Nauru is a very tiny island nation that I learned about in the book How to Hide an Empire (which was good). Here is an article about the current state of things in Nauru. The villain is colonialism all along!

“’I was a little shocked by the dead bodies, I thought there would be a warning. But I love that stuff,’ said Monica, who really took it in stride for someone who–I’ll say it again–did not know this was a Gone Girl–themed cruise.”

“Complete with title so maudlin it preempts all mockery” is a very good pull quote to represent the tenor of this extremely satisfying review of John Boyne’s latest book.

Stephen Elliott is suing Moira Donegan for his inclusion on the Shitty Media Men list. Here’s the breakdown. Also, fuck that guy.

For Culture Study, Michelle Cyca (Plains Cree) talks about the problem of Pretendians, including the recent discussion around Sacheen Littlefeather.

This is an absolutely wild piece about diet culture ruining marriages.

Linda Condega goes long on Interview with the Vampire‘s decision to explicitly depict domestic abuse, the fan reaction to that decision, and what it all means.

If you haven’t been following the Supreme Court case that’s endeavoring to overthrow ICWA and gut Native American sovereignty, here’s a good place to start. Rebecca Nagle does incredible work.

“Ordinary people are the conscience.” Clint Smith examines German efforts to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust.

I love to watch rich people implode their businesses, so I have desperately wanted to understand what is going on with FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried. This is difficult for someone who has, up to this week, steadfastly refused to learn anything about cryptocurrency except that it’s a scam and Ryan from The OC has dedicated several years to making sure people know that. In case you are in a similar boat, here is an explainer of what’s going on. Once you have read that, read this absolutely wild piece about how Sam Bankman-Fried hopped into a Vox reporter’s DMs to confess to a bunch of lies and ?crimes?. I don’t really understand any of this still, but I love it. Please link me any additional information sources for people who don’t get any of this.

“American Horror Story craves our attention, but it doesn’t love anything.”

I do not know what to do about the floods that have struck Pakistan and Nigera this year. Nor about the Ukrainian war, nor the ongoing Afghan refugee crisis. Here is a piece about what fiction can and can’t do.

Have a great weekend, friends.

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Nasim Mansuri finds a way to love a book — CS Lewis’s The Horse and His Boy — that doesn’t love her back. (link)

The first generation of school shooting survivors has grown up. (link)

Who gets to go with their gut in the movies? Who gets to be the hero who saves the day? (SPOILERS, it’s men.) (link)

Anne Helen Peterson’s description of why Candy Crush is addictive and empty, and Wordle is fun and sweet, is so spot on. (link)

In news that will surprise nobody, Noom is just a diet app, rebranded. I hope the Maintenance Phase podcast does an episode on Noom soon, but I suppose that would be giving them more attention I don’t want them to have. Fuckin diet culture. (link)

Another review of To Paradise, this one getting into Hanya Yanagihara’s pretty messed-up attitude toward disability! Among other things! (link)

I absolutely love The Secret History, but even so, this essay about the moral vacuity of its world is very good. (But I still love it.) (link)

Do you want Bernardine Evaristo to recommend you some books, of course you want that. (link)

“Let people like things” is a credo that has stepped way beyond its original context. (link)

How much do influencers charge brands? NOBODY REALLY KNOWS, not even the influencers or the brands, but one company is trying to change that. (link)

“For kids today from poorer backgrounds, the path I took through education no longer exists.” A $4000 Pell Grant changed Tara Westover’s life. (link)

What is all the constant tracking and counting doing to our reading habits? (Despite having insanely read 31 books in January, I cannot relate to this article because I never set numbered reading goals.) (link)

Sarah Raughly considers what it means that it takes Black tragedy to get publishers interested in Black books. (link)

That’s all for now! Wish me luck on a very busy weekend!

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