What I read today Dec 7
- How Columbus's Majority-Black City Council Might be Violating the Voting Rights Act, City Lab
home city - Columbus Now Says 'Smart' Rides for Vulnerable Moms Are Coming, City Lab
- Who Wins When a City Gets Smart?, City Lab
I had to google map where South Linden was. Home city, and it seems I never left the Westside - Combatting Infant Mortality Means First Having the Uncomfortable Conversation About Race, Columbus Underground
- Infant Mortality Problems in Columbus Indicate a Poor Quality of Life for Low-Income Women and Women of Color, Columbus Underground
- The reason childbirth is over-medicalized in America has its roots in racial segregation, Quartz
- A REAL LOOK AT INFANT MORTALITY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE
After giving birth, I'm increasingly interested in childbirth and the inequalities and experiences surrounding it. - Ohio ranks 45th nationally in infant mortality, near bottom for deaths of black babies, Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Where Millennials Come From, The New Yorker
What I read today Dec 6
- The Weekly Glean: Brand-New Ancient Grains, Modern Farmer
I keep hearing a radio ad about how sorghum is an "ancient grain" which i feel is pretty bullshitty, since it's just a grain from a different country - How a Chest of Ancient Grains Changed Baking History, Modern farmer
- Why Are Stephen Shore’s Instagrams Better Than Yours?, Hyperallergic
- An Artist Takes Issue with a Brand’s Appropriation of Black Detroit, Hyperallergic
- HOW TO WORKSHOP N-WORDS, The Rumpus
- The Trump allegations, The Guardian
- Don't Buy Anyone an Echo, Gizmodo
The commenters say "who cares!" - How We Think Sex Changes After Childbirth Versus How It Actually Changes, Broadly
- My Moroccan Mom Doesn't Care About White People in Henna, But I Do, Broadly
What I read today Dec 5
- The Pioneering Woodblock Artist Caught Between East and West, Atlas Obscura
- How Professionals Wrestle With One of the World’s Scariest Plants, Atlas Obscura
- A Dentist-Turned-Horticulturalist Made a Record Just for Plants, Atlas Obscura
- The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services, Harvard Business Review
- Imogen Heap wants to use blockchain technology to revolutionize the music industry, Quartz
- Blockchain: A Better Way to Track Pork Chops, Bonds, Bad Peanut Butter?, NY Times
- The Truth About Blockchain, Harvard Business Review
Increasingly interested about blockchain technology and see its parallels with Sharewave - These controversial items tucked into the GOP tax bills have little to do with taxes, PBS
What I read today - Dec 4
- Employees With Kids Are More Dedicated Than Most Bosses Realize, Fortune
- Modern parents spend more time with their kids than their parents spent with them, Quartz
- Your 2-Year-Old Is Full of Potential. Here’s How to Develop It., Slate
- Domino's rolls out baby registry for new parents, USA Today
- Making Eye Contact With a Baby Changes Both Your Brain Waves, Study Says, Time
- Millennials See Paternity Leave as a Priority, NY Times
- Home-Based Care Isn’t Babysitting, Slate
- No Family Is Safe From This Epidemic, The Atlantic
- Right-Wingers Find an Accidental Shooting to Go Ballistic Over, Village Voice
What I read today - Dec 1
- PLAY AT 12 MONTHS -- MONTESSORI BABY WEEK 52, the kavanaugh report
- All the Ways the GOP Tax Bill Will Screw You Over, Village Voice
- In Flushing, a former mall transforms into a game-changing mixed-use development, Curbed
- MTA chief dismisses ‘draconian’ proposal to end 24/7 subway service, Curbed
- Go inside the prototype for the NYC subway’s new open-gangway trains, Curbed
- WHY WE NEED TO QUIT USING THE TERM “NATURAL BIRTH”, Mother Mag
Hear Hear! - Did midwifery merely replace the patriarchy with the matriarchy?, skepticalob
What I read today - Nov 30
- How Wealth Reduces Compassion, Scientific American
- Turn Towards Instead of Away, Gottman Institute
- The Danger of Convenience, raptitude
- Tidying up, austin kleon
