Have a Scrumptious Weekend. | Cup of Jo
What are you as much as this weekend? My dad is visiting, and we’re going to our neighborhood block get together. The boys are psyched for the bouncy home, and I like seeing what everybody brings to the potluck dinner. We’re going with both thumbprint cookies or fancified Rice Krispie treats. Hope you’ve gotten a great one, and listed below are a couple of hyperlinks from across the internet…
Everyone should wear absolutely huge sunglasses. “All trend ought to make you say, ‘Hmm, appears silly. I find it irresistible.’ Sun shades most of all.” (NYMag)
Love the thought of taking long walks and just talking to yourself.
Oooh, the perfect sweater for a hair tuck.
A conversation about household inequity. Says Anne Helen Petersen: “I do know so many cis-hetero {couples} the place guys go away for eight hours to go {golfing} each weekend; eight hours to go to a buddy’s home or to go to an precise soccer sport, each weekend. That could be a large period of time that appears inconceivable to lots of ladies in these hetero partnerships. I feel that males are like… Why would they wish to change that? Why would they wish to take that away? If all they must do is simply get in a battle each from time to time about it, that looks as if a small worth to pay for having all of that freedom.”
“Who cares what I wear to school drop off? Me.” Such a humorous, playful piece. (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
This short film is making fetch occur — in Yiddish.
When it comes to eating disorders, brown girls don’t measure up. “I’m a South Asian lady who suffers from consuming problems. My wrestle with physique dysmorphia started once I was advised by my physician, at six years previous, that my BMI (physique mass index) was too excessive, and I used to be placed on the primary of many diets that may come to outline my life. Ever the overachiever and desirous to please my involved mother and father, I threw myself into controlling my weight… What I didn’t know at the moment was that these numbers had been reflective of white, Eurocentric requirements that by no means ought to have been utilized to me… Consuming dysfunction conduct is so intently tied with whiteness and wealth, that for a lot of — together with many ladies of coloration — the depictions of it may be unintentionally aspirational.” (Elle)
The hair trend that millennial and boomers agree on. *raises hand*
Digging this sexy underwear.
“The faces that look back at us when we come out as queer.” What an incredible interactive article. (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
Plus, 5 reader feedback:
Says Sarah on how you can say goodbye at a celebration: “I follow the Midwestern goodbye. When sitting, slap your lap with each palms, say, ‘Welp!’, then get up and head out the door.”
Says Tina on how you can say goodbye at a celebration: “Ever do an Italian household goodbye? Limitless hugs, kisses, questions on being hungry, being compelled to take leftovers, getting sucked into having one final piece of/plate of… It’s countless! The most effective/worst is that we are going to doubtless see them TOMORROW!”
Says Ruth on how you can say goodbye at a celebration: “My get together vibe as a Jew is: ‘What get together? We’re all dwelling collectively on this tent within the desert full time. Why would you wish to go away? Particularly since Aunt Rachel’s cake is simply coming off the fireplace!’ I can not go away a celebration. Please don’t make me.”
Says Nigerian Lady on 10 single mothers by alternative share their experiences: “I simply listened to the newest episode of the podcast Archetypes, the place Mindy Kaling talks about changing into a single mom by alternative. We reside in such a judgmental world, so I salute each lady who’s courageous sufficient to make this alternative.”
Says Eliz on who’s your superstar crush: “Bernie Sanders. Verify him out as a younger hottie, y’all…”
(Cookie photograph and recipe by Yossy Arefi/Instagram.)