Happy Friday! Well….this week had a lot of heavy news. I hope you’re doing okay.
If you missed it, we had a fun conversation about weird good stuff we’ve bought for our homes, and I rounded up a bunch of breezy dresses!
At InStyle: If You Want to Help the Women of Afghanistan, Here’s What You Need to Know First
And at NPR: Here’s How You Can Support Earthquake Relief Efforts In Haiti
This is amazing: An Alabama Woman’s Neighborly Vaccination Campaign. [The New Yorker]
This is a great piece. Here is the lede: “On April 30, 2021, after four months in the ceiling, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a cat, spent what I thought would be her last night among the dust bunnies. At first, it had been strange to be haunted by a small, hairy ghost who loved to yowl right into the heating ducts. But soon it became almost routine. Some people have mice in their walls. I had a cat in my ceiling.” I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling, at the Atlantic.
This is a pile of yikes: “A Smile With Sharp Teeth”: Mike Richards’s Rise to ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Sparks Questions About His Past. Since this was published, he’s stepped down as replacement host, but (as I type this) is still EP. What a boondoggle, to quote my mother. [The Ringer]
SO good and juicy: The Spine Collector: “For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time?” [Vulture]
This is very interesting (and gossipy) indeed: The Parameters of Peloton Celebrity [Culture Study]
A GREAT interview: Joshua Jackson On His Two Proposals & Playing The Anti-Pacey. He is honestly the best. [Refinery29]
Worth your time: Inside the heartbreaking conservatorship battle of a ‘Star Trek’ legend [LA Times]
This was fun! At Page Six: I walked (almost) a mile in Lady Gaga’s 8-inch platform shoes
I chuckled at this headline: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Named A Baby. I have a conspiracy theory that this isn’t the baby’s real name? [Lainey]
Totally fascinating: Behind the Fight to Save the Gulf’s Spectacular Coral Reefs. I want to see these! [Texas Monthly]
Time for our Bennifer update! [Lainey]
Important: How Does the ‘Official ‘Ted Lasso’ Biscuit Recipe’ Stack Up? [Pajiba]
Cool! Respect’s Costume Designer on Recreating Aretha Franklin’s Most Iconic Outfits [T&C]
I definitely WILL look at these photos:Paris Hilton plans to have a 3-day wedding with 10 dresses [Celebitchy]
We got to interview Geraldine Hakewill, of Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, for Acorn.tv! She’s A DELIGHT. You can watch the interview if you’ve got an Acorn subscription; if you don’t, you can get 30 days free with the promo code FUGGIRLS30. (We are paid partners of Acorn!)
