What are you as much as this weekend? My pal Alison (of Ethan Hawke fame) and I are going to see the one-woman play Oh God, a Show About Abortion, which is meant to be nice. (I’ll report again!) Hope you’ve got a superb one, and listed here are just a few hyperlinks from across the net…
An author tweeted his funny reactions whereas watching When Harry Met Sally. “Billy Crystal was so sizzling, like, what. A person. With a standard human physique. Subtly caked up… Wow, a film that’s instructed in chronological order. Do not forget that… This film is 20 minutes in. We have to be on like web page 25 of this screenplay by now. They’re FLYING by this dialogue.”
The trailer for Fire Island appears nice.
Big queer cold noodles. “As a university pupil in Taiwan, I might typically go to at least one explicit hole-in-the-wall chilly noodle store for a late-night slurp after an extended evening of ingesting. It wasn’t an explicitly queer institution, but it surely was close to the one lesbian bar in Taipei, and it supplied a way of queer neighborhood, which was uncommon in my every day life. This recipe is my tribute to the areas in Taipei that host younger queer of us like me, the place I acquired to be at liberty and cozy in my very own pores and skin whereas having reasonably priced, scrumptious meals.”
The vibrator to end all vibrators. (Take 15% off your order with code CUPOFJO15)
TikTok’s hottest drink is jam seltzer, so intrigued.
Is it time to reconsider boarding school’s place in pop culture? “Selection nonetheless isn’t there within the boarding college literature area, or within the wider media basically. Whereas teenagers of all races and backgrounds are welcome to reach at fictional boarding colleges specializing in supernatural skills, it’s uncommon to see creators step exterior of white narratives — particularly white male narratives — in relation to telling tales about these elite establishments… I finally returned to those subjects in my very own boarding college memoir, Admissions, writing about making an attempt to slot in as a Black pupil throughout my three years at Taft.”
What a pretty dress!
Oxygenate the family unit. Liked this. (NYMag)
Prince Louis goes on a journey, haha. (The Atlantic)
Padma Lakshmi shares her beauty routine for hyperpigmentation. (Vogue)
Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Elizabeth what’s everyone wearing this summer: “In a unprecedented transfer for myself, I’m declaring this the summer time of pale legs. I’ve very, very pale pores and skin and have been self-conscious about being pale in the summertime for my complete life. However this yr, impressed by Katie Sturino, I’ve determined that gone are the times of carrying solely maxi clothes and pants all summer time. Carry. On. The. Pale. Calves. I’m unleashing them on the world, which is a large step for me that’s 30+ years within the making, AND… I doubt anybody out on this nice huge world (together with my husband/children) pays it one little bit of consideration. It’s only for me.”
Says Jac on what’s everyone wearing this summer: “I stay within the South, the place it’s typically over 80 levels very first thing within the morning and within the 90s by midday. My stay-cool summer time uniform: linen or cotton sundresses (Outdated Navy, J.Crew and H&M have tons) with Gizeh Big Buckle Birks and cotton underwear — that is KEY. I in all probability change my underwear 4 occasions a day. I attempted all the assorted synthetics and fast dry choices and, in the long run, got here again to cotton bikinis. Additionally, through the pandemic, I purchased an eight-foot inventory tank, put it in my yard and added water. I now get in all through the day to chill off. I name it my Cowgirl Pool, aka my Perimenopause Therapy Tank. It has critically modified my life.”
Says Jen on six women on relationship breaks: “I first met my neighbor, Carlos, once I moved into his townhouse advanced. He was good-looking, all the time wore a go well with, and smiled each time he noticed me. I used to be fairly constructive he was homosexual, and I used to be in a relationship anyway, however being round him made me joyful. I regarded ahead to our fast chats each morning as we acquired into our vehicles for work. Shortly after shifting in, I discovered I used to be pregnant, and my boyfriend determined that wasn’t for him. He wished to take a break to course of issues. Carlos by no means commented on the state of affairs, however he actually observed my rising abdomen and abruptly absent boyfriend. He’d discover little methods to assist out, like carrying my groceries. My windshield was mysteriously scraped freed from snow each morning. After I went into labor, I couldn’t come up with anybody — my mother and my sister weren’t answering their telephones, and the newborn’s dad had dropped out of the image. In desperation, I knocked on Carlos’s door, sobbing, and requested him to go together with me to the hospital. He regarded petrified, however he nodded, drove me to the hospital, and stayed for the start. There have been a pair occasions I believed he may bolt, like when he requested for a chair to take a seat down as a result of the room was spinning. However he stayed he stayed he stayed. When the nurse introduced over my daughter, cleaned and wrapped in a white blanket, she moved at hand her to Carlos and stated, ‘Right here she is, Daddy.’ I began to say that he was only a pal, however he checked out me and stated ‘Sure, that’s me, I’m the daddy.’ And from that second on, he was. It seems that he wasn’t homosexual. He moved in with me the day I got here house from the hospital, and we acquired married a yr later. Right here we’re 20 years later, and he’s been essentially the most unimaginable husband and father to our three children. Sarcastically, the one who appears essentially the most like him is the one who isn’t biologically his. We dropped her off in school final fall, and he or she referred to as at some point to inform us that her boyfriend had requested to take a break. My husband winked at me and instructed her to maintain her chin up as a result of the break may result in one thing unimaginable.”
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