Zoë Lance.

  • Link Party: 7/6-7/10

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. I love Diane Keaton, and this New Yorker profile from the 1970s is fantastic. 2. Why babies in medieval art look like ugly old men. 3. I say it every week on Twitter, but Rachel McAdams as Ani Bezzerides is truly the best part of this season of True…

  • Link Party: 6/29-7/3

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. I didn’t notice how many X should buy Y articles there are out there, and now I will. 2. I’m not a fan of Taylor Swift, but after reading this essay I understand her cultural pull a little more. 3. The Notorious RBG. 4. I haven’t watched the…

  • Link Party: 6/1-6/5

    Man oh man, this was an emotional week — and next week will be even worse. But here’s what I read: 1. The calligraphy stars on Instagram are some of my favorite accounts to follow. 2. Colson Whitehead brings up an incredible hyper-contemporary facet to “pics or it didn’t happen.” 3. This is a fascinating…

  • Link Party: 4/20-4/24

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Avocados are very important. 2. This is what happened when the Washington Post sent its food critic to critique a restaurant 80 Yelp users have rated 1-star. 3. Emoji are also very important, especially on the linguistics front. 4. Mallory Ortberg‘s advice to her younger self is wonderful.…

  • Link Party: 9/29-10/4

    You made it through the week, and now you deserve a few great things to read. Here are some of the things I read: 1. Is Google making me stupid? Sometimes I wonder. 2. Steven Pinker, whose work I first encountered in a language acquisition class last winter, has a new book about grammar out. He doesn’t like…