What I read Labor Day weekend (8/31-9/3)

• Kanye West Paid $85,000 to Use Photo of Whitney Houston’s Drug-Strewn Bathroom on Pusha T Album Cover, Variety
• afropunk defends m.i.a. after black lives matter controversy, id
• Afropunk doesn’t care about black people: Beyond a t-shirt, Medium
• The Village Voice Is Officially Dead, Gothamist
• Why Kids Want Things, The Atlantic
• A Mother’s Fragmented Identity, NY Times
• The Gender Divide in Preschoolers’ Closets, NY Times