FRIDAY FOURTEEN ISSUE 07

September 27, 2019
This week: Weeknight dinners around the world, the true story behind Netflix’s Unbelievable, the new power play in the dating game (hello, soft ghosting), how women’s bodies change after childbirth, and more.

There’s some great stuff in this Hollywood Reporter interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge (On Fleabag: “I'm not saying it wasn't a show about sex," she acknowledges. "What's interesting is that when women write about sex, suddenly sex becomes the headline, the theme of the whole show.")

Paintings of ideal bookshelves (We can't decide between Austen and the cookbooks)

Weeknight dinners around the world

… and a smorgasbord of easy family dinners awaits here, in the comments

Mother, writer, monster, maid

Vanessa is dying to read Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror, especially after listening to this discussion between her and Otegha Uwagba on the internet, 'girlboss culture' and personal branding

This story. Holy. Shit.

Unbelievable is the best show on Netflix right now (and when you’re done watching, read the true story that inspired it all)

The new power play in dating is called soft ghosting and it sounds like something we’ve all been guilty of (“Unlike hard ghosters, soft ghosters do not disappear into thin air, never to be heard of again; instead they bring a polite but abrupt and confusing pause to a conversation. Your soft ghoster read that last message, they acknowledged that last message, but they didn't respond. It's the online version of going "hm")

It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’

Forget stretch marks. This piece on how women’s bodies change after childbirth is like a list of car crash injuries

You’ll never look at supermarket gnocchi in the same way again

If you’re freelance or run your own biz, this rate calculator will change your life

Small kindnesses