No lie: I was looking at the bottom of this links round-up and thinking that it was pretty smart of me to corral all the harassment and assault writing in one big paragraph. Then I scrolled back up to the top and realized there were more harassment links because APPARENTLY nobody can just OBSERVE APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES. I sure love boundaries, y’all. Here are some links. Some contain harassment; I wish they did not but if wishes were fishes, eh?
A personal account from a former teaching assistant to Avital Ronell, the NYU professor accused of harassment.
The brilliant Carol Anderson recommends books about democracy and its challenges.
Okay, maybe — MAYBE — I will consume this Sherlock Holmes property. MAYBE.
Design a spaceship: Some instructions.
Over at the Book Smugglers, Foz Meadows reminds us to critique the critics when we’re talking about problematic elements in media.
Constance Grady goes in on redemption narratives for men in Hollywood, versus women. Guess who gets the benefit of the doubt.
I absolutely love this piece about the jokes comedians regret making. The people who aren’t white dudes generally have more interesting, thoughtful things to say.
Deadspin and Jezebel understand how hard this time is, and they have accordingly switched out their editors. Two Jezebel writers attend a football game, and a Deadspin writer covers a fashion show.
Why the Serena Williams thing was so viscerally upsetting for black women.
I don’t know what this partnership between Sony and the owners of The Ripped Bodice but I am ALL ABOUT IT.
I just adore this piece about how authors dress their characters — with accompanying fashion images!
Want to know how Crazy Rich Asians managed to look so, like, crazy rich? The Wrap has you covered!
How to fart when sharing a bed.
Here’s some measurements and statistics about how stupid and useless the pockets in women’s clothes are WHEN WE EVEN GET TO HAVE THEM.
Women retell myths from classical antiquity: a top ten list.
Is social psychology in a replication crisis? Professionals differ on the answer.
What women really want from Jian Ghomeshi. Also: a conversation with the editor who decided to run the Jian Ghomeshi piece, in which Isaac Chotiner gives no quarter to bullshit, and which I believe led to the editor being fired/resigning. Also: Rebecca Solnit on the tradition that men are objective and women are subjective. Also: Mo Ryan on abusive men rewriting their stories (badly). Megan Garber on the question of (vis-a-vis Kavanaugh) whether sexual assault is Just How Things Are. Jia Tolentino on dudes being not very sorry at all. Also Lili Loofbourow on Kavanaugh because Jesus Christ this fucking week.
Are we in a romcom renaissance? God I hope so.
Willa Paskin reviews (with spoilers) the show Forever, and gets into some of the reasons I find it frustrating when the whole marketing push for a thing is KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS THING GOING IN or it will be COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY RUINT.
Everything you know about obesity is wrong.
Have a great weekend! Cuddle up with blankets and gin and good friends, as I will be doing.