What I read today - Nov 15

• They Dreamed Of Sheep (Farming): Peek Inside An Alabama Dairy, NPR
• How to Let Go of Things: One Essential Tip To Make Minimizing Easy and Sustainable, Design Sponge
• The Class Politics of Decluttering, NY Times
  I just finished The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing and started to get interested in the criticisms. But you know what? F-- that. I have too many clothes that don't fit and things I don't use and if I read a book and become motivated to actually get rid of them, then good for me for making room for the new chapter of my life.
• COULD PMS BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS?, Jungalow

What I read today - Nov 13

• What Exactly Is the Black Mayonnaise at the Bottom of the Gowanus Canal?, Brownstoner
• Hudson Yards's $200M 'Vessel' edges closer to its full height, curbed
• Fear of a Cough in the Night, Village Voice
• Video: John Oliver reflects on Trump's disastrous first year, Boing Boing
• The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic, AlterNet
• The Family That Built an Empire of Pain, The New Yorker
• YES THEY CAN! HOW THE QUEER KITCHEN BRIGADE IS COMING TO PUERTO RICO’S AID, Villiage Voice
• Sexism Starts in Childhood, Slate

what i read today - Nov 10

• STARTING TO DRESS -- MONTESSORI BABY WEEK 49, the kavanaugh report
• Week 43: Behold, the Weaning Table, emily irl
• A Different Kind of Pregnancy Announcement, Man Repeller
• A Mass Shooting in Texas and False Arguments Against Gun Control, The New Yorker
• App Time for Nap Time: The Parennials Are Here, NY Times
  Oh god, leave it to the New York Times to make it sound like Millenial parents need a heap of handholding and are more interested in hashtags than being responsible parents. Ugh.
• In rural America, school choice creates challenges, Salon
• The Challenge of Teaching War to Today's Students, The Atlantic
• History Class and the Fictions About Race in America, The Atlantic
• What High School Taught Millennials About the War on Terrorism, The Atlantic
• Lies My History Teacher Told Me About the War on Terror, CATO Institute
• 5 Lessons From a Diplomat for Bridging the Parent-Teacher Divide, NY Times

What I read today - Nov 9

• A Study Used Sensors to Show That Men and Women Are Treated Differently at Work, Harvard Business Review
• DELIVERING A PREGNANCY APP THAT’S BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND PERSONAL, Invision Blog
  I loved their little baby icon when I was working for WTE. 
• Corner & Compass: Celebrating Inspiring Families and Interiors, Design Sponge
• The Twilight of the Analog Photo Booth, Atlas Obscura
• How to Make Wine without Any Equipment, Munchies
• Inside the Lakota Sioux's Fight for Food Sovereignty, Munchies

What I read today - Nov 8

• Why New Yorkers Don’t Vote, Village Voice
• The Wartime Quilts Made by Men from Military Uniforms, Hyperallergic
  I WANT TO SEE THIS SO BAD. I'm thinking of taking the little guy this weekend. I think he might even like all the basic shapes! I've been thinking of learning to quilt (in all my free time) since there's all these amazing quilters I've been following on instagram who are making these very modern quilts
• Rolling Through Barbara Kruger’s Slick and Slippery Skatepark Installation, Hyperallergic
• New York State Plans Statues of Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Jones, Hyperallergic
• The Curious Histories of Colors, from Beige to Heliotrope, Hyperallergic
• Mining Mineral Structures with Watercolor and Sediment, Hyperallergic
• A Stamp Designer Makes His Mark with Cheeky Designs, Hyperallergic
• In North Korea, the Graphic Design of Everyday Objects Promotes National Identity, Hyperallergic
• Photographing the Lower East Side’s Fading Jewish Culture, Hyperallergic
• Smart cities are boring. Give us responsive cities., Public Ad Campaign
• I started Occupy Wall Street. Russia tried to co-opt me, The Guardian
• Found: A Rare Carved Stone That Could Rewrite Art History, Atlas Obscura
• Everyone Should Fear What Happened to the Gothamist Sites, City Lab
• After Virginia, Republicans Are Staring Into the Abyss, New Republic
• When disability tech is just a marketing exercise, The Outline
• Graffiti Artist Casey Nocket Is Now Banned From National Parks Thanks To Reddit, HuffPost\
• How Social Media Perpetuates Cliché Photography, Field magazine
• 'That PNW Bridge' Is No More, Odessy
• This Is about as Bad as It Gets for Virginia Republicans, National Review

