Here’s what I’ve read lately:
1. “My President Was Black,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is essential reading.
2. I love Instagram poet Cleo Wade‘s posts.
3. The meme of the year was emails.
4. The history behind octopi wearing top hats.
5. The greatness of Teen Vogue.
Have a great week.
I read so many great articles this week, and I couldn’t pare them down to the best six because they were all. so. great. The more the merrier. Here’s what I read:
1. Can Netflix survive in the world it created? (My take: probably not.)
2. How Silicon Valley nails Silicon Valley. (Do you watch this show? I love it. Start watching it.)
3. This is a very emotionally difficult interview to read, but you really should read it — an interview with a woman who recently had an abortion at 32 weeks.
4. The underground economy that rules New York City’s food carts.
5. A delightful conversation about basically nothing with Paul McCartney.
6. Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo and the power of the unfinished album.
7. An inside look at how Yahoo derailed Tumblr.
8. Barbara Williamson, one of the most famous radical sex experiments of the 1970s, and her life today.
9. An excerpt from a new book about Max Perkins, the editor who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
10. The best of the Dirtbags.
Have a great weekend.
I’m very, very sorry that I’ve been MIA this week. I have to tell you, it’s been a rough quarter in terms of scheduling: I don’t get home most weeknights until 6:30 or 7 p.m., and by then my brain is mush. But I have a lot of ideas for posts next week, and things will be back to normal!
Here’s what I read this week:
1. This conversation with Anna Wintour makes me feel really good about my goals.
2. This Kris Jenner interview is really interesting in the context of that the Kardashians are a cultural black hole.
3. Bobby Shmurda’s explanation of his lyrics is actually quite insightful.
4. I’ve never been a fan of Jezebel and its content, but this article on the maxi dress has been circulating and you should read it. (And then tell me what you think.)
5. Do you know who invented the piano?
And a bonus: This .gif of Peggy Olsen walking into the McCann Erickson offices is everything to me.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Zoë Lance. 