What I read today Jan 5
- THE GERMAN ART OF RAISING SELF-RELIANT KIDS, Mother Mag
- MAKING WATER AVAILABLE -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 5, the kavanaugh report
- Met Museum will charge mandatory admission fees for non-New Yorkers, Curbed
- Montessori versus Baby-led Weaning (BLW), how we montessori\
- One Stop Guide to Introducing a Weaning Table, montessori in motion
- Montessori in Small Spaces: Part One, montessori in motion
- Toilet Learning, montessori in motion
- Our Montessori Inspired Kitchen, montessori in motion
- Justin Timberlake’s New Single Is Not the Trump’s-America Tune Many Anticipated, The Root
- Obama Library Hires Minority-Owned Construction Firms, Next City
- Student Life at the First Medical College for Women, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Jan 3
- 11-year-old Jersey girl launches #1000BlackGirlBooks, Philly Voice
- A short comic gives the simplest, most perfect explanation of privilege I've ever seen., Upworthy
- 'The Talk' Explores How Parents of Color Discuss Race and Policing With Their Children, Colorlines
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "FOLLOW THE CHILD?", the kavanaugh report
- A Deserted Utopian Village in a New Jersey Forest, Messy nessy Chic
- Amelia Earhart’s Forgotten Fashion Line (could probably do with a comeback), Messy Nessy Chic
- WE’VE BEEN BURYING PEOPLE ALL WRONG, The Outline
- I HAVE NO SHAME IN MY DIFFICULT BLACK GIRL NAME, Wear your voice
When Arthur was in the NICU, I had to meet with a social worker who told me that we should shorten his last name since it was too hard to pronounce. She made it through two syllables and gave up! I hope he can find pride in his last name (once he learns how to spell it!) - The Ancient Baby Carrier Making a Comeback, Yes magazine
- In Nod to Shirley Chisholm, Cincinnati Councilwoman Brings Her Own Seat to the Table at Swearing-In Ceremony, The Root
- How Childhoods Spent in Chinese Laundries Tell the Story of America, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Jan 2
- When the Nanny Needs Maternity Leave, NY Times
- Why this school keeps kids outside even if it's 10 degrees, USA Today
- The Intrusion of White Families Into Bilingual Schools, The Atlantic
- A Brownstone Dweller Brings Back the Glorious Details on a Distinguished Bed Stuy Block, Brownstoner
- Park or Playground? Semantics Dispute Illuminates Preservationists’ Fight, NY Times
What I read today Dec 29
- An Important Archive of New York Quilt History Is Being Digitized, hyperallergic
- Your Paintings Are Numbered, hyperallergic
- Tilt: An Essay - Part 1, PEM
- Tilt: An Essay - Part 2, PEM
- What Will Magazines Look Like, Run Like + Talk About in 2018? We Asked the Experts, AIGA Eye on Design
- “Imagination doesn’t compare to our real life design history”: Annie Atkins on the art of graphic design for film, It's Nice That
- Famed 'Afghan Girl' Finally Gets a Home, Nat Geo
- A Life Revealed, Nat Geo
- Four ways natural history museums skew reality, The Conversation
- Did Your Grandma Steal That ‘Secret Family Recipe’?, Atlas Obscura
- Why Scientists Once Used Taste Tests as Paternity Tests, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Dec 28
- A Tech Pioneer’s Final, Unexpected Act, New Yorker
- Killing 2017 With Kindness, Village Voice
- Silent Barn Fights for Its Life, Village Voice
What I read today Dec 27
- How an Ingenious Collector Landed One of the Rarest Autographs in Baseball, Atlas Obscura
- One of 2017’s Most Exciting Plant Conservation Moments, Atlas Obscura
- Stingrays, Anteaters, and Orchids: The Year in Newly Discovered Species, Atlas Obscura
- ‘Home Alone’ Is So Much Better if Kevin McCallister is Dead, The Daily Beast
- 'It Wouldn't Happen Today', CityLab
- With Overdoses on Rise, Cities and Counties Look for Someone to Blame, NY Times
- How to Fix New York City's 'Unsustainable' Traffic Woes, CityLab
- Bussed out, The Guardian
What I read today Dec 22
- Million Dollar Listing’s Ryan Serhant Pushes Into Red-Hot Brooklyn With Bed Stuy Office, Brownstoner
Late to the party as always - They Lost Their Homes. Now A Reality TV Star Is Selling Them., Buzzfeed
- The Truck Gene, NY Times
- Why Teens Find The End Of The World So Appealing, NPR
What I read today Dec 21
- Cat Person, The New Yorker
- ‘Tiny House Hunters’ and the shrinking American dream, Curbed
- SWEEPING -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 3, the kavanaugh report
- To be happier, focus on what’s within your control, aeon
- Statement on Visit to the USA, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights*, United Nations Human Rights
- Congress Will Not Renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program This Year, New York Magazine
- J20 protest trial latest: Anti-Trump activists found not guilty and avoid lengthy prison sentences, The Independent
- 4 Steps White People Can Take Towards Racial Reconciliation, Intervarsity
