Thread by @ErinKhar, Got the a case of the Mopey Mondays? Perhaps some reading will [...]

Got the a case of the Mopey Mondays? Perhaps some reading will help...

It's time for my weekly reading thread—a (partial) list of what I've read the past week that made me laugh, smile, cry, think.

"As the weeks roll on, I’m bearing witness – long distance – to the attentiveness of our neighbors and friends in Ireland to the elderly and those requiring assistance."

Hopeful, moving essay by @AuthorCarmelB for Pendemic...

http://pendemic.ie/reports-of-striking-acts-of-decency-an-essay-by-carmel-breathnach/?fbclid=IwAR0Lop3kWMpg0d9S2u5tEGZ_8O86___PP8d4j3wgv3c7eWeexznFJfJrBwk

"The wild dogs of my childhood have changed shape now that I’m twenty-three. They morph into men, blood-hungry as they roam the streets tossing glass bottles into the late hours."

Beautiful new essay from @CRLamothe for @The_Rumpus...

https://therumpus.net/2016/03/the-saturday-rumpus-essay-predation/?fbclid=IwAR3DryxzSWkayFVizlByI7baHIpgm94WuKBotrWGHq3Ya7dFwCPoyZLCHZU

"Even knowing I would eventually crash, I didn’t appreciate how hard the crash would be, or how long it would last, or how hard it would be to try to get back up over and over again, or what getting up even looked like."

SEEN

@tarahaelle for @elemental. https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful

Here’s how to pull yourself out of despair and live your life

https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

"Can I continue to write impactfully about the Black experience when my boyfriend is white? Can I properly protest the treatment of Black Americans with him at my side? Does my white boyfriend diminish my Blackness?"

Laura Cathcart Robbins for @HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-woman-white-man-relationship_n_5f36f082c5b69fa9e2fb733d?fbclid=IwAR2Z4UD6Lg4Igda4UNiuv6E5wwOEqIUF2SO1SkkSDSVhd5iwBkpdy8pMbf8

I Have A White Boyfriend. Does That Make Me Any Less Black?

A DM from a stranger had me questioning my relationship.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-woman-white-man-relationship_n_5f36f082c5b69fa9e2fb733d?fbclid=IwAR2Z4UD6Lg4Igda4UNiuv6E5wwOEqIUF2SO1SkkSDSVhd5iwBkpdy8pMbf8

For @GothamGhosts, @AmydKlein wrote about pivoting during a pandemic as a freelancer... https://gothamghostwriters.com/freelance-writing-during-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR12Y5pmD-F2meSbrAeSesh2DkaSdb8mSP_y-Tgm-TusZZiNck8v_p_tB-k

Freelance Writing During a Pandemic (Or How A Fertility Writer Pivoted — And Pivoted Back) – Gotham...

Most of us freelance writers — with or without a book release — found ourselves up a creek when the pandemic hit. So how does a writer adapt in such a crisis?

https://gothamghostwriters.com/freelance-writing-during-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR12Y5pmD-F2meSbrAeSesh2DkaSdb8mSP_y-Tgm-TusZZiNck8v_p_tB-k

"Go see a psychic adviser while blackout drunk and crying (expedites your real-New Yorker status by 35%)."

LOVED @gregmania's new Daily Shouts for @NewYorker!

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/expedite-your-status-as-a-true-new-yorker-a-handy-cheat-sheet?fbclid=IwAR3tWkk2TmCfpKuViXeValRfkkPJpJnr8HrWe5Koan5B10bZVT5dRT1tlZk

Expedite Your Status as a True New Yorker: A Handy Cheat Sheet

Fall into an open manhole while in the middle of signing an e-mail with “Best” (45%).

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/expedite-your-status-as-a-true-new-yorker-a-handy-cheat-sheet?fbclid=IwAR3tWkk2TmCfpKuViXeValRfkkPJpJnr8HrWe5Koan5B10bZVT5dRT1tlZk

"My tip average last week was 12%."

Please read and remember this the next time you eat out.

Concetta Spagnola for @HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eating-out-restaurant-covid-19-pandemic_n_5f2c4f33c5b64d7a55f08216?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-huffpost&utm_content=later-9435781&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9saW5raW4uYmlvL2h1ZmZwb3N0&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALjfEddn8mwlS5viR4pZFukZwOGNvERkTEcdM2zsIJCnwvNxVTTPfQcjGr1ccW02EvHfKdMp7Wi1yDX7Ewa_YJRJHNxZAjvL5vTM2Xv7yhznMOWQlADRyQHtML-piIoB4LCWUSB18Vx54JagpTwd1iCtsfT15hkWiOUzHRJ_2Xci

Be Kind To Your Waitperson. They're Going Through Hell Right Now.

Every time I clock in, I struggle with the reality that people’s lives are at risk.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/eating-out-restaurant-covid-19-pandemic_n_5f2c4f33c5b64d7a55f08216?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-huffpost&utm_content=later-9435781&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9saW5raW4uYmlvL2h1ZmZwb3N0&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALjfEddn8mwlS5viR4pZFukZwOGNvERkTEcdM2zsIJCnwvNxVTTPfQcjGr1ccW02EvHfKdMp7Wi1yDX7Ewa_YJRJHNxZAjvL5vTM2Xv7yhznMOWQlADRyQHtML-piIoB4LCWUSB18Vx54JagpTwd1iCtsfT15hkWiOUzHRJ_2Xci

This one. Ouch and wow. And just read it.

@reluctantlyjoe for @GuernicaMag https://www.guernicamag.com/fitness-how-the-climate-killed-my-children/

Fitness: How the Climate Killed My Children

If we won’t change to save ourselves, what hope is there for our children?

https://www.guernicamag.com/fitness-how-the-climate-killed-my-children/

Your turn! Tell me what you've read the past week that I should read, too.

XOXO

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