reading plurk | 
As always, things I have read/want to read and am thinking about this month. Links are not always endorsements, discussion is welcome.
Stop Trying to Be Productive
Why Certain Illnesses Remain Mysterious
the illnesses link: HELLA
and the "stop trying to be productive": also yes
a friend of mine who works at a major media organization had a colleague say to her, "we are not working from home. We are attempting to work in a time of crisis and trauma."
that is a hell of a reframe and one I endorse
yeah. yeah.
I have the The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness actual book but haven't read it yet.
yeah. mine is migraine, which we sort of have some meds for? a little? maybe?
but like, lollerskates, who knows what causes them, they're a mystery, take this drug for epilepsy maybe it'll help
thousand-yard-stare ok
Half a million people have seen me naked. - Cher Sca...
(cw: online harassment)
oooof
it's a story we've all heard before but it's a good reminder that this continues to be fucked up
and that even apologizing + taking down the photos doesn't actually stop the harassment
it's an imperfect solution but there are states now where that is a crime
posting the photos, I mean
so at least there is some kind of repercussions for doing the thing
The Outline, an attempt to build a bolder kind of ne...
The Unravelling of a Dancer
Opinion | I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips o...
How Kinfolk Magazine Defined the Millennial Aestheti...
I'm reading this now but I have an LDS friend and who went to temple with the Kinfolk people and he's always maintained they are awful
oh boy
not the best editing here, though
Kinfolk’s Katie Searle Crafts a Beautifully Imperfec...
kinfolk retrospective day
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob
texas monthly has free archives right now
Still Life
I actually got a kinfolk collection for my mom for her birthday lmao
"Still Life" is a real tearjerker you have been warned
When ‘Angels in America’ Came to East Texas
what is kinfolk, I'm curious
it's a pretentious lifestyle magazine, very aesthetic
of course it would be mormons
By September 2012, Kinfolk was selling tens of thousands of copies per issue at a cover price of $18. EIGHTEEN DOLLARS?????
it's like the essence of fancy restaurants
tbf their issues were p big
"I want to donate plasma for an experimental Covid-1...
The Woman on the Bridge
(cw: suicide)
Insane Clown Posse Is Modeling Ideal Pandemic Leader...