lines?
eater - The Very Capitalist History of the American Coffee Break
business insider - Your complete guide to America's weird new tribes.
wired - Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable - But You're Eating Them Wrong
slash film - Only One of the Simpsons' Catchphrases was Actually Created by the Show
the guardian - Misophonia: how ‘sound rage’ destroys relationships and forces people to move home

the atlantic - Why Do So Many Parents Think Kids Need Their Own Bedroom?