LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "Lost & Found" Edition

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Dear Readers,

I don't think I've ever gotten a better text than this one:

Yeah. My wallet -- on the 'floor' of Houston Street actually meaning the "street" of Houston Street. Right. Full of cash, credit cards, driver's license, my Global Entry card, Euros, a sizable credit for Ralph Lauren, my lucky baseball card, and couple of other things…

My simple story is that my phone rang, but the number was unfamiliar. I will use any excuse not to answer my phone and I had plenty. It was cold. I was late. I was locking up my Citibike.

I didn't answer it.

I hurried down the block to get where I was going. I actually saw this text only as I listened to a voicemail that the good samaritan had left. I called her back, made the plan, and about 40 seconds later I met her on the corner of said Thompson & Houston Streets.

She lived in one of the only modest buildings on the block. She had lived there for 20+ years. When she found the wallet she had somehow assumed that it belonged to someone in her building, as it was directly in front of her front door, so she took it upstairs. She looked inside and said she didn't recognize the name (I didn't think to ask if she really knows every single person in her building!) and set out finding my phone number. Which is actually pretty hard. How do you find someone's phone number? She didn't look very sleuthy to me. But not only was this lady a) honest and b) a good detective, she absolutely, positively refused any type of reward or compensation. Not "no, no, no I just couldn't" that actually means "yes, yes, yes I deserve more," but like a genuine un-understanding as to why doing something completely normal like returning what doesn't belong to you would deserve a bounty. The whole thing amazed me.

Why did my wallet fall out onto the middle of a busy New York City street? Because I was Citibiking? I was, but that's not why, exactly. (Oh and yes I wear a helmet, all the time). It was because sometimes I try to imagine how some people, generally (okay, always) men, walk out of their house or work without a bag. A handbag. A purse. A totebag. Any receptacle whatsoever. Every day, all day, going from home to office and place to place: where is the stuff that they need? Forget about make-up, I mean basics! Let's just start with keys/phone/wallet. Glasses. Sunglasses. It's freezing, maybe a pack of tissues?

Well, that day was one of those days where I was like "I'm just going from here to there. I don't need the world with me. I will put my wallet/phone/keys in my pocket and I will go." And I did. And then I lost my wallet because of course it fell out of my pocket on Houston & Thompson Streets and an incredibly honest person found and returned it.

Moral of story-- I am taking the purse/bag/tote for the foreseeable future. The mystery of how and where all that stuff gets stored, whether in pleat-front Dockers or an Armani suit, is unsolved. Though if you are considering going that route, here is a handy primer on the new-fangled Unisex clothing idea, apparently now termed "Ungendered." Further adding to the overall mystery of life, I am now thinking constantly about what, in my wallet, has my phone number on it and how I would possibly look up someone's cel phone if I need to.

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See you next week--one hour earlier!! Daylight Savings Times begins. Yes, it's that time already.

LZ

THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:

What Happens When The Clinics Close? via The Atlantic

NEWS & INSIGHTS:

Bringing Down The Flowers: The Controversial History Of Abortion via The Atlantic

Whitehouse Is Said To Be Vetting Iowa Judge For Supreme Court Seat via The New York Times

The Women Take Over: In oral arguments for the Texas abortion case, the three female justices upend the Supreme Court's balance of power via Slate

Most Of The Refugees Stuck In Greece Are Now Women And Children via The Washington Post

Unequal Pay: The Worst And Best Cities For Women In Tech via XConomy

Do Women Really Need 'Period Leave'? via The Daily Beast

Peyton Manning Picks Up A New Ally Disputing 1996 Sexual Assault Allegation via The Washington Post

Startups Ease Access To Birth Control Pills, Other Medications via The San Francisco Chronicle

The One Thing About Your Spouse's Personality That Really Affects Your Career via HBR

I'm Female and I'm A Veteran: Those Two Things Are Not Mutually Exclusive via NPR

ARTS, SPORTS & CULTURE:

Tina Fey Says It's A 'Terrible Time' For Women In Comedy: 'The Boys Are Still Getting More Money For A lot Of Garbage' via People

Snooki Is Still The Greatest Reality TV Star via The Daily Beast

It's Very Tedious Living Like Kate Hudson-- I Tried It via The Daily Beast

Olympic Fencer, a Muslim, Settled On A 'Sport Without Alteration' via The New York Times

For Players In A New Women's League, A Rink Isn't The Only Office via The New York Times

Caitlyn Jenner Wants To Date Men. So What? via The Daily Beast

THE REST:

What Is Grey Sexuality? via B- Media

Cover Story: The head scarf, modern Turkey, and me via The New Yorker

How Some Tunisian Women Navigate The Social Expectations Of Their Wedding Night via The World Post

Terry Crews, Muscle-bound Actor and Old Spice Guy, Reveals Addiction via The Washington Post

SERIOUS:

Berta Caceres, Honduran Human Rights & Environmental Activist, 45, Murdered In Her Hometown via LifePosts

AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:

Here Is An Instagram Feed Of Meryl Streep Photoshopped Into Snack Foods via Slate

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