I named my links round-up after the first link in the bunch because if I named it after the last link I would cry. This is a horrible week, and I haven’t been able to do much reading yet of the no-doubt-terrific analysis that folks are doing on the situation in Minneapolis. In lieu of that, I’ll just link to the bail fund and encourage folks to donate. I also very much encourage you to call your secretaries of state and ask them to enable expanded mail-in voting for future elections. This country.
Anyway. Some links!
Here are so, so many actors from Hairspray doing a quarantined version of “You Can’t Stop the Beat” that is immensely adorable and heartwarming and great. (link)
There’s spoopy stuff happening in the British Museum. (link)
Ugh I screamed like a banshee (not in the good way) when I saw this. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. (link)
Slowpocalypse now: Some books about the slow collapse of society. Process dystopias, I call them! (link)
The history of Black Twitter (and actually of Black social media across the board). (link)
Instagram is giving away a lot of Peloton bikes. (link)
“Martyrdom is not a long-lasting career.” This is an older article about “vocational awe” in relation to librarians, but it’s very very relevant as libraries start to consider reopening. (link)
There’s a certain magic in reading silently together on a Zoom call. (link)
Navneet Alang goes long on Alison Roman and the whiteness of food culture. (link)
Parasocial relationships can be great! But they can also be um extremely not good. (link)
Shaun King raises a lot of money and it is not clear where that money ever goes. (link)
I feel shitty about the recent spate of police violence and probably you do too. Here’s Adrienne Green on how white women instrumentalize our emotions to harm Black folks. (link)
Wear masks. Keep each other safe. Rest up this weekend. <3