Interesting views on the nature of stuff for creatives. I still need to go through clothes and unwanted items, but I do like the messy nature of our stuff and plants on surfaces throughout the apartment. Interior design photos make me sad for their lack of life - re: clutter - NYC subway should cease 24/7 operation, rebuild from the ground up: report, Curbed
- David Rockwell on the Importance of Human Connection in Design, Architectural Digest
What I read today Nov 29
- The tension between creativity and productivity, kottke
- Net Neutrality Hits a Nerve, Eliciting Intense Reactions, NY Times
Of course it does. It might make sense if I had multiple internet providers to choose from.... but I don't - The Golden Age of the Illustrated Book Dust Jacket, Hyperallergic
- How the Invasive Plants of New York Represent the City’s Colonial Past, Hyperallergic
I'm always slow to learning about the shows I want to see! - PDF: Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, 2016–2018
- Jared and Ivanka are ‘in a world of sh*t’ in DC — and New York doesn’t want them back, Raw Story
- Deli Grossery, one man’s photographic chronicle of bodega posters, Brokelyn
What I read today - Nov 28
- The Connected Vocabularies of Six-Month-Olds, The Atlantic
- Deciding At What Age To Give A Kid A Smartphone, NPR
- Coco Is Among Pixar's Best Movies in Years, The Atlantic
- Little Spoon plans to win the baby food wars with a customized meal plan, Mashable
- Why Calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ Is Racist, Explained, The Root
- Beyond ‘Other’: Meghan Markle Recounted Her Feelings When She Heard Her Mom Called the N-Word in a 2015 Essay on Race, The Root
- Meghan Markle: I'm More Than An 'Other', Elle
- I’m Addicted to Late-Night Zillow Stalking, Clever
- On City Island, two unassuming homes are NYC’s newest landmarks, Curbed
What I read today Nov 21
- Worries About Behavior Of Park Slope Shelter Residents Bring Neighbors To Community Meeting, Patch
- Ignored By Big Telecom, Detroit's Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet, Motherboard
- Manhattan West's tallest building is on the rise near Hudson Yards, Curbed
I feel like life has gone full circle now - from marketing Manhattan West project to moving into it (2020) - The Long Tradition of Folk Healing Among Southern Appalachian Women, Atlas Obscura
- In Belarus, the Ancient Tradition of Healing Whispers Slowly Disappears, Atlas Obscura
- The Silver Trail: How An Italian Immigrant Made His Mark on Southwestern Jewelry, collectors weekly
- PAUL RYAN’S ‘CINDY’ IS A CRUEL FIGMENT OF THE CAPITALIST IMAGINATION, ShadowProof
- Senate Republicans’ tax plan raises taxes on families earning less than $75,000, Vox
- FCC Plan To Use Thanksgiving To 'Hide' Its Attack On Net Neutrality Vastly Underestimates The Looming Backlash, Net Neutrality
- How Jihee Lee Breaks Down the Cultural Boundaries Built By Stereotypes, Eye on Design
What I read today Nov 20
- A LITTLE - PIKLER INSPIRED - CLIMBER WITH LILY & RIVER, the kavanaugh report
- THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR PELVIC FLOOR BEFORE, DURING, & AFTER BIRTH, Mother Mag
- My Apartment Is Starting to Resemble My Parents' House, Architectural Digest
- Keystone pipeline oil spill could be worse than we thought, Vice
- Why Women Discourage Each Other From Reporting Sexual Assault, broadly
- Your First Look at Broccoli, the Magazine for Women Who Love Weed, Broadly
- The Soviet Military Secretly Mapped the Entire World, City Lab
- The Toxic 'Blank Spots' of Niagara Falls, City Lab
- The Many Sides of Michael Graves, City Lab
- The Corporatization of Kindergarten, City Lab
- The High Line Is Trolling Us, City Lab
- Puerto Rico’s DIY Disaster Relief, The New York Review of Books
what i read today - nov16
- Making Time Off Predictable—and Required, Harvard Business Review
- THE FORGOTTEN ART OF SQUATTING IS A REVELATION FOR BODIES RUINED BY SITTING, Quartzy
- Texas Sheriff Sparks Outrage After Warning Vehicle Owner About Profane Anti-Trump Sticker , The Root
- Where the Small-Town American Dream Lives On, The New Yorker
- Here Are Big Pharma’s Go-To Law Firms for Opioid Marketing Defense, National Law Journal
I try to ignore that my employer's clients are icky companies like Purdue Pharma Inc. Ugh
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