Hello dear friends!
I did one of those things where I hit publish on this blog post… well, in my sleep. No joke. Apparently that’s a thing that happens.
I’ve been in Dallas this weekend working really very hard on a video shoot. I’ll tell ya – a 4am call time is all fine and good until it’s 9:30 pm and you’re publishing hot blog content apparently in your sleep. I feel like we’ve been together long enough to laugh it off though, right?
I’ll be in Dallas for another few days touring around, eating all of the Emporium Pie and barbecue and good sushi.
Judging by the hotel pool party yesterday (my goodness!), folks are celebrating 4th of July this weekend and I hope that means you’re getting together with friends and eating potato salad in multiple varieties.
Here’s the offering this week:
• Annapolis: When a Local Tragedy Becomes National News. (The Atlantic)
• Are you here? Why A Pro-Life World Has A Lot of Dead Women In It. (Harpers Bazaar)
• Gossiping… you know, it’s bonding – like when we used to groom one another way way back in the day. Gossiping is Good. (The Atlantic)
• A casual four cups? The Right Amount Of Coffee You Should Drink A Day. (Inc)
• Good idea: There Should Be No Internet for One Weekend Per Month. (The Cut)
• This feels vulnerable and compelling: The Gospel According To Andre. (YouTube)
• No matter how you feel about Drake’s new album Scorpion, trust that the cakes will hit the oven shortly: 5 takeaways from Drake’s New Double Album. (Pitchfork)
• Dave Matthews does a Tiny Desk Concert and hey, he has really nice skin which, of course, isn’t the point but I feel like it’s important to note. (NPR)
• Have you already torn through the latest season of Queer Eye? It’s charming as ever because these Fab 5 just have the best chemistry. Nothing Is Off The Table at Dinner With the Cast of Queer Eye. (Vulture)
• We’ve entered hot dog season which makes these a pretty unstoppable idea: Chili Cheese Dogs. (Joy the Baker)
• Not a thing wrong with it: Single Serving Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie. (Food52)
Enjoy your day today!
Best,
Joy
Ania
Thank you for these links, Joy! I thoroughly enjoyed them.
I’ve seen “The Gospel according to Andre” and loved it! I felt truly inspired. The film made me question my wardrobe as well though so.. there is that ?
Also, thank you so much for sharing Dave Matthews performance. Love his quirkyness and voice. His music took me through hard times and is so soothing to my soul. Can’t wait to see him live next week when he stops over in Toronto!
Hugs and Happy July 4th!
patty
so appreciate andrea’s comment. factual and sensitive. thank you for taking the time to respond for many.
Amy
Joy I have read your blog for many years and missed the customary loving sign-off on Sunday! Glad to know you’re ok. ? from London.
Sunny
Hot Dogs = Summertime, to me. This past Saturday, we had a fish fry/bbq for a bunch of our friends, and while the fish and chicken and hush puppies and burgers and (far too many) side dishes were grand, the dogs were over the top. Possibly because I may have (ahem) popped them into the deep fryer…….
Blu
Can we talk about how Drake said “I only love Mahbed and my momma, I’m sorry.” Mahbed is his son’s middle name! Tuh! Also, I’ve clearly been limiting myself when it comes to hot dog toppings!
Blu
http://www.liveloveblu.com | wellness & healthy living
Andrea
There are pro-lifers who do support a consistent pro-life ethic, which means we oppose A LOT of what the current administration is doing. In fact, many pro-life organizations were at the Women’s March (though they were kicked out as official sponsors). I would never dream of calling women who abort “baby killers”. Instead of focusing on the legality of abortion, we work to meet needs that drive women to make that decision – housing, financial support, medical care, advocating against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace and colleges/universities, reducing maternal mortality, etc. It breaks my heart that any woman feels she has no other choice but to make that hard decision, and I know no woman makes it lightly. Not trying to debate or change anyone’s mind, just wanted to offer a different perspective, as not all pro-lifers are right wing religious conservatives.
Saurs
Thanks for this perspective, from a person with an uncompromising pro-abortion stance. I think in countries like the US which create serious roadblocks for codifying complete bodily autonomy — resulting, among other things, in a statistically significant amount of unwanted births and households that can’t afford them — it’s important that truly self-styled pro-life activists (complete with all the bells and whistles of anti-death penalty, pro-universal medical care, pro-labor rights) work together with us to ensure that people with the capacity to become pregnant also have unfettered and universal access to the one thing that has been proven to help reduce the abortion rate the world over: multiple methods of safe and proven contraception, coupled with the absence of fear-mongering that intentionally mischaracterizes what an abortion looks like, what it’s for, and who benefits from its existence.
It’s lovely to hear, with respect to reproductive rights, that the current US administration is alienating part of its traditional partisan base, because that creates an opportunity for us to come together as a solid bloc to solve this thing once and for all. The “pro-life” base has a disproportionate of power, and part of that power needs to be exercised in the voting booth. Comprising on this form of collective action belies a truly unyielding and humane pro-life position. When it’s an issue people can take or leave or turn a blind eye to, you can bet what happens next. So it’s very helpful, as you have done in the comment above, to connect the purpose and efficacy of birth control with the intersection where poverty, race, class, and wage gaps meet, while acknowledging that the lives of pregnant and potentially pregnant people ALSO matter and that those lives can be improved when we privilege and seek to enhance their health, well-being, opportunities, and social mobility.
Kathy
Thank you for posting the Harper’s Bazaar article. Well-written. #Resist
Terry Covington
You are so right about the chemistry of the Fab 5! I ripped through that new season in 2 days! Love your Sunday posts.
Jmark
Thanks so much for this list each week. We appreciate your dedication to all hours publishing!
Natasha
I’m so glad you went to Uchi and Emporium Pie! Those are two of my favorite places. Hope you survived the heat.
Laura
The best thing about Dallas is Emporium Pie–I’ve gone there every time I’ve been in Dallas. Seriously good pie.
Claire, UK
My great-great grandmother was a married mother of two when she died after attempting to abort her pregnancy by ingesting lead. She was not in good health and desperately afraid that she would not survive the pregnancy. Her death was described in a medical journal case report published a few months later and sounds horrendous and drawn out. I am sure that some pro-lifers would see her death and suffering as a just punishment, but the rest of us should do what we can to prevent such awful events becoming commonplace again in developed countries.
(As an aside, for anyone getting error messages on attempting to access that Food52 page, they have been blocking access from European countries since GDPR. They are the only website I have come across to have done this. It is deeply concerning that, despite lots of advanced warning and now more than a month since GDPR became active, they have not yet managed to comply with the law. It makes me wonder what on earth they are doing with the data they collect on their users, that they are struggling so much to comply. So, anyone clicking through from the US my want to be aware that they could be doing dodgy things with your details!)
Taste of France
Also, check out “Summer of Rage” by Rebecca Traister on the Cut (New York magazine). Excellent points made.
Rena
Cool the idea without Internet for one weekend :)
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
http://www.dressedwithsoul.com
Debra
It’s been another tough week. Thanks for this. And for keeping the faith. It’s how we #resist.