“Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.”
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Darlings, I type this to you after a week spent preparing for and running a large work event. It went well, I’m delighted to say (notwithstanding a couple of technical snaffus that required MacGyvering mechanical fixes at 6:30 in the morning), but I am wiped after it.
Nonetheless, I have still whipped together a nice bunch of weekend links–because I love you, kittens!
I’ve spared you most American and British political news this week because it honestly makes me to angry. Instead I’ve bundled you up some reading that is a mix of tribute, lifestyle, weirdness that that jolly and uplifting standby: female rage in the face of attempts to control our bodies. All with a few chasers of wholesome loveliness to keep your spirits buoyed before we take to the streets.
“She was a warrior in a cardigan.” I failed to include this farewell missive last week, which is criminal. She will be missed.
I’m hopeless, I guess, because I hate getting up in the morning.
HBO has chosen it’s attempt to keep the serial fantasy genre going once Game of Thrones ends this weekend. They’ve clearly spent the money on a good cast, but I wonder how this is going to work out. It’s an interesting move since I think the film adaptation of this didn’t do so well and the viewing public, being the fickle thing that it is, may be in the mood for something different than high fantasy.
Twitter is garbage but I’m never going to quit a site that gives me this:
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— madisyn (@madisynsher) May 10, 2019
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The food revolutions have not reached everyone equally. Well, except maybe the bad ones.
This is fucking scary. (It’s also not fucking surprising. Every single person who told us to “calm down” about Justice Kavanaugh or any of it can take a flying leap.
Because they are our bodies, it must be our choice. [uncensored images of postpartum women’s bodies in all shapes and sizes ahead]
…And then put your money where your mouth is.
Rebecca Traister, noted chronicler of women’s rage, its use in public life, and the many ways people try to use it to discredit the women feeling it, has some thoughts on this law as well as well as some solid advice. She does not disappoint. “…never again let anyone tell you that the fury or determination to fight on this account is invalid, inappropriate, or inconvenient to a broader message. Consider that this is also what women and marginalized people are told all the time about their anger in general: that they should not express it, not let it out, because to give voice to their rage will distract from their aims, undermine them; that it will ultimately be bad for them. This messaging is strategic. It is designed to get angry people to keep their mouths shut.”
An honest to goodness charmer of a story!
Style matters, and style guides matter.
Gen Xers, you have been profiled.
Oof, just read me, why don’t you….
I can’t believe we have to say this in the year of our Lady Beyonce 2019, but vaccinate, people. We’ve been doing it for a while!
RIP.
And in related news, a lovely take on THAT Keanu pop culture moment.
Small Dog Syndrome 
Not much to add about the latest efforts to destroy women’s autonomy….it’s just another week in America. Sorry, do I sound cynical?
I like the MR story about not letting work define you. Have multiiple identities, and work is just…how you make $$$$. I am, technically, a journalist and author but make little $$ now because my industry is a shitshow, which has nothing to do with my skills. I’m also a wife, friend, photographer, cook, painter, antiques expert, former nationally ranked saber fencer….I think letting work dominate is a sure fire route to misery.