The "Hazy" Edition
Dear Readers,
This edition is extra hazy, like the New York City sky last week. Yes, the sky was super-strange. But honestly I was a little out of step with the rest of the world. I just didn’t register it as cockamamie as everyone else did. Like yes of course it was very weird— the sky was cloudy but it wasn’t going to rain. Also the clouds were yellow. So I get it. Weird. But maybe it’s extra sad that it didn’t strike me as *that* weird. I’ve been in fire season lots of times in LA— really bad! I’ve been in Beijing in August—really bad! Plus there the local paper says the sky is blue every day so the gaslighting of Communism is worse than the smoke. Plus I’ve been…in New York City in the ‘70’s! The sky was yellow all the time and people made fun of New Jersey smog and we had “smog alerts” and everyone was smoking anyway, inside cars, restaurants and airplanes so who compared to that playing outside in the smog was better! Also (possibly) sad— maybe alarming— I was kind of happy to put my mask back on. It was comforting in that old “what else am I gonna do?” covid-y way.
Actually, this edition is coming out extra kray!
I think it’s kind of even weirder that NYC hasn’t had even a whisper of early summer. Which I’m sort of grateful for because those are the days that people’s smalltalk is exclusively comprised of phrases such as “It just goes from winter to summer! No Spring this year!” Well, not true this time. Enjoy your cotton sweaters and linen pants before the temps (and hazardous smoke conditions) rise.
And enjoy this edition of The LZ Sunday Paper— a hazy, smoky, low-hanging ceiling of the week’s most important news by, for, and about women in politics, business, law, science, sports, the arts and pop culture.
Happy Pride!
And enjoy your tie- and after-shave shopping for the father-figure in your life for next Sunday.
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I think I’m only kidding— I don’t take comfort in hellfires and maskes, so yellow-skies-be-gonely yours,
The Pic(k) of the Week:
From the Archive: The Photo Book That Let Lesbians See Themselves via The New Yorker
WORLD:
’It Would Have Ended In Murder:’ For These Ultra-Orthodox and Arab Lesbians Comin Out Is Not An Option via Haaretz
The New Afghanistan, Through The Eyes Of Three Women via The Daily
BUSINESS:
Bed, Bath & Beyond CEO Is The Latest Example Of A Female Leader Facing A ‘Glass Cliff’ via Fortune
The U.S. Needs 1M More Electricians To Hit Climate Goals. Can It Recruit More Women? via The Guardian
JURISPRUDENCE:
Exploring Transgender Law and Politics via The Signs Journal
SCIENCE & HEALTH:
Bisexual Women 3 Times More Likely To Attempt Suicide Compared to Straight Women: Canadian Study via CTV News
CULTURE & THE ARTS:
Samantha’s Cameo In The ‘Sex and The City’ Sequel and The Complexity Of Female Friendships via CNN
Julia Louis Dreyfus Gets Wise With Carol Burnett via ’Wiser Than Me’
The Zen Wisdom Of Sarah Silverman via The New Yorker
Night After Night, I Perform On Broadway and Tell A Devastating Story via The New York Times
SPORTS:
Cheryl Toussaint Knows The Power Of Girls’ Athletics via The Wall Street Journal
’Why Not Me?’ A First-time Announcer, Racing Towards History, Finds Her Stride via The Athletic
OBITUARY:
Ama Ata Aidoo, Groundbreaking Ghanaian Writer, Dies At 81 via The New York Times
Astrud Gilberto, 83, Dies; Shot to Fame With ‘Girl From Ipanema’ via The New York Times
AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?:
A ‘Crown Jewel Of Comendy’: The Joan Rivers Card Catalog of Jokes Finds A Home via The New York Times
