Morning Coffee (1/21/18)

This annual freedom report is worth a look: Democracy in Crisis

In a time of ‘Fake News Awards,’ here are 11 real, imprisoned journalists

Trump’s biggest political weakness is on regular policy issues

How the Evangelical Culture of Forgiveness Hurts Victims of Sexual Abuse

This is a little dark even for me: Moscow Got 6 Minutes of Sunlight in December

Good for him: Adam Rippon rips Mike Pence for leading Olympic delegation (For context, Rippon is the first openly gay U.S. winter Olympian.)

“She’s Perfect in Everything”: Inside the Obsessive World of Ivanka Trump Instagram Accounts

So interesting: Massive Data Project Will Help People Identify Enslaved Ancestors

Can't wait to watch this: ‘Native America’ To Explore Interconnectivity Of Ancient Indigenous Cultures On PBS

Good to know the world is still turning normally in SOME ways: Lifetime announces Meghan Markle and Prince Harry TV movie

Morning Coffee (7/9/14)

New Harry Potter story! "Does Hermione Granger prove that a witch really can have it all? (No – look at her hair.)" Hee.

Awesome: George Clooney takes on the Daily Mail.

Wow: The New Yorker is making everything available online for three months and then instituting some sort of metered paywall.

What I Learned From Talking to Tinder’s Justin Mateen About Women

I still haven't watched the Warren Jeffs biopic, but this liveblog is great.

xkcd is so good at what it does.

Yahoo is trying to purchase credibility with the Community renewal

Dirtbag John Milton

Morning Coffee (6/13/14)

Happy Friday!

It's Friday the 13th and a full moon, and that's pretty rare.

I am extremely excited that they're finally publishing Margot Asquith's wartime diaries, and I have probably never sounded so much like my grandmother as at this moment.

And this new book on Jane Austen's country life also sounds interesting.

Grumpy Cat is starring in a Lifetime Christmas movie, which will include "cameos from other famous Internet memes." So. That's a thing.

Trust me when I say this long piece on Britney Spears, Las Vegas, and feminism is worth a read, even if you don't particularly care about Britney Spears.

Whoa: This Incredible Pen Lets You Write In Any Color You See

Harry Potter And The Forbidden Books

Nifty: Final Fantasy 14 is finally getting same-sex marriage

Western Art History: 500 Years of Women Ignoring Men

Morning Coffee (3/7/14)

Happy Friday!

Penguin sweaters: separating fact from fiction

Those of you who, like me, love both Gossip Girl and word games will want to click this link.

I love everything about this: Tony Goldwyn (Fitz from Scandal) is playing Warren Jeffs in a Lifetime movie.

I am dubious about this but hoping for hilarrible: E!'s first scripted show will be a fictional version of the British royal family, starring Elizabeth Hurley.

I took the Guardian's Which BBC Channel Are You? quiz, which in and of itself is a ridiculous statement, and got BBC 4, which I assume surprises no one.

How the New York Times Resurrected the Monocle, Over and Over Again, for the Last 112 Years

Stylish Illustrations Celebrate the Interior Designs of Classic Films

Which Baby-Sitter Are You?

Morning Coffee (1/20/14)

Happy Monday! Some of you have a holiday today, I hear. (I do not. Ah well.)

If you missed or would like to relive Lifetime's new Flowers in the Attic movie, the incomparable Cleolinda put together a bunch of tweets about it. (Disclosure: I appear in that piece a lot.)

Apparently they're making a sequel to the Tyra Banks/Lindsay Lohan masterpiece Life-Size. Huh.

Whoa. Check out this dramatic Olympics promo narrated by Game of Thrones's Charles Dance.

I realize this should be alarming but my first thought was "Cool!" Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It

You Can Now Send Someone You Temporarily Like A 'Bachelor' Bouquet

My friend Glenna has some great New Year's advice for knitters.

Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

The Onion: Unemployed, Miserable Man Still Remembers Teacher Who First Made Him Fall In Love With Writing