What I read today - Nov 7

• Demolition of Two Victorian Wood Frame Houses in Bay Ridge Is Imminent, Brownstoner
• European Cities Figured Out E-Bikes. Why Won't New York?, CityLab
• A Fan Once Chased the Property Brothers Down the Street, Screaming 'Open Concept Sucks!', Jezebel
• JEN’S RICHMOND RENO: THE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM. jen chu design
  I love her renos. Women builders <3
• Condé Nast to close Teen Vogue amidst budget cuts, It's nice that
• Eric Oglander reflects on his internet sensation, Craiglist Mirrors, It's Nice That
• Samsung returns to mock iPhone X buyers in latest commercial, The Verge
• iPhone X Review: How We Tested (and Tricked) FaceID, WSJ
• iPhone X Review: Yes, There Are Reasons to Pay Apple $1,000, WSJ
• The iPhone X Is A User Experience Nightmare, Co Design

It's voting day!

• A New York Voter’s Guide To Election Day’s Three Ballot Questions, Medium
• Constitutional Convention: Thanks, but No Thanks, NY Times
• In Brooklyn, Challenging the Party Establishment, NY Times
• Crazy Green Party Dude’ Wages Grassroots Fight in Brooklyn Council Race, City Limits
• New York Is About to Vote on a Constitutional Convention: Here’s Why You Should Care, Village Voice
• Convention opponents assail 'special interests' while spending big bucks, Politico
• Fix N.Y. government or live to regret it: One legislator's case for a constitutional convention, NY daily News

what i read today - nov6

• Atlantic Yards Developers Struggle to Find Tenants for Higher-Income Affordable Units, City Limits
• Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain, NY Times
• It’s Not Too Soon to Debate Gun Control, NY Times
• Why Gates and Jobs shielded their kids from tech, World Economic Forum
• Managing the Storm of a Toddler’s Tantrum, NY Times
• She signed up to be a surrogate mother — and unwittingly gave away her own child, Washington Post

What I read today - Nov 3

• Slice of History, Harpers
• This niche generation within the Baby Boom is a highly coveted—and persuadable—voting bloc, Timeline
• During Childbirth, Enduring the Patriarchy Was the Hardest Part, Yes! Magazine
  I'm reading the book Birth as an American rite of passage, and often I say to myself "No, that can't happen any more," since it was written in the early 90s and my birthing experience wasn't technocratic. But then I read articles like this, and realize that unwanted interventions do still happen. 

What I read today - Nov2

• What Boredom Does to You, nautilus
• Time to Be Honest About the Fear That’s Getting in Your Way, NYTimes
• What happened when I made my students turn off their phones, aeon
• The miracle of compound interest can also apply to your career, quartz
• Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining, Reuters
• DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shutting Down, NY Times

What I read today - Nov1

• These photos of growing up in the Bay Area suburbs tell a story of innocence and disaffection, Timeline
• WHY AREN’T PRO-LIFE GROUPS OUTRAGED BY THE SHACKLING OF PREGNANT INMATES?, Wear your Voice
• Unapologetically Fat: A Challenge to How We See Women’s Bodies, Yes! magazine
• Honda reissues classic Super Cub models, celebrates 100 million production units, New Atlas
• Linda Nochlin, Feminist Art Historian Who Changed the Game, Dies at 86, Hyperallergic
• North America’s Largest Witchcraft Collection Has Its First Major Exhibition, Hyperallergic
• Vintage Halloween Cards Are the Stuff of Nightmares, Hyperallergic
• What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women’s Lives from the 17th to 19th Centuries, Hyperallergic
• What’s the Secret to Bohemian Style? Designer Justina Blakeney Tells All!, Wit & Delight
• Inside The AMNH's Most Beloved Halls... Before They Lose Their Unique '70s Vibe, Gothamist
• AIM Was Perfect, and Now It Will Die, The Atlantic
  What a sweet tribute to old tech
• Newly Released Footage Shows 20,000 American Nazis Rallying At Madison Square Garden, Gothamist

