The "Unreal" Edition
Dear Readers,
Not only do I like the anagram, I am amazed that I have never pondered what other words I could come up with given the six letters of my first name. Some would say, that’s unreal!
Unreal is a good word. It has lots of meanings, some of which i hope to not be associated with, like those more on the side of, um, being not true, aka lying. But most others of which I think are phenomenal. Unreal, even!
Thinking about it, it would be a good title for the Book That I Will Likely Never Write. A hidden anagram is cool. But also referring to my media career which spans the very unreal fiction/narrative form of movies and the very very real of tv.
Because you subscribe to this newsletter, now you will get the inside joke if that book gets published and you can let me know at The Strand book signing that you remember February 2022 when the idea first hit. This will be so far in the future that we won’t take a selfie after I sign your copy, but rather we’ll be catapulted into some sort of VR/AR metaverse, turned into a digital image and NFT’d into a blockchain universe stored on Bezos’ rocketship. Which will be fine because that’s likely very boring and you’d be there for a long time so you’ll have plenty of time to read the book.
In the meantime, your perk for being a subscriber here on earth in the reality-verse is that you get to peruse this robust, diverse curation of the week’s news, delivered straight to your inbox. Politics, Pop Culture and everything in between— the essential list of the the week’s most important content about women.
Also, you can follow me for some fun and / or important things in between Sundays, mostly on (click here:) Instagram.
If you have a story you think I may have missed, email me at (click here:) LZSundayPaper@gmail.com.
And if you’d like to tell a friend about the Paper, please do:
Happy March — though if April is the cruelest month then March—at least in New York City— is downright sadistic!
Lauren Z.
P.S. One other naming-fun-fact: For a while during my adolescence, I practiced figuring out friends’ first and last names backwards, in my head, and referring to them that way with certain very close friends and family members. It allowed me one other realization for my name which is the first five letters of my last name is a palindrome. Do yours right now. A) You might agree, it’s hard to do in your head B) I bet there will be something cool about it!
The Pic(k) of the Week:
Photos Show The Growing Toll Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine via NPR
SUPREME:
Four Black Women Became Classmates, Roommates, and Lifelong Sisters. One Of Them Is Now A Historic Nominee For The Supreme Court via The Nineteenth
Meet Ketanji Brown Jackson via The Intelligencer
BUSINESS:
Why Women Are Less Likely To Be Corrupt Than Men via The Economist
HEALTH AND WELLNESS:
Thanks, Jane Brody, For Nudging Us To Be Better via The New York Times
Recreational Virginity and The False Promise Of Artificial Hymens via Wired
Contextualizing Menopause In The Law via SSRN
Linda Evangelista Shares First Photos Of Her Body Since Fat-Freezing Nightmare: ‘I’m Done Hiding’ via People
’In My 30 Years As A GP, The Profession Has Been Horribly Eroded’ via The Guardian
THE ARTS & POP CULTURE:
The Limits Of The Women’s Redemption Plot via Vulture
Beyond Right and Wrong: Ruth Negga Plays Riveting, Complicated Women via Vanity Fair
With Her New Novel, ‘When We Lost Our Heads,’ Heather O’Neill Explores ‘Feminity As An Agent Of Terror’ The Globe and Mail
The New ‘Golden Girls:’ Baby Boomers Are Moving In Together To Save Money via The Washington Post
A Real-Life ‘Queen’s Gambit’ — The Brazilian Maid Who Became A Chess Champion via The Wall Street Journal
SPORTS & ADVENTURE:
Have The Abuses Of Women’s Figure Skating Been Hiding In Plain Sight? The Cut
OBITUARY:
Sally Kellerman, Oscar-Nominated ‘MASH’ Actress, Is Dead At 84 via The New York Times
BLACK HISTORY:
The Historical Truth About Women Burned At The Stake In America? Most Were Black. via The Washington Post
AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?:
11 Charming Dolly Parton Quotes On Life, Love, and Everything In Between via Vogue