Going back to work was messier than expected so there was no Reading Week last week. Sorry!

This week is back on track, so as are we. How was your week? Read anything good?

Here are a few from me…

 

— ON ROBOTNIC.CO —

Further Adventures in Podcasting — more recommendations for you podcast fiends.

My belated April Reads with capsule reviews.

Review of Every Day is for the Thief  by Teju Cole.

 

— ARTS & CULTURE —

Someone finally asked why we’re ok with Louis CK getting with hot women on Louie, but not with Lena Dunham getting with Patrick Wilson. One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: Lena Dunham, Louis C.K., and the Persistent Sexism of Comedy.

I recently bought and began to read MFA vs NYC. Junot Diaz wrote a response about his experiences in a New Yorker piece: MFA vs POC.

Then Salon continued the discussion with Junot Diaz’ undergraduate reading lists. I want to go to there.

Ryan McGinley: Naked and Famous by Alice Gregory, recent guest on the Longform Podcast.

— DIGITAL —

I wrote a couple of blog posts about freelancing for Small is Beautiful – a conference I’m involved with. Here are some Social Media Tips & some thoughts on Managing Yourself.

Net Neutrality in the USA is under threat. New Yorker says Goodbye, Net Neutrality; Hello, Net Discrimination & CGP Grey issued a rallying call in Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality [VIDEO].

 

— LONGFORM / JOURNALISM —

We all know that The Media Has a Woman Problem. But when you see it laid out like that…

Kerry Clarke on Rereading Fear of Flying: On Not Being Pregnant in Mid-Air With Isadora Wing. 

English Class with Mr. Roth sounds pretty awesome.

 

— & c. —

Evan and I just started watching Anthony Bourdain’s latest show, PARTS UNKNOWN – which made me want to go to Tangier even more. On Tumblr he asks: So, why don’t we love Mexico?

 

Currently Reading: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote & This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.

 

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— ARTS & CULTURE —

The world lost two literary greats this month: Peter Matthiessen & Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Click the names for their respective Paris Review interviews. Magnificent.

Richard Linklater’s Slacker at Twenty years old. Ooft.

From YouTube to Vice – 10 trends that are changing how we watch TV. For me that’s virtually never, but this bit from Kim Cattrall made me sad:

“I believe that women my age have very much to say, and unfortunately this business doesn’t recognise that, most of the time,” said Cattrall, adding that “the pressure to stay young, be young, bubbly, nubile, is suffocating”. She also suggested that TV had a long way to go in its roles for older women. “They don’t really know what to do with me. I don’t want to play someone’s wife and become a joke about plastic surgery.”

 

& in related, my BookTube friend Candace turned 32, and is owning it.

 

— DIGITAL —

The Virtual Moleskine. I must admit, though I have a £100 a year Moleskine habit, I probably wouldn’t chat to them online either.

— LONGFORM / JOURNALISM —

A horrifying story about the non- and flawed- inquiries of rapes at Florida State University.

The Love of My Life by Cheryl Strayed. One of the most devastating things I’ve ever read.

— & c. —

This Complete Guide to Structuring Your Ideal Workday is either wonderfully or horribly detailed, depending on your stance on productivity writing. But the timings for best work vs slumps are pretty much me to a T.

Lots of nice ideas from Braid Creative on How to Turn Vision Into Action.

A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia. No further explanation required.

 

Currently Reading: All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld on my new Kindle Paperwhite because my husband is the best

Travels: Off to Prague – catch you next week for more links!

What’s the best thing you’ve read lately?