Lizzy here. Jane is OOO doing law school things. I’m in Canada visiting my boyfriend. A lot of really heavy stuff happened last week, and the week before, and it’s a lot. a LOT. If you’re someone feeling particularly heavy right now, or not your best, you’re not alone.
Hope you’re all finding ways to take care of yourself and are finding sources of joy. (For me, that was rollerblading this weekend and spending time outside near flowers.)
Anyway!
TELEVISION
Jujutsu Kaisen - Crunchyroll
I finally watched the last episode of this anime! I give it a 9/10 for sick fight scenes, a unique premise, and fun characters.
FILM
Framing Britney Spears - Hulu
This wasn’t quite the deep dive I was hoping for, but it’s certainly a good starter if you were born in the mid/late 90s and remember loving her music but only kind of remember when she shaved her head in 2007. One of my biggest takeaways is that being a celebrity/really famous is a pretty terrible fate. One pleasant surprise though - Wesley Morris (co-host of my fave podcast Still Processing) is a prominent voice in the doc, offering his usual insightful commentary.
BOOKS
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning - Cathy Park Hong
I got this from the library after Bowen Yang recommended it on Sam Sanders’ podcast, and I’m really glad I did. Hong is a poet and essayist, and her book is part cultural essay, part memoir, part history lesson. The book covers a lot of ground, exploring Hong’s experience growing up as an Asian American women in the US, her evolution as an artist and a poet, racism in US arts institutions, the model minority myth and the history of anti-Asian racism in the US, her female friendships, and more. I really liked it. Read this interview with Cathy Park Hong as a bonus.
PODCASTS
Do The Golden Arches Bend Toward Justice? - Code Switch, NPR
Code Switch literally almost never misses. The episode explores the limitations of Black capitalism as a path to equity and Black liberation - or, as it says in the show description: “can ‘buying Black’ actually do anything to mitigate racism?” The episode is only 30 minutes, so it only scratches the surface of this topic, but still a really smart and thoughtful episode.
ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Transgender athletes: Where do nonbinary people fit in? - Sports Illustrated
This is so good and well done (and necessary), and I’m so glad Britni de la Cretaz was the one to write it. Featuring Quinn!!
White women co-opted pandemic yoga. Now, South Asian instructors are taking it back. - NBC
Really smart angle/approach to this topic.
Here's what to know about blood clots if you received the J&J coronavirus vaccine - WaPo
If you or someone you know got J&J and you’re a little freaked out, read this!
SOCIAL MEDIA
BONUS TIKTOKS
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SELF CARE RESOURCES
Be well this week friends.
Liz