round-up: 7/8

lots o' links!

Happy Saturday!

Here’s what I have for you today:

• Housekeeping

• What I’m watching

• What I’m loving

• What I’m excited to read

• Quotations

• Tweets

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Housekeeping:

I have a poem out in a journal I admire. You can read it here.

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What I watched this week:

• The first two episodes of The Bear (following many people’s recommendation. It’s interesting so far.)

• Zarna Garg: One In a Billion

• Monsen Photography Lecture: Catherine Opie

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A few lil recs:

• These have been saving my life.

• This is my favorite sunscreen right now.

• I’m asking for this for my birthday.

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To read:

• How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published

• After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox

• The Unknown Librarian Who Saved Queer History

• The Year of the Slim Volume

• On Self-Pity: Go Eat Worms

• Explore the U.S. Elite’s Ties to Slavery

• The People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day

• How Barbie Came to Life

• Where be your jibes now?

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Quotations:

The politic of space has always been as important as the politic of people.

-Catherine Opie

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I don’t believe in the artist muse. I think it’s a very insulting thing. I believe in loving people and looking at people for a long time, and they’re not a muse—they’re part of your life and they’re part of your community.

-Catherine Opie

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Tweets:

Cute.

Scary.

Yeah!

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That’s all I have for you today.

I hope you have a great week & see some sun.

dbouts

dbouts on Instagram: “happy 19 days til my bday to all who celebrate”

July 5, 2023

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