Weekend Roundup / Open Thread

“Happy” end of the week, I guess, even though it started with Haley LEAVING ME AND GOING BACK TO TORONTO. 🙁 🙁 🙁 The above photo is meant to be an sarcastic posturing of what not to do, but take it as you will. Let’s wipe our tears and review the week: we studied the history of eyebrows, interviewed Mary Timothy, changed our last name, sat through a Tarantino explainer, created the overdue Mrs. Markowitz slug, ate potatoes pesky whipper-snapper style, definitely had sex, explored the complexities of female friendship, got advice from Baba Yaga, and waxed poetic about Michael Jackson. We ALSO brought back the Halloween Advent Calendar, with the help of the ever-so spoOooOky Jolie Kerr: we started with our Halloween rituals, a solid listicle, a themed-Ask a Queer Chick, visited some witchcraft and magic museums, and a spell book of beauty.

Behind the scenes: both Haley and Anna sent me this article about pooping at the office, so my personal brand is on point.

There are a deluge of women to be proud of this week: Julianne Escobedo Shepherd at Rookie on FKA Twigs, Sarah Hagi at The Toast on talking over Muslim women, this Flavorwire review on Hairpin pal’s Kathleen Hale’s essays, and Stacey May Fowles in The Globe and Mail on Emma Healey’s “Stories Like Passwords.” Dang, your Instapaper is gonna be good this weekend. Enjoy it!