What I read today - Oct 31

• These Beauty Pageant Contestants Gave Out Facts About Women's Rights As Their Measurements, Buzzfeed News
• What It's Like to Grow Up with Elite Neo-Nazis, Vice
• When a Drowned Woman’s Face Became the Muse of Paris, hyperallergic
• Tomi Lahren’s Disrespectful Flag Costume Highlights the Hypocrisy of Whiteness, The Root
• Why Conservatives Blame Poverty on the Poor, New Republic
• The White-Minstrel Show, National Review
• Chicago Designer Offers a Model for Repurposing Closed Public Schools, Next City
• Multiple Deaths Reported as Driver Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan, NYTimes

I have a friend from college who is an artist and keeps referring to her work as "witchy." It irks me because I don't feel like she's a practicing witch, or someone even knowledgeable about witchcraft. Also, timely, because Halloween.

• The Real Reason Women Love Witches, The Establishment
• Season of the witch: why young women are flocking to the ancient craft, The Guardian
• The Spiral Dance, Wikipedia
• Women Artists Are Channeling The Magic Of The Feminine Occult, HuffPost
• Hysteria, Witches and the Wandering Uterus: A Brief History -- Or Why I Teach "The Yellow Wallpaper", KCET

What I read today - Oct 27

• Chores, teamwork and high expectations: The 15 habits that raise responsible kids, Motherly
• MTA Announces New Electronic Fare System to Replace NYC’s , Untapped Cities
• Arts preview: Gerdeman has his “Revenge”, Columbus Alive
• A Great Teacher, Illustrated, NPR
• When a Student Says, ‘I’m Not a Boy or a Girl’, NY Times
• Please don’t tell your kids they can’t dress as Moana this Halloween, Quartz
• The gender pay gap, The Economist
• Mindfulness for Children, NY Times
• This Mom Wants To Break Down The Stigma Around Sharing Pregnancy News Early, HuffPost
• Now we know why babies shouldn't sleep face down, Science Daily
• Here's How Mothers Around the World React When Their Babies Cry, Time

What I read today - Oct 26

• Top five regrets of the dying, Guardian
  Depressing...
• Spend More Time Alone, Cal Newport
• Cities are not the future, Medium
• Investigation Alleges Haribo Gummies Are Made Using Slave Labor, Munchies
• $1 bounty for each 'We Buy Houses' sign, offers W. Philly lawyer, Philly.com
• Fun Maps: Interactive Map Shows NYC in the 1980s, Untapped Cities
• 80s.NYC
  Time suck
• Hurricane Sandy five years later: Rebuilding in Breezy Point, Curbed
• Epic Ink: How Japanese Warrior Prints Popularized the Full-Body Tattoo, Collectors Weekly
• Lessons Learned from LA Clothing Maker & Style Icon: Jesse Kamm, Wit & Delight

What I read today - Oct 25

• One of Standing Rock's Most Important Landmarks Is Headed to the Smithsonian , Splinter
• Financialization of Single-Family Rentals: The Rise of Wall Street’s New Rental Empire, kcet
• Full Transcript: Jeff Flake’s Speech on the Senate Floor, NY Times
• “All the Queens Houses”: Architecture Exhibition on Queens, NYC Explores Identity and Diversity, Untapped Cities
• How An Apple Alum Found Her True Calling–In Knots, Fast Co Design
• I Left Social Media for a Week. This is What Happened., Wit & Delight
• The Coolest Girl You Know Probably Uses a Flip Phone, Matter
• A Beginner's Guide To Finding A Therapist, Digg
• LinkNYC kiosks will now display historic photos of NYC neighborhoods, Curbed

