TV is in a writers’ crisis and a showrunners’ crisis.

What do book people want? UNIONS.

A viral twitter thread claimed that a forager people in Tanzania eat no plants. The thread is wrong; but more importantly, it points up the historical prejudices that continue to haunt the field of anthropology.

The 4*Town backstory you needed after finishing Turning Red.

Everything I have learned about the Amber Heard / Johnny Depp thing has been against my will. The online response to it has been very deeply disturbing.

Western audiences have missed the Buddhist and Daoist thought and symbolism woven through Everything Everywhere All at Once (which I have still not seen yet! argh!).

I do not read audiobooks and cannot weigh in on whether less is more when it comes to audiobook reading, but still I found this article interesting.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor considers the Buffalo shooting and what happens when we try to hide from history.

Here’s what happening in the Republican Party in Idaho.

BookTok is bringing attention and energy to the backlist.

Daniel Lavery lays out some common rhetorical strategies used by families who feel they have the right to determine their loved one’s gender transition by committee.

“Without first having had ASL, I would not have understood myself as a person with a story to tell.” Sara Novic discusses her new book and the recent explosion of art that engages with Deaf culture.

The two best-known Darcys chat about being Darcy.

When Tulane’s medical school was accused of racism, it was the accusers who lost their jobs.

Happy Friday, friends! Hang in there!

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