I’m listening to The Feminine Mystique on Audible read by Parker Posey but I’m a little distracted because Parker Posey is a goddess and her voice is sexy and yes I’m fully aware of the irony here
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Synanon, the Brainwashing “Game” and Modern Transgender Activism: The Orwellian Implications of Transgender Politics.
Fantastic exploration by Jenn Smith.
Attn Tea Lovers
www.arborteas.com
I get a handwritten note with each order and Wife likes to pretend to be jealous about it.
My favorites are Holiday Spice (seasonal only; countdown to November in progress) and Moroccan Mint (green).
They’re a family-owned business and the tea is fabulous; go give ’em some love.
A glass of chardonnay* and a Frasier marathon and I’m shopping telescopes on Amazon.
(I haven’t watched this show in a decade! It was my first fandom. It got me into opera, classical music, wine, and inspired my interest in psychology until I realized it would require science coursework. I hardcore shipped Niles and Daphne, wrote melodramatic fic, and attended two filmings in L.A. with my fellow Internet nerds before meeting Internet people was a safe-ish normal thing. How I weaseled my parents into that is still beyond me. Anyway, I met David and he was lovely and my teenage life was complete.)
*the birthday party was somehow worse than expected; I’ve earned it.
Your Friendly Earth Day Reminder
Animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of climate change. Go vegan so the children you insist on plopping into the world will actually have a planet to live on in 50 years.
Friday night: artistic wine shot™ followed by tipsy discovery of a plucky, determined rose bush sprouting at the top of the backyard hill. ??
Why not just send me to church
Today I have to go to a baby’s first birthday party*. On a Sunday morning. In another city.
There are not enough mimosas in the world.
*why? is this? a thing? oh. right. Because Instagram is hungry.
that thing your cat does when they try to push you out of your own chair with their feet