Weekend Roundup / Open Thread
Will 30 Rock’s prescience ever end?! I think not.
The days preceding the holidays are always weird and sort of empty, you know? Except for the sales and free shipping arrangements — -Sephora, J. Crew, Urban Outfitters, and Sperry Topsiders (oh my god WHO AM I WHAT I AM BUYING) keep emailing me to tell me about random discounts and free shipping. What if we all took the rest of the afternoon and bought something for ourselves? Who cares if it gets here after Christmas?! Anyway, after you’re done doing that: this week, we started off with some petty enthusiasms, had a bloodfeast, revisited some carols, pretended we liked our sisters, interviewed Chelsea Hodson, Kate Durbin, and Melody Nixon, APPRECIATED GENE KELLY’S BUTT, learned about some lady poisoners, offered the hottest take, brought Robert Louis Stevenson and Ludacris together to discuss Christmas, controlled our sexual angst, tried to survive the holidays with the Bog People, interacted with some garbage people New Yorkers, and compiled some book compilations.
All of our favorite women are pulling out ALL OF THE STOPS at the end of the year. Here are some weekend reads for you: Laia Garcia on Naomi Campbell, Brit Bennett on “good white people”, Hazel Cillis on the best Hanukkah albums, Anupa Mistry on The Pinkprint
, Beejoli Shah on sexual assault, Sara Black Mcculloch on immune systems, Meredith Graves was person of the year, Anna Fitzpatrick on the best books for kids, and Emma Carmichael, Hazel Cills, and Gabby Noone wrote some of “best culture writing” of 2014 for this lil’ ol’ site.
We’ll be back here on Monday, with a bunch of treats lined up for you throughout the holidays, so don’t you fret. Enjoy your weekend.