What I read today Dec 20
- Why Lost Ice Means Lost Hope for an Inuit Village, NY Times
- Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G, NY Times
- From an Ex-Neoliberal: Why Ta-Nehisi Coates Keeps Talking About White Supremacy, The Root
- The curious case of Brooklyn's ‘island of misfit toys’, Curbed
Terrible writing - Please Stop Being Disruptive, Arch Digest
- Maker Spotlight and Studio Visit: Rebe and Specks & Keepings, Renegade Craft Fair
What I read today Dec 19
- There's A Huge Problem With Kids' Toys That No One's Talking About, Huffington Post
- Too many toys are bad for children, study suggests , The Telegraph
- Twinkies, Carrots, and Farm Policy Reality, Civil Eats
- Young black farmers to Mark Bittman: We don’t need your land reform, The New Food Economy
- Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again, grist
- Farmers are trying to rebuild New York’s beer industry, one hop at a time, The New Food Economy
- More Evidence That Fela Kuti Was a F–king Genius, Village Voice
- The Logo For The 2018 World Chess Championships Does Not Seem To Be About Chess, Digg
- 'Cheesy and Misogynistic': A Teen Watches 'Titanic' for the First Time, Broadly|
1:25:40: I always wondered this too
What I read today Dec 18
- Why Toddlers Deserve More Respect, The Atlantic
- The Artist Who Preserved the Vanishing Technology of Knots, Hyperallergic
- University Employee Rakes Leaves Into Works Of Art, booooooom
- Follow that stork! How animals move through cities – mapped, The Guardian
- Board Games Were Indoctrination Tools for Christ, Then Capitalism, Waypoint
What I read today Dec 15
- Too Many Americans Are Going to College, National review
- 2018: THE YEAR OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY CRAZE, Wired
- FML, Poor Millenials, Highline
What I read today Dec 14
- Social media is keeping us stuck in the moment, This
- When Does Work Actually Get Done?, Pricenomics
- The Problem with Muzak, Baffler
- A Short History of Tree Shaping, Atlas Obscura
- What Roy Moore Did to the Pro-Life Movement, New Republic
- Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, NY Times
- F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules, NY Times
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Finally Recognizes Woman Who Practically Invented Rock and Roll , Pictorial
- What Netflix doesn’t want you to know about how its synopses are written, The Outline
- Meet the lit professor-turned-tattoo artist who inked the Hells Angels and chronicled his every studly conquest, Timeline
What I read today Dec 13
- Black Women Do Not Exist To Save You, Write some shit
- How This New York City Community Garden Became the Center of Controversy, Architectural Digest
- My Top Parenting Book of 2017! + At what age do you allow your children to free-range?, How we Montessori
- Now That Roy Moore Lost, Can We Impeach Trump?, Village Voice
- East Williamsburg Residents Protest Plan to Build Market-Rate Housing on NYCHA Parking Lot, Brownstoner
- #DanielShaver: It Is Not Black People’s Job to Create a White Lives Matter Movement, The Root
- The American savings crisis, explained, The Week
- Debt relief for defrauded students halted under Trump, says report, BBC
What I read today Dec 12
- The sisterhood of Zuri’s globe-trotting dress, San Francisco Chronicle
- City cashing in by selling streets, sidewalks to private owners, NY Post
- Keaton’s Mom on Confederate Flag: This Is the South, This Is Tennessee , The Root
- Did we do something wrong?, Medium
- MURIEL COOPER: INFORMATION LANDSCAPES, inventing interactive
- Rifle Paper Co. Sues Walmart, architectural digest
- Along Brooklyn's J/M/Z subway line, two converging neighborhoods in flux, Curbed
OMG, I need to stop reading curbed. Makes me wanna scream. Who has $1800 for a studio in bed stuy? - Every Parent Wants to Protect Their Child. I Never Got the Chance., New York magazine
- About That New York Editor Who Would End Lives Like My Children’s, National Review
What I read today Dec 11
- New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody, NY Times
Pretty crummy commute this morning - Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society, The Verge
- The Looting of America’s Public Lands, NY Times
- The EPA Doesn’t Want to Hear From Coal Victims, New Republic
- The History of Putting a Price on Everything, New Republic
What I read today Dec 8
- In Staten Island, hiking the wild path of Richmond Creek, Curbed
- CHOICE AND RESPECT -- MONTESSORI BABY WEEK 53, the kavanaugh report
- Elizabeth Street Garden will be demolished for 121 affordable apartments for seniors, Curbed
- Illegal Hotels, Urban Omnibus
- Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth, Propublica
- “I’m Pregnant.” Why Your Boss’s Reaction May Matter More Than You Think., Slate
- The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone, The Atlantic