LZ Sunday Paper Newsletter: The "The "Inadvertently Jerky/Didn't Mean to Meme" Edition

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JUST TO KICK THINGS OFF:

I think Janice Huff is a great meteorologist and also has sartorial flair. But today is the last day I will post photos of her and other weatherpeople. It's a jerky thing to do; I didn't realize it; and I apologize.

Readers,

My Pic(k) Of The Week story (below) is about how a $23.00 dress was purchased and worn by dozens of local television news meteorologists around the country. In reading about this phenomenon, I discovered that I am an inadvertent participant in a mean meme.

From The Washington Post article:

"Well, some people are jerks. They’re the kind of people that will send messages to women after their broadcast ends, commenting on what they were wearing, or the way they did their hair, or maybe just how particularly phenomenal they looked during their weather segments."

Guess what? I am that "kind of people," aka a "jerk," because every so often I screenshot my absolute favorite meteorologist, Janice Huff, who has been on my local news station, Channel 4 New York, since she was a substitute on holidays and weekends for Al Roker, when he was still the local weatherman.

When I ran into Janice every so often in 30 Rock, she was super-professional and nice, too. That is reflected on air--she is really good at her job, taking things just seriously enough.

But, to me, she also has an insouciant vibe. I believe this is also reflected sartorially. Here are another couple of recent screenshots. You can see that she has a real pattern of deliberate style choice. And I thought it was worth noting.

Sometimes I just felt compelled to document it. Which, it turns out, is something lots of other people do, but in a jerky way, and I apologize sincerely. I am sad that actual admiration, even when tinged with wry appreciation, can be categorized along with icky, troll-ish behavior, mostly due to the internet's ability to drive everything down to its lowest common denominator of horribleness, with no capacity for slight distance, wit, or grey area of any kind. Even though Janice "liked" each and every one that I Tweeted out, I'm not going to do it any more.

The forecast for The LZSundayPaper is an unseasonably warm one! We takes its work seriously, hopefully also with a touch of insouciance, though without much sartorial verve. Take a look at this week's news about and by women in business, politics, digital, media, film, tv, fashion, sports, and pop culture…and weather. Hand-picked. By me. For you.

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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, but you won't find any screenshots of Janice or any other weathercasters who I think look interesting when I watch the local news in other cities. Follow me @LZSundayPaper.

Happy Thanksgiving!

LZ

THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:

This Viral Dress Actually Says Alot About What It's Actually Like To Be A Female Meteorologist via The Washington Post

NEWS & INSIGHTS:

2016 Republican Contenders Silent On Planned Parenthood Shooting via Huffington Post

Wisconsin Abortion Law Ruled Unconstitutional In Federal Court via Mashable

Wisconsin's Abortion Law Is Found Unconstitutional: These Are The Greatest Quotes… via Slate

Last Night On 'Scandal,' America Watched Olivia Pope Have An Abortion via Flavorwire

Norman Lear: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion On 'Scandal' Was "Frank and Bold" via Time

And In Related News…:

States Lead Effort To Allow Pharmacies To Prescribe Birth Control via The New York Times

Hard Labor: The Case For Testing Drugs On Pregnant Women via Gizmodo

Apple Exec Under Fire For Saying Women Find It 'Difficult' To Discover New Music via Time

Women, Empowerment, Confidence, and Beer via Media Village

Male/Female Brain Differences? Big Data Says Not So Much via Science Daily

Gender Equality Is Still A Huge Problem In The Global News Media via Vice

More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs, But Will They Ever Use Them? via NPR

Health 101 For Grown Women via NPR

Why Some Women Are Born With Ovaries But No Uterus via Throb via Gizmodo

Why I Gave My Kids A Meyers-Briggs Personality Test via Brain, Child

Sarah Paulson Is Everywhere (Thank God): On 'Carol,' 'American Horror Story,' And 'O.J. Simpson' via The Daily Beast

Janis Joplin, Rock's Original Reckless Diva, Is Still Thrilling And Tragic In 'Little Girl Blue' via The A/V Club

The Case For Nancy Lieberman: If it were just a matter of resumé she's be an NBA coach in no time via Slate

American Apparel Encouraged Employees To Wear 'Ask Me To Take It All Off' T-Shirts On Black Friday via Jezebel

Women's Curves, Mansplained via The Washington Post

Dorothy Dress From 'The Wizard Of Oz' Sells For More Than $1.5M via NPR

Silent Partner: What Do Nabokov's Letters Conceal? via The New Yorker

Pamela Harriman: The Queen Of Party Politics via The Daily Beast

Obituaries Show Sexism Follows Women To The Grave via The Guardian

AND WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:

Cute Little Boy Unable To Tell Hillary Clinton A Woman Can Be President via Women In The World

The LZ Sunday Paper™ (soon to be registered trademarked and copyrighted) 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 in size high, medium, and low. Our audience for this content is vast and not gender-driven. Every week we expect 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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