[051220] masks + your mental + money-drama 🤯
😷coping w/quarantine life
COVID19.CULTURE:
where to shop for cloth face masks: from functional to high-fashion [Brittany Martin, Linda Immediato, Merle Ginsberg] 🔽
racism is totally shaping coronavirus: “this new development of what has happened with the pandemic with respect to African-American communities” is “perhaps an old development” [Isaac Chotiner]
chilling inside: 6 great cooking cheats from foodies [Harling Ross]
going back outside: what restaurants will look like post-coronavirus [Kerri Arsenault]
you're not the only one whose mental health is taking a hit: coronavirus anxiety — how to cope [Brittney McNamara]
has a pandemic changed America — or revealed its heart? one day in Michigan shows just how far apart we still are [Mary C. Curtis]
in times of crisis, stark images of sacrifice or consequence have moved masses to act: so where are the photos of people dying of COVID? [Sarah Elizabeth Lewis]
art workers band together: fighting the coronavirus-related spike in racism against Asian Americans [Alex Greenberger]
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giving Americans $2000 monthly during the pandemic: a proposal from Sens. Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Ed Markey
wait, what? you still have to wear sunscreen indoors, folks [Asia Milia Ware]
art by imcrystalc ⤴️
recent reads + looks + listens
rest in peace and power: little richard. betty wright. andre harrell. and now jerry stiller.
‘It seems like everyone in the world loves Fetch the Bolt Cutters: ‘so why don’t I?’ [Soraya Roberts]
she has played everyone from a Dreamgirl to Moesha’s stepmom to the president ⬇️
⤴️ a conversation with the fab Sheryl Lee Ralph [Shannon Miller]
the durag: how it beat both respectability politics and gentrification [David J. Dennis Jr.]
Femme Frontera: films created by women from border regions around the world — available to view, free [Manuel Betancourt] ⤵️
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country music: it’s nothing without black artists [Andrea Williams]
the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed demonstrate how the term lynching has evolved — and is correct [Britni de la Cretaz] + Jay-Z's Team Roc calls for fast action in Arbery case [Associated Press]
Tracee Ellis Ross: on being supreme [Martha Hayes]
Queen Latifah: yep, she is The Equalizer in a new remake [Aurelie Corinthios]
context: food, culture, and the deeper Roman problem [Roxana Hadadi] ⬇️
‘the crisis of empathy that has plagued white America’: ‘This woman’s so-called “agitation” was actually the very thing that saved that man’s life…she was seen as “agitated” when, in reality, she was correct [Phillip Picardi]
on Insecure: ‘Lawrence’s ability to divide audiences stands as a testament to the power of storytelling’ [J'na Jefferson]
in France, rap is up against its own music industry [Michael Oliver]
throwback reads + looks + listens
Vanity Fair: ‘Being Michael Jordan’ [written by Michael Jordan, 1998]
how about: we rediscover one of Denzel Washington’s early classics ⬇️ plus a great essay about 1992’s Mississippi Masala, here 🎥
oh + also
Natasha Rothwell has some words for you: about friendship, and about her character on Insecure [Darian S. Harvin]
Elliott Wilson’s thoughts on Michael Jordan up top, here.
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this is your newsletter. diverse work curated by a diverse team for a diverse readership during this wild era known as #quarantinelife. in this mix you see work from writers you know (and some you don’t). work from creators of color. from women writers. and LGBQTI creators. basically storytelling curated with the idea that the many segments of our multiverse are equally interesting and important.…after a long hiatus, we’re back. when we started this newsletter, way back when, one of our earliest issues was a #Ferguson special edition. this quarantine lockdown has us feeling a familiar fear and strength and commitment to a better future.
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