The Cut has compiled a fairly chaotic collection of newsletter writers recommending other newsletters and we’re guessing our invitation to contribute got lost in the mail
This is not a drill: The New Yorker has published a sizeable extract from Sally Rooney’s new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You (and here’s Sally’s take on it)
It’s a bonanza week for online fiction, cos Have You Met Husband? by Amy Silverberg is a wild psychological ride and of the best short stories we’ve read this year
Is Pinterest the new old Instagram? Posts of Instagram past are being pinned in the present. It’s Instagram without the expectations, and we’re here for it
A man lost his job during the pandemic and gave his beige Birmingham home a very colourful transformation (that coffee table! those archways!)
What does it actually cost to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race? (spoiler: a lot)
Proverbs for your thirties (“Don’t judge a book by its cover. Listen to someone else talk about the book on a podcast, and then just pretend you’ve already read it.”)
This is GOLD: A Twitter thread has created fan fiction about the love lives of a happy stock photo couple
Seinfeld turns 32 this week, and the internet has delivered the ultimate gift in the form of this video featuring the Seinfeld theme mixed with a hit song from every year Seinfeld was on television. Can someone turn this into a playlist please!
The Succession season 3 trailer is here to save television (with some epic quotes)
Channel 10 has done something actually useful and produced a video guide to pronouncing traditional Australian place names, presented by Gomeroi woman and Ch.10 journalist Madeline Hayman-Reber
A little link love for all our overthinkers out there ️
Roxane Gay writes an excellent career advice column over in the NY Times, and this week, she answers some very pointy q’s about pronouns and gender bias, and offices vs. open floor plan work environments
What’s your email sign-off alignment? (Vanessa is chaotic good, Lizzie is lawful neutral)
