207. READ. LOOK. THINK.
207. READ. LOOK. THINK.
Good writing is good manners. 'I signed up to marry an artist,' iris in, potato news (and narcissist news), Annabel Crabb's kitchen, everyone will click the Paris apartment link I can tell.
Hi friends,
A quick one today!
READ.
“I’m very reluctant to go into anybody’s privacy, and that’s one of the reasons I find writing difficult.” Exposing feelings her characters prefer not to acknowledge strikes her as unseemly she said, adding, “I think all good writing is good manners.” Claire Keegan
'One of the really amazing things about my husband is that if I'm not working, he calls me out on it. He's often said to me, look, you don't have to work if you don't want to, but I signed up to marry an artist, and that's not what you are right now.' (Ouch)
Very healing profile of Emma Thompson though why mention the stuff in her bathroom so much without a pic, an iPhone pic would be fine!
'The two-hour long phone calls Spark and Hazzard regularly conducted of a morning were an important part of both women’s days, but left Hazzard drained and unable to work, whereas the calls fed Spark’s work like gasoline. The two, inevitably, fell out.'
LOOK.
Skip forward to the beautiful bathroom:
'Welcome to the flat era of fashion. Flat is what happens when consumers buy clothing on the basis of how it looks in two dimensions, in an image to be shared on social media.'
Small, beautiful Paris apartment.
How to use up leftover cheese.
Garlicky mashed potato cake??? NOrth Italian potato cake?
Broccoli Gnoccholi: Ella Risbridger on doing what you can.
How to do crimes (which is to say, how to read articles behind a paywall OCCASIONALLY).
Molly Young on insomnia.
Annabel Crabb's so very pretty former kitchen.
I did a something to eat and something to read!
THINK.
Why do narcissists find conspiracy theories so appealing?
'In 2017, looking back at decades of ineffectual organizing, I didn’t think the political mobilization of the last five years was even possible, and if you had told me then about the radical acceleration of renewable technology to come, I would’ve been more credulous but still surprised. But signs of optimism are not arguments for complacency — quite the opposite, because the new range of expectations is not just a marker of how much has changed over the last five years but of how much might over the next five, the next 25 or the next 50.' If you don't care about climate change, this article might surprise and distress you, but if you live in terror, it may comfort.
‘…grown-ups can be overly focused on “children as becoming,” worrying about their development and preparing them for the adult life they will one day lead. And in the process, she thinks, we can miss “children as being”—the complex society and culture they inhabit right now.’
Rethinking puberty 'not as a gateway into adulthood but as another stage of childhood'.
You Don't Understand Me by Dr Tara Porter. How I wish I had this book when I was a teenager. I don’t know why I read this, as my girls will not be teens for a while, but I’m glad I did and it’s a fantastic book. Get it for any girl older than Year 6 if you know one. | Rachel Cusk a while ago on teenagers. | Andie’s wonderful Substack blue milk, a classic linkblog with stylish writing.
Men forget to mind their manners when dealing with powerful women.
“antisemitic point of no return”
Jess
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PS for Australians: is anyone I know a member of Groundswell (goal: 'to accelerate and amplify climate action in Australia by creating a community of new givers who fund strategic, high-impact climate advocacy') and should I be?
PPS for Australians (in case this is my last RLT for 2022): don’t forget to buy A Great Hope for Christmas for literally everyone. ‘I was totally hooked […] If I still worked in a bookstore I’d be recommending this for almost anyone—age, gender, politics—it’s even a great novel for people who usually prefer nonfiction’ — Bri Lee, helpfully. Complacent yellow smile emoji!