LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "BOO!" Edition
JUST TO KICK THINGS OFF:
**This Is An Example Of Why I Don't Believe "Algorithms" Are All They're Cracked Up To Be.
Algorithmic Twitter Recommendation, October 2014**
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Happy Halloween!
Is it better or worse to have Halloween on a weekend night? I say better.
If you're a grown-up and don't care for Halloween, you can take the money you would have spent on candy and UNICEF and put it towards gas money for a getaway weekend. Downside: you'll be known as that crabby old person who is never home on Halloween. Hopefully you will find no eggs have besmirched your window panes upon your return.
It's also a benefit if you do have a kid. If Halloween happens on a weekend, you can stop being such a drag! Like on all the years when Halloween falls on a school night and you yell at them "it's still a school night!" Even though it's 4pm. Been there.
If you are at home or away, Halloween is always a fun time to have a debate. If you're home, you can initiate the discussion as you sort the candy and continue to yell at your children. If you're away, do it as you have another glass of Pinot by a roaring fire!
Possible debate topic: are certain Halloween costumes feminist or anti-feminist statements?
Take the "Bad Habit" Nun costume.
Or is it anti-feminist or is it just anti-religious?
Would you need a Pope-er Scooper law for this one?
This one is not actually a costume, I don't think. It's for dress up, but not for Halloween. You don't even have to click on the link--I can tell from the description:
"The 'Say Ahhh' nurse set includes a white, open crotch teddy with thong back, halter neck, cut out sides, red cross appliques and matching nurse hat. **Toy stethoscope sales Independent."
So yeah, no debate on this point: the stethoscope is sold separately.
I haven't met a lot of women (or men, actually) who want to look like Iggy Pop for Halloween. In case you do, this make-up artist has the ghoulish secret.
Every week, The Sunday Paper brings both home-made and store-bought news about women in business to you. As you read, you can picture the costumes we wear when we go to work at our jobs in business, digital, tech, media, music, tv, film, fashion, sports, and culture. That should bring an additional laugh to the week's proceedings.
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Many of the articles we don't have room to include in the weekend edition are tweeted out all during the week @LZSundayPaper.
Boo! Even if you're scared after reading this week's news, please do have a Happy Halloween.
LZ
THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
**20 Feminist Halloween Costumes _via Planned Parenthood via Bitch Media
11 A pack of birth control and an egg._**
Extra!! **Special Halloween Bonus Edition**
Why Are Halloween Costumes So 'Slutty'? via The Guardian
"show off your creativity, not your side-boob"
30+ Fierce Halloween Costumes That Empower Women via Pop Sugar
"that perfect costume that looks great and also sends a message"
8 Slutty and Feminist Costumes For Sex-Positive Halloween Lovers via XOJane
"You shouldn't need an excuse to dress like a slut."
Do Not Come For Madeline Albright Unless She Sends For You via New York Magazine
"I picked out my Halloween costume. I'm going as 'Slutty Madeline Albright'."
AND NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED NEWS & INSIGHTS:
Boko Harem Was Supposed To Be Releasing The Nigerian Girls, But Instead May Have Kidnapped More via The Washington Post
"…the online campaign [#BringBackOurGirls} has faded from view almost as fast as it appeared."
Thousands In Iran Protest Acid Attacks On Women via The New York Times
"Some of the women were blinded or disfigured."
One Executive's View On The Shortage Of Women In Public Sector Leadership Positions and How Quotas Can Help via The Washington Post
"Women just don't get promoted to positions of influence in the government."
Court Documents Say WhatsApp CEO Methodically Harassed College Ex via Valleywag
"I'm ashamed of the way I acted."
Solutions For The VC Gender Gap Must Come From Within via PE Hub
"We must stop relegating this topic to one-off panels and conference keynotes."
Why The Perfect Modern Creative Is Fierce, Fearless, and Female via Ad Week
"Her best friend might be a [agency] planner. Her lover might be a producer."
The Perfect Modern Creative Isn't A 'Cool Girl' -- She's An Actual Person via The Agency Post
"Let's say that one again: She gets paid as much as her male colleagues."
We've Stopped Talking About Domestic Violence and The NFL via 538.com
"…Rice could be reinstated as soon as next month."
Hear Meryl Streep's Singing Witch In New 'Into The Woods' Short via The Hollywood Reporter
"For now, consider this a Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come."
Aaron Paul Rips Toys 'R' Us via The Daily Beast
"Toys R Us pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves at still sells Barbie?"
What Harajuku Girls Look Like These Days via Refinery29
"In the face of pervasive group-mindedness, a rigid social order, and cultural reticence, the Decora have figured out a way to break free."
What Do You Really Mean When You Say 'Basic Bitch'? via The Cut
"It was a word we'd been looking for."
Annie Lennox: "Twerking Is Not Feminism" via Billboard
"I find it disturbing and I think it's exploitative."
The Science Behind Renee Zellweger's New Face via io9
"It's a pretty remarkable change."
The Terrible Effects Of Post Natal Depression via The Guardian
"…lack of care for women with postnatal depression is not merely a scandal for those poor victims who have it but for their children. And if those children are women…"
Diane Von Furstenburg Shares Her Philosophy On Aging In An Excerpt From Her New Memoir via Vogue
"My image is who I am, and even if I don't always love it, I am intrigued by it."
San Francisco Gentrifies Out Its Last Remaining Lesbian Bar via Gawker
"I find myself struggling to run a neighborhood dyke bar in a neighborhood that has dramatically changed."
'Death Becomes Her': 100 Years Of Exquisite Mourning Dresses via Time Magazine
"It signaled that she was sexually experienced, maritally unattached and possibly endowed with a new fortune of her own."
Do Not Come For Madeline Albright Unless She Sends For You via New York Magazine
"It signaled that she was sexually experienced, maritally unattached and possibly endowed with a new fortune of her own."
AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:
Watch These Foul-Mouthed Little Princesses Drop Serious F-Bombs (and Truth Bombs) In The Name Of Feminism via MTVNews.com
"Stop telling girls how to dress and start teaching boys not to f*&cking rape!"
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