What I read today April 12
- Moving for Good, Derek Sivers
- Black Kids Don’t Want to Read About Harriet Tubman All the Time, NY Times
- Today Zuckerberg made it clear he doesn’t care about users, The Outline
- Zuckerberg owned himself, The outline
- Children in the world’s largest refugee camp are severely malnourished, The Outline
- The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles – a cautionary tale for tourists, The Guardian
- The Subways Melted Down Real Good (Again) This Morning, Village Voice
Yep, this was my morning - FRIDA KAHLO WAS A COMMUNIST, SO STOP CAPITALIZING OFF HER LIKENESS, Wear Your Voice
- President Signs Executive Order Mandating That Poor People Work or Lose ‘Welfare’, The Root
- Trump Signs Order to Require Recipients of Federal Aid Programs to Work, NYTimes
What I read today April 6
- So Why Is Staten Island a Part of New York, Anyway?, Village Voice
- 'Free-Range' Parenting's Unfair Double Standard, The Atlantic
- Why Minimalism Is BS, Clever
- Money habits are set by age 7. Teach your kids the value of a dollar now, PBS Newshour
- How the Child Welfare System Criminalizes Black and Brown Motherhood, Jezebel
- "Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]"
Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was "well timed" in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."
What I read today April 5
- Listen: How Midwifery Can Help Improve Maternal Mortality Rates, Moms Rising
- Like-minded vs. like-hearted, Austin Kleon
- Here’s The Technique That Ambitious People Use To Get What They Want, Thought Catalog
- No One Has Been Able to Visit Wisconsin’s Spectacular Ice Caves This Year, Atlas Obscura
- How a Rare Book Appraiser Passes Judgment in 30 Seconds or Less, Atlas Obscura
- Why Antarctica’s Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future, Atlas Obscura
What I read today March 30
- STARTING TO {UN}DRESS - MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 17, thekavanaughreport
- An Artist’s Vast Collection of Images of Women (and Her Own Mother) Giving Birth, The New Yorker
!!! - Babies R Us demise sets off scramble for baby registries, Chicago Tribune
- Is Women-Only Club the Wing Discriminating in a Bad Way?, NY Times
- In a Loving Foster Family, but Missing Home, NY Times
- Utah’s ‘free-range parenting’ law said to be first in the nation, Washington Post
- I didn’t understand male privilege until I became a stay-at-home dad, Washington Post
- I Went Inside a Salt Cave—Here's What Happened, my domaine
What I read today March 29
- The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized, Scientific American
- Does Having a Day Job Mean Making Better Art?, NY Times
- How to Be Excellent (or at Least Pretty Good) at Meeting People Without Dating Apps, The Cut
OMG, I can't believe I just read an article about this - or that one even had to be written - Say goodbye to the information age: it’s all about reputation now, aeon
- A collision of quilting and rock music, CBS News
- Sickened by the Office (Really), NY Times
- ‘Phubbing’ Is Hurting Your Relationships. Here’s What It Is, Time
- Watch: MY INDIANA MUSE - FILM TRAILER
- Bill Cunningham Left Behind a Secret Memoir, NY Times
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What I read today March 28
- Brooklyn Museum Welcomes Two New Curators for Photography and African Art, BK Reader
- BEING A MONTESSORI PARENT ON *THOSE* DAYS, the kavanaugh report
- Shell outlines scenario for what it would take to halt climate change, Chicago Tribune
- Masterpiece Rental: My Life in the ‘American Gothic’ House, NY Times
What I read today March 27
- IN THE KITCHEN FROM 12 TO 18 MONTHS, the kavanaugh report
- YOUNG MONTESSORI TODDLERS IN THE KITCHEN, the kavanaugh report
What I read today March 26
- Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys, NY Times
- How Mom Bloggers Helped Create Influencer Marketing, Ad Week
- In Defense of ‘Gunsplaining’, National Review
I think a good thing to do would be enforce the gun laws we currently have, ban bump stocks and maybe even close the gun show loophole. - The ‘March for Our Lives’ Moral Panic, National Review
What I read today March 22
- Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048, CBS News
- You Didn't Check The 'Presidential Election Campaign' Box On Your Taxes, Did You?, NPR
- Why Should We Restrict Immigration?, Bryan Caplan
Fascinating Reddit commentary about this article - The case for open borders, Vox
What I read today- March 19
- Nation with Crumbling Bridges and Roads Excited to Build Giant Wall, The New Yorker
- Step Inside Manhattan’s Only Underground Chef’s Farm Supplying Rare Herbs to NYC Restaurants, Untapped Cities
- For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It, Nat Geo
- 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo, The Guardian
What I read today march 16
- AN INTEREST IN READING -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 15, thekavanaughreport
- Parenting Doesn’t Matter, The Slate
- Why America's Teachers Haven't Been Getting Raises, The Atlantic
- Silent Barn’s Demise Is a Cautionary Tale for DIY Spaces, Village Voice
What I read today March 15
- Running From the Pain, Slate
- Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?, NY Times
- Thoughts as nest eggs, Austin Kleon
- WHY CHOOSE MONTESSORI AT HOME?, the kavanaugh report
- Sharon Stone Opens Her Doors to AD, Architectural Digest
- Annamarie Tendler Mulaney Taught Herself How to Make Victorian Lampshades—and Now It's Her Full-Time Job, Architectural Digest
I follow a woman on IG from the UK who makes refreshingly beautiful lampshades, but had yet to find such a detailed description of making one! - These Are the Women of Color Who Fought Both Sexism and the Racism of White Feminists, The Root
- The Trump Administration Is Using the Parkland Massacre as an Excuse to Roll Back Civil Rights, ACLU
- Easter Island is critically vulnerable to rising ocean levels., NY Times
- In Defense of Trends (Keep Calm and Let Them Be), Design Sponge
What I read today March 14
- Q&A: Practicing Inclusivity in the Design Industry with People of Craft, Design Sponge
- Bad Color, Design Observer
- Millions of Students Are Quietly Being Taught the Koch Brothers’ Whitewashed Version of Black History, The Root
- Is Millennial Minimalism On Its Way Out?, Eye ON Design
- Pantherpedia: A guide to the cottage industry of essays about Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther', LA Times
- Carnival of the Grotesque: Kara Walker’s Insistent Resistance in New Orleans, Village Voice
- Someone Yarn-Bombed a Guggenheim Museum Toilet with Gold Crochet, Hyperallergic