The Reading List: July 11, 2020
Image via @audrianacreates on Instagram.
Shannon
Why would you not want to read an expose on the Museum of Ice Cream, the ridiculous “art installation” (I use that word loosely) whose sole purpose was to take millennials’ money and look good in Instagram photos?
Another expose, this one on jewelry company Alex and Ani.
If you, like me, can’t get enough of the BSC, even more 25 years after you fell in love with the books, here are some more fun facts about the sitters of Stoneybrook.
Friendly reminder that “Clueless” is not just a great teen movie, it’s a great satire.
A very necessary look at the racism within the romance book industry.
This is a long one that I haven’t even quite worked my way through, but this long-form piece on how a Black Lives Matter post upended a small town in Ohio is definitely worth finishing.
Moira
One of our very first reviews was for “Fleishman is in Trouble,” (it was a rave). I was thrilled to see the continuation of the story in The Cut this week. A COVID-appropriate update indeed.
I love Killer Mike and Run the Jewels so much, and this QG article about the rapper, a Sanders-supporting 2nd Amendment advocate, is worth your time.
An article about the microaggressions presented to non-white suburban parents.
The Budgetnista on tackling debt.
Elizabeth
2020 has been a wild ride — I had forgotten the impeachment and the wildfires were this year tbh — and here’s a historian’s first draft at how future generations will learn about it.
TikTok is one of my favorite things about shelter-in-place — yes, I know the Chinese are spying, but so is my Alexa? — and, as an old, I really appreciated this summary of the recent drama on the app.
Le Diplomate is one of my favorite DC restaurants — and I’ve even ordered this $20 burger during quarantine — and I thought this was a fascinating look at how everything is impacted by the global pandemic.
Uh, can I move to a feminist city now please?
You know we are big fans of the 1619 Project around here (seriously, if you haven’t read it yet, stop here and go do that), and I could not be more excited to see how Oprah is going to adapt this for film.
As I have mentioned here countless times, I was a British history major, so I feel a bizarre fondness for the United Kingdom. If you feel even a smidgen of that, you must read this: Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness.
