Hi beloveds,
Hope you all are having the loveliest, dreamiest, most easeful summer ever. You deserve it! Just dropping in to share some recommendations, and pick back up on some routines I paused while having the loveliest, dreamiest, most easeful year. Feeling grateful, tender, and small in all the best ways — proper recap otw! For now, happy Sunday, and happy reading ☀️
Reads
The Work You Do, The Person You Are, Toni Morrison
Forever relevant.
We Should Be Ambitious About Our Friendships, Rainesford Stauffer
“For me, success looks like, if I had a crisis, if I were in need, someone—a friend—would be there for me and vice versa.”
Stopping culture wars in their tracks: How one city did it, Courtney E. Martin
What It Is Like to Teach in the Cross Hairs of Ron DeSantis, Tressie McMillan Cottom
Oklahoma superintendent of schools says Tulsa Race Massacre wasn’t due to color of anyone’s skin, Mark Wingfield
Schools, schools, schools — frequently the arena for our biggest political battles. Check in with the young people in your life (and their caregivers! and their teachers!). They need our love and attention.
How Ayo Edebiri, a shy, serious kid from Dorchester, became a breakout star on ‘The Bear’, Mark Shanahan
“My goal is to get successful enough that I can get my dad some floor seats for a Celtics game,” she said. “I just want to keep making cool stuff with cool people. I always want to feel like I’m doing something that’s exciting to me.”
UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record, Guardian staff and agencies
What to Do with Climate Emotions, Jia Tolentino
How Gunna Became a Casualty of Prosecutor Fani Willis’ War on Hip-Hop, Justin L. Brooks
“In a culture oversubscribed to the lives of celebrities, the oscillation of fans is a sobering reminder that our support for hip-hop artists should be based on our enjoyment of their art—not their willingness and ability to endure harm and punishment by the carceral state.”
Listens
Loved Kelela’s album, Raven! Dropped in February but it’s perfect for the summer.
Jessie Reyez’s album, YESSIE. Been out for about a year and has, once more, been on repeat for me. This performance of hers still gives me chills.
Made a lil summer playlist a couple months back. Great for pregames, pool days, naps in the park, and everything in between.
Watches
Love Island (UK) Such a cheeky lil show, innit?
The Bear Successfully avoided a sophomore slump. 10/10 season, no notes.
Say Yes to the Dress Because sometimes you need to make fun of strangers’ fashion choices and cry along with them when they find their perfect match (if they like it, I love it!).
As always, feel free to share this post with a loved one, and send me some of your recent faves, too. Have the best week!