LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "Long Runway" Edition

May 20, 2018

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Dear Readers and Subscribers,

Last week's Mother's Day photo edition was a big hit-- glad to hear from so many folks in my inbox and on social media that it was a welcome respite from the usual compendium of clips. The most frequent response was "oddly moving" or "didn't expect to be moved" by the photos. I agree.

This week, however, was a bear and a half to cull. Not only "yesterday's news" but even "last week's news" is still really important and compelling, so it was not to make today's list twice as long.

If you're in town or if you live elsewhere or are headed out and need some media-on-the-go, all of these recommendations fall into the same category as last week's newsletter: Oddly Moving:

'Sponge Bob, The Musical': YES! I'm not kidding. Here's a great profile of the much Emmy-nominated director, Tina Landau
Meg Wolitzer's "The Female Persuasion": Yes -- read this great assessment and then dive into the book.
'Atlanta,' Season 2 but start with Season 1 if you missed it last year. It's on Hulu. I loved this piece about the only woman in the writer's room.
- Also, if you haven't actually watched Donald Glover/Childish Gambino's "This Is America," do it!
  - Then watch "This Is (Women's) America" and see if you agree/disagree with the incredible backlash that the creator got.
I watched 'Jules et Jim which' I haven't seen for about 30 years. What a radical, extreme, bizarre movie. The phrase 'love triangle' doesn't even begin to cover it. I had completely forgotten that there's a song in the middle of it. Maybe part of its outsized effect on me was watching it on a long plane ride in the middle of the night, only a day after a long plane ride in the beginning of the night before. Maybe it's because Jeanne Moreau, under Truffaut's direction here, is absurdly, inordinately compelling.

Well, like I always say, come here each week for high and low culture, not much in between. All the news by and about women in the news: Politics, Business, Sports, the Arts.

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Forward

Memorial Day is coming! Right after this mid-late fall weather passes through.

THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:

20th Anniversary: A Peek Inside 'Divas: Live,' Pop Music's Greatest Worship Service via The Huffington Post

POLITICS, MEDIA, NEWS, THE WORKPLACE:

Trump's New Abortion Proposal Politicizes A Historically BiPartisan Program via Governing The States and Localities

Fox News' New Female CEO Enabled Harassment Culture, Lawsuit Says via The Daily Beast

Melania Trump Is Still In The Hospital 4 Days After Kidney Procedure: Is This Normal? via People

The Idea That Women Are Cyclical Cuckholders Bites The Dust via The Economist

Clarence Thomas' Wife Is Spreading A Conspiracy Theory About A Soros-Backed 'Coup' via Slate

The Subtle Sexism Of Your Open Plan Office via FastCo Design

CAMPUS CLIMATE:

Women Make Up Majority Of This Year's Commencement Speakers via The New York Post

'Just The Grossest Thing:' Women Recall Interactions With U.S.C. Doctor via The New York Times

ARTS & POP CULTURE:

Is Television Ready For Angry Women? via The Atlantic

Christiane Amanpour Named As Charlie Rose's Official Replacement via CNN

Kristin Stewart Ditches Heels On Cannes Red Carpet, Defying 'No Flats' Rule via Huffington Post

Martina Navratilova Documentary To Be Produced By Reese Witherspoon via Variety

Patty Jenkins Got A Big Fat Raise To Direct 'Wonder Woman 2' via The Muse

An Open Letter About Female Coaches via The Players Tribune

Black Women Athletes Under Jim Crow via The Nation

Ninalee Allen, 90, Was The Subject Of A Famously Compelling and Controversial Photo via The Globe and Mail

Pasta Making For Piece Of Mind via Vogue

ICYMI:

I'm Not Quoting Enough Women via The New York Times

…AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:

'Why Don't You Try It?': How The Oldest U.S. Female BMX Racer Broke Into The Sport via NPR

The LZ Sunday Paper™ launched at the dawn of 2014. We expose and recirculate interesting content that is about, and frequently by, women in business, with a dose of ultra-relevant culture. We think that culture comes high and low, not much in between. Our audience is vast and not gender-driven. Every week we expect to deliver at least one good laugh. Send suggestions, clips, or names of people you think might enjoy this to LZSundayPaper@gmail.com.

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