This! - “To be even blunter: the term high-functioning addict describes sick, addicted people who are still capable of producing capitalistic value.” Oof, this one got me. Holy crap, Alex does not mince words and I love it!
Is there a workaround for the New York Times links? I'm not able to read them because I'm not a subscriber but I also haven't had my coffee yet so perhaps it's an easy fix?
I’m so excited about your interview with Carl! Since your list came out, I’ve read Urge and Weight of Air and I’m floored with Urge. Such an enthralling and educational book. Thank you for your recommendations and this newsletter. It is a highlight of my week!
I’m so excited about your interview with Carl! Since your list came out, I’ve read Urge and Weight of Air and I’m floored with Urge. Such an enthralling and educational book. Thank you for your recommendations and this newsletter. It is a highlight of my week!
Can’t wait for your chat with Carl. But mostly I want to talk about soccer photo! Hair chin and cleats are so adorable and love what you said about your old self it’s so relatable and relish all these type of thoughts during this time we are living and finding our way out of social media ways that are transforming into something more real 🥰🥰
re: the the Bev article...Is this a real article?! This seems like the Onion. The last part especially killed me. Can only sober people see the comedy (tragedy)?
"You’re engaged as Geoff and Hannah break down how Bev’s sales strategy informs and changes the overall growth trajectory of the business. You can hear the infectious passion in Olivia’s voice and see her Glam smile radiate as she discusses the intricacies of delivering a best-in-class Bev customer experience (and her delightful passion for art history). Weighed together, the whole Bev team is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
Peabody and her amazing team have built more than a beverage company – they have crafted a healthy drinking culture that you can take wherever you go, one Bev at a time."
Spot on, again. Listening to Quitted: "Who are we when we stop hiding behind our purpose?" Choosing not to go back to work when my 3rd child started school rendered me bare naked. With every year since, I've become more acutely aware of the daily martyrdom and anxiety swirling around me and less apologetic for carving out 6 hours a day to myself. And I realize less household income, less street cred and a shit ton more energy for my community and my children might be worth giving up that nebulous "purpose." Thank you AGAIN.
Holly, thank you as always for the incredible link roundup. I'm also taking this as an opportunity to tell you that I'm listening to Quitted and I'm loviiing the ASMR discussion between you and Emily. I enjoy ASMR too and this was the best back and forth between you two. Haha, ASMR in the pleasure bucket. Loved it.
I really loved the Sarah Hepola article in the Atlantic, AND I really hope she writes about having empathy for sex offenders (or whatever it is she was starting to get at) because that was a very complex topic to sort of throw out there in an article like that and not flesh out any larger thinking around. My brain similarly went "Wait, wtf?" when I read that.
The opening sentence alone of the Bev article completely floored me: ‘beverages play a critical yet understated role in setting the atmosphere in social spaces’. Are you fucking kidding me??? ‘Beverages’ not alcohol which is what this is really about?
‘Critical role’ = socialising is literally not possible without ‘beverages’
‘Understated ?????? when alcohol companies spend billions persuading us that alcohol is essential to socialising. WTF!
As for the irony of a substance which creates colossal problems of domestic violence, abuse, broken relationships and families being marketed and funded as somehow being the answer to these problems???? This is a crock of beautifully packaged shit.
Holly, I also love Gilded Age! I don’t know what it is but I find it comforting to slip into that world. It’s the tv version of reading Jane Austen- beautifully boring
This! - “To be even blunter: the term high-functioning addict describes sick, addicted people who are still capable of producing capitalistic value.” Oof, this one got me. Holy crap, Alex does not mince words and I love it!
Is there a workaround for the New York Times links? I'm not able to read them because I'm not a subscriber but I also haven't had my coffee yet so perhaps it's an easy fix?
I’m so excited about your interview with Carl! Since your list came out, I’ve read Urge and Weight of Air and I’m floored with Urge. Such an enthralling and educational book. Thank you for your recommendations and this newsletter. It is a highlight of my week!
I’m so excited about your interview with Carl! Since your list came out, I’ve read Urge and Weight of Air and I’m floored with Urge. Such an enthralling and educational book. Thank you for your recommendations and this newsletter. It is a highlight of my week!
Thank you. I needed all these things to read midway through a family vacation.
On the topic of excellent podcasts - the episode you did with Sah D’Simone (Ep. 42) is my favorite podcast episode ever
Can’t wait for your chat with Carl. But mostly I want to talk about soccer photo! Hair chin and cleats are so adorable and love what you said about your old self it’s so relatable and relish all these type of thoughts during this time we are living and finding our way out of social media ways that are transforming into something more real 🥰🥰
I clicked your hyperlink on involuntary treatment but the hyperlink was to the Guiness article. Can you provide the correct hyperlink? Xoxo
re: the the Bev article...Is this a real article?! This seems like the Onion. The last part especially killed me. Can only sober people see the comedy (tragedy)?
"You’re engaged as Geoff and Hannah break down how Bev’s sales strategy informs and changes the overall growth trajectory of the business. You can hear the infectious passion in Olivia’s voice and see her Glam smile radiate as she discusses the intricacies of delivering a best-in-class Bev customer experience (and her delightful passion for art history). Weighed together, the whole Bev team is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
Peabody and her amazing team have built more than a beverage company – they have crafted a healthy drinking culture that you can take wherever you go, one Bev at a time."
Spot on, again. Listening to Quitted: "Who are we when we stop hiding behind our purpose?" Choosing not to go back to work when my 3rd child started school rendered me bare naked. With every year since, I've become more acutely aware of the daily martyrdom and anxiety swirling around me and less apologetic for carving out 6 hours a day to myself. And I realize less household income, less street cred and a shit ton more energy for my community and my children might be worth giving up that nebulous "purpose." Thank you AGAIN.
Holly, thank you as always for the incredible link roundup. I'm also taking this as an opportunity to tell you that I'm listening to Quitted and I'm loviiing the ASMR discussion between you and Emily. I enjoy ASMR too and this was the best back and forth between you two. Haha, ASMR in the pleasure bucket. Loved it.
I really loved the Sarah Hepola article in the Atlantic, AND I really hope she writes about having empathy for sex offenders (or whatever it is she was starting to get at) because that was a very complex topic to sort of throw out there in an article like that and not flesh out any larger thinking around. My brain similarly went "Wait, wtf?" when I read that.
The opening sentence alone of the Bev article completely floored me: ‘beverages play a critical yet understated role in setting the atmosphere in social spaces’. Are you fucking kidding me??? ‘Beverages’ not alcohol which is what this is really about?
‘Critical role’ = socialising is literally not possible without ‘beverages’
‘Understated ?????? when alcohol companies spend billions persuading us that alcohol is essential to socialising. WTF!
As for the irony of a substance which creates colossal problems of domestic violence, abuse, broken relationships and families being marketed and funded as somehow being the answer to these problems???? This is a crock of beautifully packaged shit.
Holly, I also love Gilded Age! I don’t know what it is but I find it comforting to slip into that world. It’s the tv version of reading Jane Austen- beautifully boring
I read this article this week and think peeps here might like it too: https://www.gawker.com/politics/the-narcissism-of-queer-influencer-activists