Afternoon Tea (4/22/19)

I don't love this headline, but the piece provided very good context and updates: The Baraboo Nazi Prom Photo Shocked The World. The City’s Response Shocked Its Residents.

Behind the New, Gloriously Queer Emily Dickinson Movie

I love this title: Killer Trees of the Revolution

Why It’s Time to Move Millennials Into Leadership

Fairytales on trial: the Good and the Beautiful in early Soviet children’s literature

Morning Coffee (3/13/19)

Senators Introduce Legislation to Finally Repeal the Hyde Amendment and End Wide-Ranging Federal Abortion-Funding Ban

Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails — again

DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says

This is awful: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post

Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first

THIS IS WILD: The FBI’s college admissions fraud case against Felicity Huffman and many more, explained

What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?

WHOA: Levine Leaving Scholastic to Launch Publishing Venture

X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting

Ooh, interesting: Watch Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson in New ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ Trailer

Afternoon Tea (11/27/18)

The Stylish Socialist Who Is Trying to Save YouTube from Alt-Right Domination

This is lovely: Mosul, the city with two springs

A Mixtape for a Broken Heart

Ugh I don't want to start having to ask if my cocktails are vegetarian, too: The Secret to That Bright-Red Drink? Little Bugs

Marketing Emily Dickinson as a Children’s Poet

Morning Coffee (5/31/18)

THIS IS WILD: Arkady Babchenko: Ukraine faked murder of journalist

Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal ...and now Mueller is investigating THAT, because this is a crazy endless loop.

Harvey Weinstein Indicted by New York Grand Jury

The horrifying sexual misconduct allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, explained

2018! The Trump–Kim Kardashian meeting, explained

LAPD begins sweeping criminal probe of former USC gynecologist while urging patients to come forward

This is INSANE and I feel like there has to be more to the story: Accountant embezzled $3.4M from famed literary agency

Wow: Five Blood Transfusions, One Bone Marrow Transplant — All Before Birth

This sounds like a trap: Great White Sharks Have A Secret 'Cafe,' And They Led Scientists Right To It

Huh: Hailee Steinfeld to Star in Emily Dickinson Comedy Series for Apple

Morning Coffee (12/10/16)

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House Now what?

This obituary is very good and written by the journalist who wrote the Times's moon landing story in 1969: John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95

Oh, fuck you: Ohio Politician Who Lobbied for ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Has ‘Never Thought About’ Why a Woman Would Want an Abortion

Welp: Donald Trump says he is not bothered by comparisons to Hitler

BUT HILLARY'S SPEECHES THOUGH: Trump just offered yet another Goldman veteran a spot in his administration

Why is Donald Trump tacitly endorsing extralegal Filipino death squads? GEE I CAN'T IMAGINE.

Maybe the Answer Is That He Can't Divest

The next four years are shaping up as a disaster for organized labor

And: Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary is a big ‘screw you’ to the Fight for $15

Some good news! Black rights activist Viola Desmond to be 1st Canadian woman on $10 bill

Wow: A 1-year-old boy died 44 years ago. His accused killer is now going to trial.

Emily Dickinson's Singular Scrap Poetry

Morning Coffee (4/2/16)

"First, the Sanders campaign needs to stop feeding the right-wing disinformation machine. Engaging in innuendo suggesting, without evidence, that Clinton is corrupt is, at this point, basically campaigning on behalf of the RNC. If Sanders really believes, as he says, that it’s all-important to keep the White House out of Republican hands, he should stop all that – and tell his staff to stop it too.

Second, it’s time for Sanders to engage in some citizenship. The presidency isn’t the only office on the line; down-ballot races for the Senate and even the House are going to be crucial. Clinton has been raising money for other races; Sanders hasn’t, and is still being evasive on whether he will ever do so. Not acceptable."

Because: It’s Really Hard To Get Bernie Sanders 988 More Delegates

Donald Trump’s fragile machismo would make him a terrible president

The Shocking Sexualization Of Female Politicians In Porn

This is great: Authors Pen Letter of Support to NC Youth

Warning: This is an April Fools joke BUT IT IS CUTE AND FUNNY AND HARMLESS, which is the only kind I'll tolerate.

Hmm: A Loaded Gun: The Real Emily Dickinson

Nicole Cliffe's piece made me want to read Faye Resnick's book.

It will be interesting if one of the effects of Serial is a radio drama renaissance.

Alyssa Rosenberg transcribed her Batman v Superman notes and it's hilarious.

The Cold War: A Pop-Culture Timeline

Things I Have Mistaken For A Personality Trait Or Love Over The Years, Both In Others And In Myself, Usually To My Own Detriment

Morning Coffee (2/26/16)

Happy Friday! ICYMI, yesterday's movie posts on three shorts: Ave Maria, We Can't Live without Cosmos, Shok

Awesome: Simon & Schuster Creates Imprint for Muslim-Themed Children’s Books

Also awesome: President Obama's nominee Carla Hayden would be the first African-American and first female Librarian of Congress.

I neither watch New Girl nor write comedy, and I've never been to L.A., but I loved Liz Meriwether's Why Hating L.A. Is Good for My Comedy so much that it made me consider doing at least one of those things.

If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend watching The People v. O.J. Simpson on FX, even if you don't tend to like Ryan Murphy's stuff (I don't) or aren't particularly interested in the case (I wasn't). It's SO so good and VERY timely in a lot of the questions about race and gender it deals with. And, honestly, the recaps on Go Fug Yourself alone would make it worth watching, especially for the perspective they give on what it felt like to live in L.A. during these events.

Related: I don't watch The Bachelor but I enjoy the Fug Girls' cultural observations and writing so much that I still loved their piece about a Bachelor bachelor auction, basically (and why didn't the event call it that??), and especially the way they tried to be a former contestant's get-a-grip friends.

I'm pretty excited about Pee-wee's Big Comeback.

I really want to see this Emily Dickinson movie.

I don't agree with all of these conclusions, but Pairing the Romantic Heroes of L.M. Montgomery and Jane Austen is fun right up until you start trying to decide whether Dean Priest or Wickham was worse and your brain breaks. (Dean Priest. He was worse. He was THE WORST.)

Lines From The Private World Of High Society So Startling I Read Them Aloud To My Grandmother This Weekend

It's been A WEEK. Let's all go to a library bar.