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
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4.02.2019
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."
february 2019
no books. Mexico, moving, pops youth summit, etc.
won't you be my neighbor [mr rogers documentary] [2018]
The Atlantic - The ‘g’ in Google’s Old Logo Is Really Weird
The Atlantic - Americans Are Weirdly Obsessed With Paper Towels
City Lab - The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations
The Guardian - 'Would you be willing?': words to turn a conversation around (and those to avoid)
NY Times - The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini
The Guardian - The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes
The Atlantic - The Bored Sex
New Yorker - The Best Facts I Learned from Books in 2018
The Atlantic - How to Trick People Into Saving Money
"Americans spent $70 billion on lottery tickets in 2014—an average of about 300 per adult."
won't you be my neighbor [mr rogers documentary] [2018]
The Atlantic - The ‘g’ in Google’s Old Logo Is Really Weird
The Atlantic - Americans Are Weirdly Obsessed With Paper Towels
City Lab - The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations
The Guardian - 'Would you be willing?': words to turn a conversation around (and those to avoid)
NY Times - The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini
The Guardian - The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes
The Atlantic - The Bored Sex
New Yorker - The Best Facts I Learned from Books in 2018
The Atlantic - How to Trick People Into Saving Money
"Americans spent $70 billion on lottery tickets in 2014—an average of about 300 per adult."
1.11.2019
january 2019
finished Last Man On Earth series
finished - Christine Kenneally - The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Outside - Stop Tossing Your Banana Peel on the Trail
Refinery 29 - Why Married Couples Are Into Cuckolding
New York Times - How ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Went From Parlor Act to Problematic
CR Fashion Book - Faux Fur is the Latest Runway Fad, But is the Trend Hurting More Than it Helps?
The Atlantic - The Way American Parents Think About Chores Is Bizarre
Taste - Dishwasher Logic
I think we don't use ours because it takes more than a day's meals to fill the machine and of course we only run the machine when full so it seems more sanitary to wash dishes by hand and use the machine as a drying rack. for parties tho, we generally use the machine. we also run it once a month so the water doesn't build up.
finished - Christine Kenneally - The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
Outside - Stop Tossing Your Banana Peel on the Trail
Refinery 29 - Why Married Couples Are Into Cuckolding
New York Times - How ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Went From Parlor Act to Problematic
CR Fashion Book - Faux Fur is the Latest Runway Fad, But is the Trend Hurting More Than it Helps?
The Atlantic - The Way American Parents Think About Chores Is Bizarre
Taste - Dishwasher Logic
I think we don't use ours because it takes more than a day's meals to fill the machine and of course we only run the machine when full so it seems more sanitary to wash dishes by hand and use the machine as a drying rack. for parties tho, we generally use the machine. we also run it once a month so the water doesn't build up.
12.04.2018
december 2018
halt and catch fire (series)
The Wall Street Journal - Your Cash Is No Good Here. Literally.
CNN - Illusion of control: Why the world is full of buttons that don't work
Taste - All Hail the Asian Supermarket: An American Institution
The Atlantic - I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.
The Guardian - Not just a fad: the surprising, gut-wrenching truth about gluten
NYT - Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World
"Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm."
The Guardian - Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America
"Dollar General is opening stores at the rate of three a day across the US... The company estimates that three-quarters of the population lives within five miles of one of its stores..."
Vox - The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager
"What do you want people to know about Amazon and Black Friday?
"People need to know that their free shipping comes at a human cost. They might be shopping for things that are cheaper and arrive faster, but those packages are artificially cheap. They are being paid for in other ways. People who are watching the expansion of Amazon need to know that it’s not necessarily a good thing. Sure, you’ll get cheaper and faster packages. But Amazon runs on a logistics system that’s based off working people to the bare bones."
The Wall Street Journal - Your Cash Is No Good Here. Literally.
CNN - Illusion of control: Why the world is full of buttons that don't work
Taste - All Hail the Asian Supermarket: An American Institution
The Atlantic - I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.
The Guardian - Not just a fad: the surprising, gut-wrenching truth about gluten
NYT - Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World
"Of course, world-changing initiatives funded by the winners of market capitalism do heal the sick, enrich the poor and save lives. But even as they give back, American elites generally seek to maintain the system that causes many of the problems they try to fix — and their helpfulness is part of how they pull it off. Thus their do-gooding is an accomplice to greater, if more invisible, harm."
The Guardian - Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America
"Dollar General is opening stores at the rate of three a day across the US... The company estimates that three-quarters of the population lives within five miles of one of its stores..."
Vox - The human costs of Black Friday, explained by a former Amazon warehouse manager
"What do you want people to know about Amazon and Black Friday?
"People need to know that their free shipping comes at a human cost. They might be shopping for things that are cheaper and arrive faster, but those packages are artificially cheap. They are being paid for in other ways. People who are watching the expansion of Amazon need to know that it’s not necessarily a good thing. Sure, you’ll get cheaper and faster packages. But Amazon runs on a logistics system that’s based off working people to the bare bones."
11.03.2018
november 2018
Christine Kenneally - The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures
the post (2018), the girl with all the gifts (2016), the Mindy project (series)
FiveThirtyEight - What If Only Men Voted? Only Women? Only Nonwhite Voters?
NPR - O'Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal
The Verge - The Kilogram is Dead; Long Live the Kilogram
Vogue - Why Do White Women Keep Voting for the GOP and Against Their Own Interests?
The Guardian - The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference?
"To take on plastic is in some way to take on consumerism itself. It requires us to recognise just how radically our way of life has reshaped the planet in the span of a single lifetime, and ask whether it is too much."
the post (2018), the girl with all the gifts (2016), the Mindy project (series)
FiveThirtyEight - What If Only Men Voted? Only Women? Only Nonwhite Voters?
NPR - O'Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal
The Verge - The Kilogram is Dead; Long Live the Kilogram
Vogue - Why Do White Women Keep Voting for the GOP and Against Their Own Interests?
The Washington Post - Christopher Columbus and the potato that changed the world
The Guardian - The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference?
"To take on plastic is in some way to take on consumerism itself. It requires us to recognise just how radically our way of life has reshaped the planet in the span of a single lifetime, and ask whether it is too much."
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