Advice on how to dress professionally hits marginalized women so, so differently than men or even women with more privilege.

Toni Morrison died this month at the age of 88. The Guardian has a round-up of author tributes to her. Hannah Giorgis considers her legacy in American writing.

The interlibrary loan system (in America) is the apex of human civilization. It just is.

Jay-Z’s deal with the NFL is giving them cover for Colin Kaepernick.

Here are the creepiest sexist film reviews ever. (I am delighted that the Wonder Woman review is included here, because Jesus Christ.)

How did escape rooms become such a phenomenon? (I went to one once and I couldn’t stop coughing and it was rather stressful. The game master person came on the intercom to be like “….do you need a cough drop?” and it was like the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me, although it did not cure my cough, in the end.)

A pleasing trend in time-traveling lesbians has emerged; please everyone read The Psychology of Time Travel.

I enjoy it when people get mad about colloquialisms. (I say this as someone who sometimes gets mad about colloquialisms.)

“Rereading Jane Eyre recently, I was struck by how witchy it is.” On the resurgence of witches in pop culture.

These are tiny dollhouse renos. I have nothing to add to that.

The 1619 Project is an initiative by the paper to observe the 400th anniversary of slavery coming to America. It’s a massive undertaking under the leadership of Nikole Hannah-Jones, and if you have NYT access, you shouldn’t miss it. The Guardian is running a week-long series to commemorate the same event, which you can find here.

In many ways things are incredibly bad and getting worse, but here’s a bright side: Looks like humans cured Ebola???

This is a very pure video.

I hope that you have glorious plans for the weekend. It is Thursday as I write this, and I have already used up a rewatch of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, but if you haven’t yet done that this week, I recommend it. However charming you remember it being, you are exactly right. It is that charming. I might watch it another time this weekend. It’s in my top three movies and I mean that, along with Clueless and 10 Things I Hate about You YEAH YOU HEARD ME AND I STAND BY IT.

This has ended on a strangely combative note. I wish you all good luck in this cold dark world.

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It’s the year of our Lord 2017, and we are just now publishing the first translation of the Odyssey by a woman. (Buy it! The physical book is really beautiful!)

Angelica Jade Bastien on Now Voyager

I never don’t click on articles about the medieval historians trying to fend off Nazis. (Poor medieval historians! They really do not want Nazis at their luau.)

Men elevate foods; women ruin them. (It’s about gender bias, but not sexual assault. Yay?)

An excellently stern rebuttal to Francine Prose’s stupid piece in the New York Review of Books. I do not like Francine Prose.

Thor: Ragnarok, a movie I loved, is nevertheless fairly muddled as to its message about Empire. Noah Berlatsky unpacks some of that. But see also Gavia Baker-Whitelaw.

“Write because they are cutting out our tongues.” This piece is not about sexual assault, but it is about totalitarianism in the Philippines.

And then here are the links that are about sexual assault (partly or entirely). If you’re only going to read one of these, pick the first one. It’s real good.

How sexual harassment stories are like ghost stories, a horrifyingly accurate analysis by Jess Zimmerman.

The author of a new book about college football (FSU in particular) says scandal follows “where the excessive devotion is.” Shitdamn that’s a good point.

Alexander Chee on Kevin Spacey’s glib, yucky “coming-out” and what it says about his attitude toward the gay community.

Nobody needs to give a shit about Louie CK’s artistic legacy.

Have a great weekend! Chill outside if the weather is nice where you are! Cuddle up with a blanket and some hot cocoa if not!

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