Sunday, October 15, 2017

Consume This #4

Photo by Anete Lūsiņa

Consume This
 is my monthly curated list of interesting links to things for you to read, watch, and listen.  If you come across something you think I’ll like, tweet at me.


R  E  A  D  I  N  G

the emotional labor of female travel bloggers

another great piece on emotional labor, on a more general scale

how to stop being a "chill girl" and be yourself

thoughts on bloggers selling out and faking lifestyles 

the personal essay isn't dead. it's just no longer white. 

Ideal Bookshelf shop, which makes cute prints with popular books in specific genres.  I want the Southern Lit, Paris, Travel, Feminism, and Writing

Shonda Rhimes has started a new women-focused website and I'm excited to see how it develops.

Kelsey J Barnes writes about online friendship in her latest newsletter: my friends

the paranoid girls of tumblr

The Problem with Rupi Kaur's Poetry: I don't really agree with it but it offers some good points

I cried over this because Geraldine is such a great writer: I Have Written About Currywurst, My Love

the first time I left home (and fell in love)

the new midlife crisis (aka we need to talk about women and their problems more but what else is new)

Philippa Gregory is at it again uncovering women hidden from history!!!

W A T C H I N G  &  L I S T E N I N G

Pop Culture Detective is a great YouTube channel that analyzes masculinity and misogyny in popular movies and TV shows. They have two episodes out on the Big Bang Theory and it's great.

An Ode to Broken Spines (poetry video about loving books)