what i read last month
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this week’s style inspo:
Cindy Sherman, portrait artists extraordinaire
what I’m clicking:
Will we survive the vibe shift? | Welcome to Goblin Mode | Caroline Calloway’s literal snake oil scam | The anti-woke film festival flub | Nobody should be surprised that the biblical soap people are into psychedelics | Kim Kardashian and the mystery of the golden coffin | Julia Fox is her own muse | Travel guidebooks will never be the same | Crowdfunding a multi-million dollar fantasy series | The age of anti-ambition | The curious life and mind altering death of Justin Clark | The Chilean burglary ring targeting wealthy American households | How pentecostalism is reshaping America and the world | Is an elephant a person? | The trans swimmer dividing America | Ignoring the history of anti-asian racism is another form of violence | What’s in a Black name? | It’s your friends who break your heart | The internet’s response to Ukraine has been peak cringe | At the Przemysl station
what I’m wanderlusting:
Thinking a lot about the quiet and understated beauty of Eastern Europe lately
what I’m watching:
One of the best–if not the very best–tv shows ever made: Station Eleven
what I’m coveting:
what i’m recommending:
My favorite perfectly greasy body sunscreen
what I’m reading:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann
This book blew my mind for a few reasons: First, it’s an absolutely batshit story and second, HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE!!!! How are there not a million movies and documentaries and HBO miniseries and Netflix reboots of this story. The writing is so weirdly terrible but the story is so engrossing that it completely makes up for it. And just when you think you’ve figured it all out and it’s over, there’s another devastating (yet I guess unsurprising) blow.
Would I Recommend It: Anyone who loves nonfiction or true crime podcasts will love this book. Read it, share it, add it to your high school syllabi.
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
Kenra James
I can’t resist a boarding school book and uh, wow, this memoir about the first Black legacy student to graduate from Taft was revealing. I expected to be disappointed and/or horrified by the actions of her snooty white classmates but honestly, the actions of the kids weren’t that surprising–it’s the actions (and inactions) of the staff and faculty that really made my jaw drop.
Would I Recommend It: Only if you’re curious about what it’s really like to go to an elite boarding school as somebody who doesn’t fit the cookie cutter.
Elise Bryant
I can’t remember why I bought this romance novel for teens and I can’t tell you why, out of the dozens of books in my TBR pile, I chose this one–but I’m glad I did. It is so scrumptiously adorable.
Would I Recommend It: YES, but only for hopeless romantics (of any age)