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May 4, 2018

This week's newsletter editor: Sara

Hey friends,

It’s been a wild month. Two days after coming back from Australia (where I saw a literal zillion koalas while hiking and I am still not over it 😍🐨), I took an overnight flight to Munich so I could attend my grandmother’s funeral. I came back to a packed calendar, a wicked case of jet lag, and a deep desire to crawl into some soft pants. 

Speaking of soft pants (and when am I not?), I’m in love with this collection of work-from-home looks illustrated by Tyler Feder (“blanket cape” is 100% my personal brand).

One of Tyler Feder's WFH illustrations.I keep hearing about those people who get dressed up every morning before shuffling across the hall to their home office, and I… I just don’t get it. Like should we all pitch in and ship them some two-way stretch fabrics?!? But I do have one rock-solid WFH fashion tip: when that phone call turns out to be a video conference, throw on two pieces of flair to fake your way through it—like some lipstick and a statement necklace, or a headband and a blazer. No one knows you’re covered in cat hair when you’re rocking Stunna, and that blazer will hide at least 75% of the yogurt stain on your t-shirt. 

Anyway, those WFH illustrations sent me down a Tyler Feder rabbit hole. Not only does she draw all kinds of badass women, I found out she’s also doing the illustrations for Unladylike, a feminist field guide coming this fall from the women behind the podcast of the same name. Preorder post-haste, friends.

Here are a few more of my top picks:

❤︎ To read.

✥ Also in the “unladylike books” department, I just finished Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang. It's a collection of intimate, hilarious, and often gross stories narrated by Chinese-American girls coming of age in the 1990s. I loved how all the stories interconnect to form a single world. Plus, Zhang is the same age as me (shout out to 1983!)—so when she describes baby tees, foamy slide sandals, and thick velvet chokers, I know exactly what she’s talking about.

❤︎ To give.

✥ I’m donating to #BlackMamasBailout, a nationwide effort to pay bail for black mothers in time to be home for Mother’s Day. The reason is simple: when arrested people can’t pay for bail, they end up behind bars—often for months—before their case is even heard. They lose jobs, their families struggle to get by, and they sometimes end up being pressured into pleading guilty even when innocent—because they’re so desperate to go home. And like everything related to incarceration in America, black people are much more likely to experience this injustice. The whole cash-bail system needs to change—but till it does, check out National Bail Out to find an organization participating in your area (mine's Philly Community Bail Fund).

❤︎ To listen.

✥ The venture capital scene tends to give me the icks, but I’m super excited to hear the new season of the Startup podcast. It follows Arlan Hamilton, probably the only gay black woman you’ll see making deals in Silicon Valley. Arlan has a theory, and she’s built a small venture fund to test it: that non-white-guy founders aren’t just underrepresented, but underestimated. The season premiere launched last week, and episode 2 comes out today.

❤︎ To try.

✥ Traveling is rough on my skin: gross dry plane air, changing climates, jet lag. But I picked up this new Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask I saw in Tracy Clayton’s awesome newsletter, and whoa: my skin is softer and brighter, even after multiple overnights. (Bonus tip, from Twitter queen Nicole Cliffe: don’t use extra just because it’s called a “mask”—it’s just a night cream.)

✥ Another discovery keeping me silky and hydrated is Love Conditioner. It comes in a weird little tub, and it’s amazing. I stole it from my mom when we shared an Airbnb, and I have never had hair this smooth and shiny. There’s also one for curly hair (can someone try it and report back?).

I might be tired, but things are looking up: the weather is perfect for backyard wine, the cherry blossoms are in full effect, and while I was out of town, a new ice cream place opened down the street where you can get your order served in a fresh coconut. Also, unlimited toppings. I know where I'll be this weekend.

🍨☀️🌸,

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Loved

We’re still thinking about Carmen Maria Machado’s take on fucking up: men tend to make mistakes and move on, while women are taught to “freak out and agonize at every turn.”

No thanks, says Carmen: “You don’t have to live your life that way. That’s like a prison. That’s fake.” Hell, yeah. Put that on repeat.

Hear the whole interview.

Faved

A few reads we don’t want you to miss:

(1) Author Glennon Doyle wants to talk to white women about what it really looks like to be an intersectional feminist.

(2) Writer Rahawa Haile reviews Janelle Monáe’s new album and why aren’t you reading it yet?

(3) Pumping and breastfeeding in the US suck—and an MIT Media Lab hackathon focused on breast pumps is seeking to change that.

(4) Architect Alda Ly is solving for feminism in architecture in an emerging market: women-only coworking spaces.

(5) A friendly reminder: please don’t appropriate Cinco de Mayo.

(6) Oh—and Ashley Judd is taking Harvey Weinstein to court for sexual harassment.

Noted

Katel's pick: street artist and activist Jessie Hemmons AKA ishknits


Photo from ishknit’s wonderful Instagram feed.

I’d heard about ishknits before I ever moved to Philly. When I finally got here and I saw one of her pieces in person, I remember feeling a sense of comfort. I never imagined that something I associated with calming my frazzled mind (knitting and crocheting) could be used to share and spread messages that so many need to hear.

She’s created powerful feminist statements across the city including a large-scale piece at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and other exhibitions like Philadelphia, Goddamn (one of my favorites), #SignsofSolidarity, and Rock The Vote Presents: Truth To Power. If you want to be simultaneously soothed and inspired, definitely check out her work.

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