The "Paper Money" Edition
Dear Readers,
If it’s December, it must be my annual countdown-slash-C’rush™ towards the Holiday Break. That’s my LZ-Patented rush-to-Christmas. With or without a full-time, big-ass corporate job, every day seems to be a pile of to-do’s before year end. And most nights are filled! With (mostly) fun stuff, mind you, but also post-Covid business parties and client dinners are back. Compared to my usual nightlife rhythm of virtually nil, it feels like I’m a veritable nightlife reporter. Every December I think I am briefly reincarnated as Michael Musto. How did we ever do it?
Everyone likes content recomms! So here’s a few more in addition to last week’s:
TV: Okay, in the Late To The Party Category: Yes, Slow Horses on Apple TV+. Everybody loves it. Now I (kind of) do, too. I missed seasons 1 and 2 entirely. Watched 2. Highly recommend! It’s both extremely compelling (great characters! you want to know what happens next!) and also confusing (lots of spies, lots of crossing and double-crossing, and in Season 2, lots of confusing evil Russians. Well they’re not confusing but their names are.) Season 3 so far (drops weekly) superb! Downloaded Season 1 for long plane trips this week.
Film: Anatomy of a Fall. I really thought this was a fabulous, tense, want to know what’s-gonna-happen examination of a set of relationships. Oh and a courtroom drama. Whenever the acting is great the word “superb” somehow gets deployed. It was superb in that department. I have thought about it nearly every day since I saw it.
Museum: If you’re in NYC any time through mid-January, the Judy Chicago Show at the New Museum is worth seeing. An uncanny breadth of work is on display. I was excited to see her abstract expressionist art which never got its fair share of attention. I appreciated deeply her later era, more explicitly political work. The films and videos were especially fantastic. This review sums up my reactions and has great photos of her work.
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Headed to Europe, back in time for you next Sunday, though!
LZ
The Pic(k) of the Week:
They Lived To Tell: Women Living With AIDS via The Cut
POLITICS:
The Scope Of Hamas’ Campaign of Rape Against Women Is Revealed, Testimony After Testimony via Ha’aretz
The Soldiers Sounding The Alarm Were Ignored. They Were Women. via Airmail
JURISPRUDENCE:
Why A Case In Texas On Abortion Exceptions Is A Big Deal via Mother Jones
Landmark UN Report Calls For Sex Work Decriminalization via Human Rights Watch
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
Sexual Assault Accusers Can Be Sued For Defamation. This Will Discourage Survivors From Coming Forward via Ms.
FASHION:
Where Have All The Chic, Practical, Unsilly Evening Bags Gone? via The Wall Street Journal
Loewe and Behold: How Older Models Are Casting A Spell On Fashion via The Guardian
Is Fashion Ready For An Accessibility Overhaul? via Vogue Business
MUSIC:
Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ Film Is The Masterpiece We Hoped For via The Daily Beast
Dionne Warwick Says There’s Still “An Awful Lot To Be Done” After 62 Years In Music: “Just Have To Manifest” via People
’I Wanted To Be You.’ Joan Baez In Conversation With Jane Fonda via Interview
POP CULTURE:
Everybody Knows Flo From Progressive. Who Is Stephanie Courtney? via The New York Times
It’s A Good Thing Most Women Don’t Want To Date Trump Voters via Salon
OBITUARIES:
Sandra Day O’Connor: A Ranch Girl Who Became ‘Queen Of The Court’ via The BBC
…AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?:
