LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "10-4, Big Buddy" Edition
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Folks,
Last week's twinning women caught on the street with their matching outfits and shopping carts elicited a large response. An outpouring of emotion for these two. And several individuals wrote to say that they, too, had seen them in the neighborhood last week for the first time, and took note. One person said they saw them in the subway. I can't imagine how. It took several minutes for the woman on the left to navigate just the curb, using the car hood as an additional crutch. But I believe it--I believe these two are capable of anything.
Also this week, a brisk awakening to fall and the certain feeling of winter's onset. Wind, rain, surprising cold.
Also also this week, lots of people sent a number of interesting articles and links. I sometimes look at them right away. But I sometimes wait 'til right before I put the Paper to bed to fully read, sort, and in-or-out them, otherwise known as "curating."
I just looked at one that a terrific editor and journalist had sent earlier in the week. It's an article she thought was good, maybe not even so much for the writing itself (it's a q&a) but for the smarts of the piece's subject who is a producer at PBS' Frontline.
In a total coincidence, right at the top of the piece this producer mentions a Frontline documentary that aired just this week, called "My Brother's Bomber" by film-maker Ken Dornstein. "My Brother's Bomber" is an intense and important film. The New Yorker recently wrote a related piece.
Almost 30 years ago we--me and Phelim Dolan--made a film called "Dave's Place" that was written for and starred Ken's brother, David. That was about a year before our school chum and good friend Dave was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland on Pan Am 103 along with 258 others on board.
I just watched some of the dailies and film transfers for the first time in a while. I still really don't understand what it was about. Seems to be about love, money, and death. You know, the uszh. I don't even remember why we wanted to make it in the first place or why I wrote it. But I'm sure glad we did. A few years ago, Ken told us that the footage from our film is the only moving images and sound that he has of his brother.
I never saw David without a book in his hand. Like lterally never, either a printed book or his own notebook. And a pen somewhere in a pocket or in his hair. These are some of Dave's books in the background of this shot. And there is a pen in the frame on the right, from our title sequence. Why that pen is shown with an inscription that end's "To Breast Milk" we may never know. But we know that it was put there on purpose. Just goes to show you…something, I guess.
Dave was a good friend, to a lot of people.
I'm glad that a terrific woman, the Frontline executive, is highlighted in an article in this week's paper. I likely would not have seen unless an old work-pal sent it too me. That's an organic, albeit emotional set of work and life connections.
Hopefully you will find something to connect with somewhere in the weekly compendium of news about and by women in business, politics, digital, media, film, tv, fashion, sports, and pop culture. And it usually contains a little bit of a laugh, no matter what.
Please Tweet or share your favorite links from the Newsletter (I know, it's hard to tweet or facebook individual links while still crediting the Paper; we're working on that); or Forward the entire thing to a Friend if you are motivated to do so.
As you see, I really do look at most everything people send me. Please do so when you find items of interest or have questions/comments: here.
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Sometimes there's so much interesting stuff out there I can't wait 'til Sunday so I tweet it during the week. Follow me @LZSundayPaper.
LZ
THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
Rick Owens Straps Models Together For Spring 2016 via Harper's Bazaar
NEWS & INSIGHTS:
What's Holding Women Back In The Workplace via The Wall Street Journal
6 Reasons For Gender Differences At The Top Of The Legal Profession via Above The Law
Women Of Japan Unite: Examining The Contemporary State Of Feminism via The Japan Times
Xi Jinping Vows To 'Reaffirm' China's Commitment To Women's Rights via The New York Times
I'm A Hot Mess For Hillary via Elle
Women Work. We Have Babies. Get Over It. via Medium
Michelle Byrom Was Abused For Years And Then Almost Executed -- But She's Not The Only One via Refinery29
Phone Abortions With No Face To Face Doctor Consultation Are Now Available via The Sydney Morning Herald
#Shout Your Abortion Gets Angry Shouts Back via The New York Times
Motherhood, Screened Off via The New York Times
Frontline Looks To The Future: Q&A With Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath via Variety
From Social To Superheroes: Chasing The Elusive Female Viewer via Cynopsis
Geena Davis: "After 'Thelma & Louise' people said things would improve for women in film. They didn't." via The Guardian
Ryan and Ali and Me: 'Love Story' Stars Reunite, and A Fan Squeezes In via The New York Times
Everyone You Know Will Be Able To Rate You On The Terrifying 'Yelp For People' -- Whether You Want Them To Or Not via The Washington Post
Reporter Sexually Harassed During Live Segment On Sexual Harassment via New York Magazine
This Woman Created A Line Of Empathy Cards For Miscarriages via Time
Mary Karr on the 'Loser, Outside Weirdos' Of Memoir and skipping the David Foster Wallace movie: "The whole St. David thing…it's a little hard to take" via Salon
Threats. Vitriol. Hate. The Ugly Truth About Women In Sports and Social Media via Sports Illustrated
What Life Is Like As A Twentysomething Nun via Slate
Men Named William Outlaw Women In Florida Politics, Group Says via Politifact.com
AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:
What People In 1902 Thought "Women Of The Future" Would Look Like via MentalFloss
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