What I read today Jan 23
Already Exhausted by a 15-Month-Old’s Behavior, janet lansbury
Common ground, Aeon
Speaking Up Without Tearing Down, Teaching Tolerance
New York Has Finally Updated Its Archaic Abortion Law, NY Mag
What I read today Jan 22
Don't Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes, The Concourse
Supreme court allows Trump trans military limit to be enforced, The Guardian
Upper East Side Restaurant Nello Bans Single Women From Eating At The Bar, Guest of a Guest
The 'Right to Repair' Movement Is Gaining Ground and Could Hit Manufacturers Hard, Fortune
Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California, NPR
What I read today Jan 18
8 Books On Motherhood + Feminism, The Longest Shortest Time
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Asking About Citizenship on Census, Colorlines
The rise of mending: how Britain learned to repair clothes again, The Guardian
Thousands more migrant children separated under Trump than previously known, The Guardian
The Other Talk, The New York Times
The New Mom Uniform of Park Slope, NY Times
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.’ Why Some Boys Can Keep Up With Girls in School., NY TImes
What People Actually Say Before They Die, The Atlantic
Marie Kondo’s Haters Are Low-Key Starting to Get ‘Racist’, Next Shark
What I read today Jan 16
Why new moms have scary thoughts about their babies, Today’s Parent
Sasheer Zamata Reworked Louis C.K.’s Leaked Parkland-Kids Joke in Her Own Stand-up Set, Vulture
Senators Were Laughably Conflicted About Whether To Share Cardi B's Video On The Government Shutdown, Buzzfeed News
Amazon is Coming to The Bronx; Will Open a ‘Last Mile’ Warehouse in Hunts Point, Welcome 2 The Bronx
When my Amazon Prime is up for renewal, I think I’ll cancel it. Makes me sad to give money to a company that’s so shitty to NYC but happy/apprehensive about seeking local sources for thingsWhen Crafts Become Activism: A More Beautiful Movement, Yes Magazine
Flashback to my capstone projectI’m so excited because I love mess! , The Outline
Solar-Powered Slugs Hide Wild Secrets—But They’re Vanishing, Nat Geo
Trump’s Gentrification Scheme to Enrich Real Estate Developers, The New Republic
The One Issue the Left and Right Can Agree On, The New Republic
The Exhausting Minimalism of Tidying Up, The New Republic
What’s So Controversial About a Medieval Nun’s Teeth?, The New Republic
What I read today Jan 15
WATCH: Amy Sedaris Reveals Her Magical Greenwich Village Apartment | Interior Lives
Marie Kondo totally changed my outlook on decluttering and bringing 'joy' to our home, Motherly
Amid Debate Over Designated Injection Sites, Dwindling ‘Safe’ Options for NYC’s Opioid Users, City Limits
The Story Behind John Lennon's Psychedelic Rolls-Royce Phantom V, Vintag.es
What Reformers Learned When They Visited 1830s Brothels, JSTOR Daily
I’M A SENIOR TRUMP OFFICIAL, AND I HOPE A LONG SHUTDOWN SMOKES OUT THE RESISTANCE, The Daily Caller
What I read today Jan 11
Madagascar citizens demand transparency in a fishy deal with China, Global voices
SAVING THE SEASON: LEMONS, Naturally Ella
What I read today Jan 10
2019: Our Final Year, Design Sponge
Real Talk: Starting a New Chapter is Scary, Design Sponge
As Trump visits border, Texas landowners prepare wall fight, AP News
Journalist Pelin Ünker sentenced to jail in Turkey over Paradise Papers investigation, The Guardian
Protests against President Aleksandar Vučić spread from Belgrade to cities across Serbia, Global Voices
The STD that keeps most contestants from competing on ‘The Bachelor’, NY POst
Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying In Areas That Voted For Trump, NPR
What I read today Jan 9
Amazon mails open letter to New Yorkers touting HQ2 benefits, Curbed
Our pledge to New York City, Amazon
Meet the Trans Midwife Changing the World's "Most Gendered Profession", The Stranger
On the Border, Little Enthusiasm for a Wall: ‘We Have Other Problems That Need Fixing’, NY Times
When Is a Border Just a Border? Almost Never, NY Times
How to Make a Millennial Feel Cozy in Just One Beverage, NY Times
What I read today Jan 7
Jenna Lyons Talks New TV Show, Social Media Fears and Partying With the Obamas, WWD
American Immigrants and the Dilemma of ‘White-Sounding’ Names, The Atlantic
My daughter asked me to stop writing about motherhood. Here’s why I can’t do that., Washington Post
Read Cyntoia Brown's full statement on her clemency, Tennessean
What I read today Jan 3
Washington state just rolled out an awesome paid leave plan 👏, Motherly
Why Typical Preschool Crafts Are a Total Waste of Time, The Cut
”The purpose is to teach children a predictable cognitive sequence they can apply when they encounter anything new: Observe, question, explore, reflect. Repeat. The children learn to respect their materials, not just to dive into them. They learn – without having seen it before – that clay is a material they can use to represent something else …”
What I read today Dec 27
When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity, Hyperallergic
Planners Looking 25 Years Ahead Say NYC’s Climate and Transit Crises are Increasingly Urgent, CIty Limits
Amazon HQ2 tax breaks scrutinized by city comptroller, Curbed
De Blasio administration lays out roadmap for legalized pot in NYC, Curbed
Syracuse cops push St. Joe’s to probe man’s rectum for drugs; ‘What country are we living in?’, Syracuse
115 Percent of Trump’s China Tariff Revenue Goes to Paying Off Angry Farmers, Council on Foreign relations
WE'VE GOT THE SCREEN TIME DEBATE ALL WRONG. LET'S FIX IT, Wired
Short-term rentals and the housing market: Quasi-experimental evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles, Vox
Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken, Atlas Obscura
Why Hungarians Make the World’s Most Beautiful Gingerbread, Atlas Obscura
When the Christmas Plant Was a Pepper, Not a Poinsettia, Atlas Obscura
What It Was Like Being a Contestant on a 2000s-Era Cosmetic Surgery Makeover Show, Broadly
When Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Fetus, Broadly
Student Targeted by ‘Troll Storm’ Hopes Settlement Will Send Message to White Supremacists, NY Times
What I read today Dec 26
Montessori or Non-tessori?, The Slate
Pittsburgh council balks over six-figure branding proposal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
City needs more facts about branding, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting, The NY Times
To Fight Gentrification, a Brooklyn Pastor Plans to Build 2,100 Apartments, NY Times
The Dakota Sioux Execution Was The Largest In U.S. History — But America Has Forgotten It, Bustle
Anne Brigman, a Pioneering Photographer of Nude Self-Portraits, Artsy