What I read today- Oct 24

• New Standards for New York’s Underground, Print Mag
• Solange tells Evening Standard magazine “dtmh” after it removes braids from cover shot, It's Nice That
• Town in Iceland paints a 3D pedestrian crossing to slow traffic, The Poke
• I'm a CEO: Here's how I taught my daughter, from a young age, to thrive as a professional, Quartz
• One person’s history of Twitter, from beginning to end, Medium
• I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets, The Guardian
• Why You Shouldn't Buy a "New" Book on Amazon, Lifehacker
• Mapping the U.K.’s Many, Many Names for Streams, Atlas Obscura
• Artifact From Caligula’s Ship Found to Be a Coffee Table in New York Apartment, NBC News
• Seattle’s Last Umbrella Shop Is Closing, Atlas Obscura
• Ancient Trees Were Bafflingly Complicated, and Scientists Don’t Really Know Why, Atlas Obscura
• Millennials Won't Destroy Your Law Firm. Can They Save It?, American Lawyer
• New York City penthouses were originally built for servants, until rooftop gentrification moved in, Timeline
• This ghost tree has been floating vertically in Crater Lake for more than 100 years, Timeline
• These gritty pictures show Times Square’s journey from porn mecca to family friendly, Timeline
• The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare, Fast Co

What I read today - Oct 23

• A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans. It's a catastrophe, The Guardian
• Don’t Talk to Your Sons About Sex – Talk About This Instead, Parent Co
• The case for starting sex education in kindergarten, PBS Newshour
• HOW TO CREATE A MONTESSORI-INSPIRED HOME, Mother Mag
• Buying a House Helped Me Uncover My Feminism, Clever
• The Sioux Chef is Reclaiming North America’s Indigenous Cuisine, Civil Eats
• Hit the History Books (and Movies), Americans!, National Review
• The Only Way to Rebuild the Marriage Culture, Acculturated
• Donald Trump's misleading comments on Obama's calls to fallen soldiers' families, Politifact
• How We Subsidize Suburbia, American Conservative
• Moving Victorians in the Fillmore, Found SF

What I read today - Oct 20

• Cultured Butter
• There’s No Recipe For Growing Up, Buzzfeed
• A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO 8 MAJOR STYLES OF YOGA, gaiam
• 14 Styles Of Yoga Explained Simply, mindbodygreen
  I took my first yoga class in 12 years since I totaled my car in college. I loved the Ashtanga classes I took back then, but am taking a restorative one since I'm not very in shape, and it's close to work!
• The 'Mutant Rabid Gentrification Machine' Comes For Elderly East Village Woman Paying $84 A Month, Gothamist
• Motherhood Is Hard to Get Wrong. So Why Do So Many Moms Feel So Bad About Themselves?, Time
• When Your Teenager Asks, ‘Did You Smoke Weed?', NY Times

What I read today - Oct 19

• 'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia, The Guardian
• THE RAPID EVOLUTION OF MEDIA USE BY CHILDREN AGED 0-8, Mother Mag
• The Rise of the Like Economy, The Ringer
• Mom, Interrupted, New Republic
• Bernie Sanders Isn’t Winning Local Elections for the Left, New Republic
• This Philly Transformation Plan Rethinks the Neighborhood School, Next City

What I read today - Oct 18

• Bad Stroller Habits Even Great Parents Have: Strollers And Infant Development - Part 1, Cando Kiddo
• What Type of Stroller Should I Get? Strollers and Infant Development - Part 2, Cando Kiddo
• Deconstructing the High Line, Jeremiah's Vanishing new york
• See How 16 Designers Pulled Out All the Stops to Decorate a Brownstone for the Heights Showhouse, Brownstoner
• 20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They're scared., Vox
• Civics Education Testing Only Required In 9 States For High School Graduation: CIRCLE Study, HuffPost
• #FlyingWhileBlack: Harvard Law School Student Booted From American Airlines Plane With Infant, The Root

What I read today, Oct 17

• A Fig Tree Dies in Brooklyn, and in Other Boroughs, NY Times
• A Black Woman Created the “Me Too” Campaign Against Sexual Assault 10 Years Ago, Ebony
• One Girl’s Re-Examination of Sweet Valley High: Double Love, Wit & Delight
• #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen Part 2: On Rose McGowan and the Continued Failure of White Feminism, The Root
• Women’s work is still work, The Outline
• Bordeaux Sells in de Blasio’s Brooklyn, The New Yorker
  The "animated community-garden meeting" is Patchen Community Square
• Photos: al-Qaeda-linked militants kill more than 320 in Somalia truck bomb attack, Vox
• Why a Local Museum Keeps Burying Whales Under Raleigh, North Carolina, Atlas Obscura