Dear Readers,
Apologies for the unannounced hiatus last week. A dominant first round tennis win and an opposite and equally undominant second round loss took up the physical and mental weekend time units available.
Speaking of time units and platitudinous summer chit chat, I am simply confounded that next weekend is Labor Day. I took appreciative note of the long and lovely spring, weather-wise, warming up, no late cold snaps, no early heat waves. I took note of the summer weather too. It stayed cool, for the most part, at the beach. Tolerable in the City. I guess I’m getting to the fact that I’m not ready for it to be over. I am decreasingly a Fall/Winter person.
I’m going to allow myself — and you — a bit more beach brain and give you very little to think about. At least on the ‘me,’ front. On the world front, there is still an absolutely overwhelming amount to think about: Politics, Business, Health, Pop Culture, The Arts, Sports, and more. Just for you, from me, curated by, for, and about women, with care.
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I have been super-lax on Instagram and I think I’m about to delete my X profile, entirely. Social Media time units turn out to be the most expendable. Need to decrease Spelling Bee time units, now irritatingly impinged upon by Connections.
Darn you, NYT Games!
Time-deprived but contentedly yours,
LZ
THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
FIFA Suspends Football Chief Rubiales Over Hermoso Kiss, Pending Inquiry via France24
Nike U-Turns, Will Sell Goalkeeper Jerseys After Earps Outcry via ESPN
BUSINESS:
Outdoor Voices Founder Ty Haney Has Moved On. Mostly. via The Cut
To Narrow The Gap In The Boardroom, Poker Power Asks Girls To Ante Up via Marketplace
Does Wearing High Heels At Work Make Sense Anymore? via The Globe and Mail
SCIENCE:
Lauding Lise Meitner, Who Said ‘No’ To The Atomic Bomb via Undark
HEALTH & WELLNESS:
How Menopause Affects Women Of Color via The New York Times
Alcohol Is Killing More Women Than Ever. We Need To Talk About Why. via MSNBC
THE ARTS, SPORTS & POP CULTURE:
I Told Her, ‘Your Tik-Toks Are Cringe’— The Consultants Who Get Teens Into Elite Sororities via The Guardian
Nepo Babies Make Good In ‘You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah’ via Vulture
’Tom Lake’ by Ann Patchett: Homespun Happiness via The Guardian
W'anda Sykes Is Taking It All In via The New Yorker
My Mother The Creator via The Cut
SPORTS(?):
World Chess Just Placed Restrictions On Both Trans Women and Trans Men via NPR
OBITUARIES:
Betty Tyson, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned For Murder, Dies At 75 via The New York Times
…AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT?:
Fifty Years Ago Billie Jean King Won Equal Pay. But She’s Not Done Yet. via The New York Times