“I thought I wanted to go it alone”
Why conversations are often so boring (“When else are we meant to ask: What is the point of work? What makes a good relationship? How are we to raise children? What should we travel for? What should our nations be?”)
What’s stopping us from creating the families we claim to want?
Rachel Roddy’s focaccia sausage rolls (have tastier words ever been strung together?!)
This essay on the art of dying by American art critic Peter Schjeldahl is exquisite
A decade in slang
Meet the black market nonnas making contraband orecchiette for the masses
Each year, film critic David Ehrlich compiles a video countdown of his top 25 films of the year and it always makes us want to watch movies for three straight days. (You can also read his list here, along with the most memorable moment from each)
The most 2019 photos ever
Prepare to lose at least an hour of your life to this list of 136 internet videos that defined the last decade (Some faves! 10 hours of being catcalled, How English sounds to non-English speakers, Dramatic readings of YouTube comments, History of Japan (just trust us on this one)
Watch the cast of Little Women break down a scene and simultaneously swoon at Timothée Chalamet’s perfectly floppy hair and Saoirse Ronan’s sexy Irish accent
20 women share how much money they have in the bank
… and a round table with five women on how money warps friendships between the two genders
How Lizzo owned 2019
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Seeya next decade!
Vanessa & Lizzie
ps. If you have any cash left over this silly season, consider making a donation to the NSW rural fire service, the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital or BlazeAid, a volunteer-based organisation that works with families and individuals in rural Australia after fires and floods. They’re all going to do it tough this Christmas, and every bit helps. Thank you.
