LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "Empty Seat" Edition
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Dear Readers,
Some inconsequential news items and thoughts from the week.
Last night I was at a very happening but low key youngster bar/restaurant. It was packed. Yet there was a seat open next to me at the bar for 25 minutes while I waited for my (young hip) dates to arrive. My guess is that the youngsters don’t realize that being old isn’t contagious.
Nice inadvertent shout-out to me and former creative teams on Twitter last week. Not a friend, but well-known, popular pop culture critic and all-around smart person listed several non-fiction & reality shows he wished had gone on for more than one season. I made 4 of 'em! Including one that was, in 2001, the recipient of my first ever Emmy Nom.
Speaking of The Emmys. Didn't watch -- apparently not so many other people did, either, according to the ratings -- but did enjoy my friend RuPaul's historic win for both best Host AND Show in the ultra-competitive Competitive Reality category. Go, Ru, Randy, & Fenton!
Last word on Serena/women's tennis. I just can't let go of the fact that men can go shirtless on the court for minutes at a time when they are perspiring and need to change their shirt but women can't be in their under-clothes/sports bra for a few seconds. I mean it is actually insane? What is it that people fear the women are uncovering? What are people worried about seeing? Tennis players wear a helluva lot more in their sports bras and skirst than the entire outfit of Olympic-sanctioned Beach Volleyball players. It seems like a players' protest, maybe a lawsuit waiting to happen? Tennis needs to get the raquet handle out of its lily-white you-know-what. If anyone understands this particular sartorial legislation, please email me.
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Apologies for MANY BROKEN LINKS in the past couple of weeks. It is fine in my test email and then they break down in the mass email. #Mailchimp I don't care for you, much. Thank you, faithful readers, for pointing them out. Sometimes the truth hurts but I need to know.
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Happy Autumn -- a season I like pretty much, especially before the time change…
LZ
PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
Activists Remember A Full Page New York Times Ad 1,600 Black Women Signed In Support Of Anita Hill In Advance Of Kavanaugh Hearings via Blavity
Anita Hill: How To Get The Kavanaugh Hearings Right via The New York Times
Survivors Share Why They Stayed Quiet In Powerful #WhyIDidntReport Tweets via The Huffington Post
NEWS:
Ireland's President Signs Law Repealing The Constitutional Ban On Abortion
Adam Silver To All 30 NBA Teams: Hire More Women, Improve Workplace Conditions via The Boston Globe
The Gap Table: Analyzing the Gender Gap in Equity Grants In Venture-backed Companies via Carta.com
Why Julia Rhodes Davis, Of Vote.org, Created An All-Female Board via Salon
Previously Undiscovered Letter By The First Suffragette To Be Jailed Discovered By Scholar via The BBC
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
Women Are Superior Wordsmiths From An Early Age via PS Mag
THE CULTURE, MEDIA & THE ARTS:
Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen's Strange Charm Offensive: An Enigma Wrapped In A Scandal via Salon
Bryan Singer To Helm 'Red Sonja' Despite Sexual Assault Claims & Being Dismissed From Previous Film via The Playlist
Film-maker Nicole Holofcener: "I'm A Director. Not A Female Director" via Salon
New York Review Of Book Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay via The New York Times
Do Marriages Last Longer If The Couple Dated First? via The Cut
Tennis Icon Billie Jean King Has Been A Tennis Icon For Years. Now She'll Own A Piece Of The Team via The Los Angeles Times
XOXO: What Does Your Email Sign-Off Say About You? via Vogue
OBITUARIES:
Freddie Oversteegen, Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Killed Nazis Through Seduction, Dies at 92 via The Washington Post
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?
The Harriet Tubman $20 Stamp via Kotke.org
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