I’m obsessed with Billie Eilish
Her lyrics are witty, her aesthetic is fresh, and her voice is ethereal. I’ve been listening to Billie Eilish for the past week and can’t stop watch...
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Fall 2017 Reading List
1. The Cross of Redemption, Essays & Works by James BaldwinI’ve read quite a few Baldwin essays at this point, but I’m eager to fully immerse myself in his ...
Misguided Outrage
A story in the Logan Square edition of DNA Info this weekend strongly questioned Ald. Roberto Maldonado’s stance on fighting gentrification along the 606 trail....
Government-Assisted Market Failure: America’s Higher Ed Accreditation System
Many of today’s political fights boil down to fights about what the government should provide, and what it should leave for the “free market” to do. It’s ...
We Are All Complete Beside Ourselves (Review, ish)
They say that novels are about everything, but short stories are about one thing. In that way, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is more like a short story...
Language & women & art
Three of the books I’ve read recently have disappointed me because of their portrayal of women. Part of what’s frustrating about the feeling is that...
Under the Radar #1: Awesome Stuff You’ve Never Heard Of
There used to be a feature on WNYC by Leonard Lopate called “Underreported.” In that same spirit, I want to start evangelizing some of the stuff tha...
Today’s Podcast List
OntheMedia – “The Country of the Future” The OntheMedia team heads to Brazil to investigate their current political and budgetary issues as we...
Some kickstarter stuff I’d actually buy
I love the idea of Kickstarter; a place where products get to sing for their supper before they’re on the shelves. With that said, I think there are a lot...
In the middle of
A list of the books I’m in the middle of, in roughly the order in which I think it might be likely to finish them: Uprooted, by Naomi Novik (Update: finis...