Sale PSA: A very pretty white eyelet blouse from Ralph Lauren, now $140, a chic one piece swimsuit from La Blanca, now 25% off (I expect never to wear a bikini again in my life), all Everlane skinny denim is currently $50, and for anyone looking for some Supergoop or Coola, Anthropologie has a good selection for 25% off right now.
1. This week, sharing this pretty white dress, from Madewell, currently 20% off.
This is very pretty! There is something so fresh, always, about a nice white dress – and this is cotton, and lined, and comes in a ton of sizes, and so what else would you like? I always feel a bit weird being in my mid thirties and shopping Madewell but I have liked their items more than J.Crew’s lately.
2. Sharing this piece, via NY Mag, about how your favorite startup might not have actually made the (cookware, dress, face cream), it’s selling.
3. Okay, this is a sort of a niche article, but one of great interest to me, so I thought I’d share: an all too true critique on the state of book criticism today, via N+1. A lot of this is very accurate…
4. My favorite article this week is this NYTimes piece about Rachel Uchitel. I really loved this and it made me see Uchitel and her story completely differently. I’m ashamed of the way I thought about Uchitel, about women like her, previously. I would love to read more pieces like this.
5. This week I read The Turnout, by Megan Abbott.
I love Megan Abbott! She’s one of those authors, like Laura Lippman, who is technically “thriller” but who I’d consider more literary, because her writing is always wonderful and the plots great and what more could you want? If you’ve liked any of Abbott’s work, if you’re looking for an unsettling, slightly slower “thriller” that speeds the heck up at the end, I highly recommend The Turnout.
1 Comment
Catherine
August 17, 2021 at 10:01 amI appreciated that article about Rachel too. Fortunately, thoughts have changed about women who have paid a big price for people they were involved with (see Monica Lewinski) and women who had nothing to do with their notoriety. I’m thinking of Amanda Knox here and lately, Brittany Spears. It’s about the inequity. If they were men, would there have been the same reactions? Rabid press? Who owns their story and what price have they paid, when the men they were involved with have not? I’m happy to see Monica’s story re-framed as the Clinton Scandal, as it should be. And I’m a Democrat. The amount of bullying women have taken is something I’m happy to be more enlightened about, whether or not you believe they are responsible. They should not have to pay a price the men don’t.