Zoë Lance.

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Thoughts on My First Post-Grad Job

    1. Although my first job out of college was neither a permanent position nor my dream gig, I still learned a lot about myself and how the world works. School was wonderful for me and I loved every moment, but it resides in a bubble that doesn’t entirely prepare you for the realities of the workforce. Throughout my six-month…

  • Link Party: 4/11-4/15

    I had a great week, and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. This is a fascinating read on Minecraft and the kids that play it. 2. Instagram is ruining vacation. 3. What working at Sephora is like. 4. The miniskirt‘s unabashedly feminist history. 5. A conversation with Elena Ferrante. And a bonus:…

  • Link Party: 4/4-4/8

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This 9-year-old reporter and her community news efforts make me so proud. 2. This is a stupendous feature on Yellowstone National Park and its wildlife. This is a must-read. 3. The work of professional taste testers. 4. Read about the guy who recorded, tamed and sold nature sounds to…

  • Culture Connoisseur: The Broad Museum

    Way back in December, I reserved two tickets to the newly-opened Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles. At the time, the earliest tickets I could get were for a mid-morning Sunday in March. The Broad opened to much fanfare. I knew how hard it was to get the timed tickets the museum preferred its visitors to…

  • What I Read: March 2016

    To help me stay on track in my 2016 goals, I’m documenting the books I read all year. Here’s what I read in March: Catch-22, by Joseph Heller: I hadn’t read this book in high school or college, so while filling a ThriftBooks binge I decided to give Catch-22 a go. I knew that it was a…

  • Link Party: 3/28-4/1

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The zen of the Buzzfeed Tasty video. 2. Hillary Clinton, “superpredators” and the deep roots of mass incarceration in the United States. 3. Lost in Trumplandia. (This is very, very good.) 4. The most important sentence on this article about Instagram’s switch to an algorithmic feed: “Our current…

  • Link Party: 3/14-3/25

    I spent an extra-long weekend in Seattle last week, so I didn’t have much time to read on the Internet / compile a roundup before I left on Thursday. That means that this week you get double the links, which also means double the partying. Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. Kinfolk and the hipster aesthetic. 2.…

  • Tune Time: March 2016

    At any given moment in my day, there’s a very high chance that I’m listening to music: on my phone, in my car or via my record player. (Shocker: I’m listening to music as I’m writing this post.) Music — and talking about music — has been a very big part of my life for as…

  • Link Party: 3/7-3/11

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. These two professors programmed a computer to analyze the works of authors with and without MFAs, and when they looked at the data their results were Not Good. 2. When you listen to music, you’re never alone. 3. I relished in reading about Iris Apfel’s recent week in Paris.…

  • Link Party: 2/29-3/5

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This is a fascinating story about the history of the Kate Spade brand and its mythos. 2. Trader Joe‘s rejection of social media. 3. Email newsletters are the new zines. 4. Let’s talk about the Amazon Dash buttons, and what they mean for us as consumers. 5. Bob Dylan’s secret archive…