Afternoon Tea (6/26/19)

‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration

The kidnapped Yazidi children who don’t want to be rescued from ISIS

If you've seen other article about YA and Twitter going around... well, I recommend THIS one, which is actually well-researched and thoughtful: YA Twitter Can Be Toxic, But It Also Points Out Real Problems

Challenging Heterosexist Readings Of Women’s Holocaust Testimonies

Tsampa: The Tibetan Cereal That Helped Spark An Uprising

Afternoon Tea (6/21/19)

Eeee: Veronica Mars on Hulu Will Be Darker, Sexier, and Stacked with Guest Stars

This is lovely: Olympic ice-dance champions Virtue and Moir: 'We’re so proud of our relationship'

! Narlugas Are Real

Overlooked No More: Claude Cahun, Whose Photographs Explored Gender and Sexuality

6 Books About Queer Princesses for Readers of All Ages

Afternoon Tea (5/6/19)

A Former Alt-Right Member’s Message: Get Out While You Still Can

Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change?

How an Aquafresh Parody Tumblr Got Swept Up in a Hate-Speech Purge

What's the DNA of Desire?

At the Edge of the Ice

Afternoon Tea (12/20/18)

American Women of the Far Right

The Real Sex Lives of Historical Queens

The Homer We Want

Translating Life in Iran

40 Years Later: How We Talk About Jonestown And Why It Matters

Afternoon Tea (10/22/18)

What a story: They were a gay, interracial couple in an age of relentless bigotry. The two Harolds didn’t flinch.

Isidore Zimmerman: The Man the System Couldn't Break

Can This Cast-Iron Skillet Be Saved?

10 YA Fantasy Books Inspired By Asian Mythology — And Written By Female Authors

Heh: The 13 Worst Boston Accents in the History of Crime Movies

Afternoon Tea (10/16/18)

This was great and, as I said yesterday, I need to read more Val McDermid: Val McDermid on What It’s Like Judging the Man Booker Prize

Why Count All the Squirrels in Central Park? Why the Heck Not

Five Books About Girls Who Don’t Care If You Like Them Or Not

Becoming a Ballerina Kept Me From Coming Out as Queer

Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge

Afternoon Tea (7/10/18)

Hobby Lobby's Illegal Antiquities Shed Light On A Lost, Looted Ancient City In Iraq

The Lost Dogs of the Americas

ME TOO: I love museum text, please don’t laugh

The Bonds Between Sex and Books

Forget Baguettes — Why In-the-know Bread Lovers Should be Heading to the Caucasus

Morning Coffee (7/10/18)

Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, explained

This is horrifying: Pregnant Women Say They Miscarried In Immigration Detention And Didn't Get The Care They Needed

Trump Administration Freezes Payments Required By The Affordable Care Act

Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution by U.S. Stuns World Health Officials

It was quite a day in the U.K. yesterday: Boris Johnson Resigns as U.K. Foreign Secretary Over Brexit Discord is the updated headline but he was NOT THE ONLY ONE.

Okay, some good news: Ethiopia's Abiy and Eritrea's Afewerki declare end of war

Please read this: On the subject of the London Pride parade hijacking by TERFs

He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance? (He's not any more, but still worth a read.)

Research shows electing women makes a real difference in people’s lives

Scott Pruitt is leaving behind a toxic mess at the EPA

Morning Coffee (6/30/18)

See the front page of the paper the Capital Gazette put out the day after a fatal shooting

Hillary Clinton: 'What is more uncivil than taking children away?'

"An immigration lawyer said she fractured her foot after being pushed to the ground by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer as she followed her client, a 3-year-old boy, into an ICE building in Kansas City, Mo."

News outlets join forces to track down children separated from their parents by the U.S.

GOOD: Federal judge blocks Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirements

Also good: Automatic Voter Registration Bill Clears Mass. House 130-20

We’re About to Find Out How Bad It Will Get Without Justice Kennedy

This is horrifying: Proposed Ohio law would force teachers to 'out' transgender youth

Some DNA Dismissed As 'Junk' Is Crucial To Embryo Development

'Irish giant' may finally get respectful burial after 200 years on display

Afternoon Tea (6/29/18)

The Tumblr bloggers building a canon of asexual history

Spying Doesn’t Pay — Unless You’re Really Good At It

One Crime Novel for Every Country in the World Cup

America’s First Female Mapmaker

Interview with A Mongolian Cheesemaker

Afternoon Tea (6/27/18)

Girls of South Sudan on gunshot wounds, hunger and hope – in pictures

A Sensitivity Read Changed My Life

How a 12 Year Old Schoolboy Set About Restoring the Magnificent Gwrych Castle

No, my book is not a ‘guilty pleasure’ just because I’m a woman

Heh: If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth

Afternoon Tea (6/26/18)

After a President’s Shocking Death, a Suspicious Twin Reshapes a Nation

Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?

Stephanie Beatriz Is Bi and Proud as Hell

A fascinating look at media coverage of "wellness" trends: Cleanse and Refresh

Well-Behaved Women Make History Too

Afternoon Tea (6/21/18)

The Hidden Queer History Behind “A League of Their Own”

Can Twitter Save the Dictionary?

This may make you hungry: A Brief History of America’s Appetite for Macaroni and Cheese

A Disgruntled Federal Employee’s 1980s Desk Calendar

This Twitter Account Devoted to Angry Italians Is My Favorite Place Online

Afternoon Tea (6/5/18)

Lee Pace Came Out Seven Times a Week. Then He Came Out for Real.

Maria Sharapova's Rivalry With Serena Williams Is In Her Head

This added so many things to my TBR list: Our Most Anticipated LGBTQAP YA Books of 2018: July–December

Joan Quigley, Ronald Reagan’s Guide to the Stars

A Cultural History of Hideous Sandals

Afternoon Tea (3/20/18)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi's Kelly Marie Tran Has a Story to Tell

The Strange and Twisted Life of Frankenstein

A Modern Controversy Over Ancient Homosexuality

Should Some Species Be Allowed to Die Out?

Inside the Wild Life of a Royal Correspondent

Afternoon Tea (6/13/17)

Can We Blame the Mafia on Lemons?

I wish we could watch this here! Indian soap tackles taboos to become one of world's most watched

How St. Augustine Invented Sex

Well, this definitely made me want to read the book: The Biggest Mystery of My Book is Its Cover

A C.S.A. for Books

Morning Coffee (1/16/16)

Hollywood has told women to ‘date the nerd’ for decades. It’s bad advice.

Oh, Slate, NO.

Whoa: This hack for Netflix’s genre codes is about to vastly improve your life.

AND: Super Browse Integrates Those Secret Netflix Categories Into the Netflix Search Page

This gold mining reality show story is quite something.

Ooh: This Ancient City Was Three Times Bigger Than Archaeologists Suspected

Did Jesus really go to England? (No.)

Untangling an Accounting Tool and an Ancient Incan Mystery

If you're looking for some contemporary fiction to read, you could do worse than the Tournament of Books longlist.

Signs You’re About To Be In A Sinister Homoerotic Subplot In A Midcentury Drama

Morning Coffee (2/27/13)

My friend Beck wrote a lovely riff on the controversy over Ben Affleck's "marriage as work" thing.

Downton Abbey as Super Nintendo game! Amazing.

Fascinating: From Women's Page to Style Section

Bill Cunningham's Big Gay Heart

Hee: Pixar Star Trek

Can Knitting Give You a Runner's High?

I did not really know anything about Oscar Wilde's marriage.

Love in Amish Country