Last May, when 1.4m school kids around the world walked out of their classrooms to strike for climate justice, they asked for adults to join them next time. That next time is today – September 20. Of course, many people can’t strike today – those who risk getting fired for skipping work, those who can’t do without a day’s wage – and that’s why it’s so important that everyone who has the freedom to strike, does. Here’s some other good reasons to join
Writer and podcaster Ann Friedman asked where people like to travel alone, and the answers will make you want to book a solo holiday
Amazon is turning the New York Times’ Modern Love column into a TV series (Vanessa: !!!!)
What Patti Smith is reading right now
Why don’t more dads don't take parental leave in Australia? That’s the question Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales tackle in this week’s episode of Chat 10 Looks 3. This is the best 40 minutes you’ll listen to all week.
And on the theme of inequality, here’s an oldie but a goodie: Emotional labour is the unpaid job men still don't understand ("It is difficult to model an egalitarian household for my children when it is clear that I am the household manager, tasked with delegating any and all household responsibilities, or taking on the full load myself. I can feel my sons and daughter watching our dynamic all the time, gleaning the roles for themselves as they grow older.")
This delightful video of Tan France from Queer Eye cooking for his co-star Antoni Porowski will leave you wanting to attempt a French omelette this weekend, we guarantee
An ugly-delicious pasta dish
Watch Paul Rudd and Paul Rudd star in a Netflix show about two Paul Rudds
The Guardian counted down the best 100 TV shows of the 21st century and judging by the 2814 comments it’s proven pretty divisive (personally, we’re confused and upset that Broad City was beaten by Gogglebox)
Phrases that the brave use
Signs you’re actually grown up, according to your star sign (“Your exuberance is legendary, Aries, but it can be destructive. Specifically to a delicate silk top that now has a hole in it, or a bag of chips now exploded on the floor, or a love note you may have excitedly ripped from your lover’s still-trembling hands, and so forth.”)
Chefs on their most hated ingredients
The internet is 97% hilarious animals and today we have the best of the best: the finalists for the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced.
