Click. Read. Love. 1.19.24
Why we should lean into uncertainty, the invisible labor of cold and flu season with kids, the problem with the Stanley cup obsession and more.
Hello friends and welcome back to Click. Read. Love. This week’s edition is full of so many great links. I hope you get the opportunity to curl up somewhere comfy and enjoy everything we’ve rounded up. It’s bitterly cold here in Vermont this weekend (as it is in much of the country). Stay safe and warm out there.
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"Girls who have never discussed skincare before are now fixated on having 10-step routines. It becomes more about having the product all their friends want/have than the actual impact that product has on their face." (Buzzfeed)
Our kids are living in a different digital world. (The New York Times, gift link)
Why do some women want to go back to their teen years? From Fearless-era Taylor Swift to Euphoria, adolescence is irresistible. But what exactly are we nostalgic for? (Oprah Daily)
If you’re also in the toddler sickness spiral, here is some validation on the mental load that comes with cold and flu season.
How to thrive in an uncertain world. “Learning to lean into uncertainty in times of rapid change is a promising antidote to mental distress.” (The New York Times, gift link)
A review of the new book Filterworld. “When we give up our decision making capacity, we give up something of our own humanity. As algorithmic forces sort us into ever more siloed consumer demographics, what we lose is the very originality we seek.” (WSJ)
As algorithmic forces sort us into ever more siloed consumer demographics, what we lose, the author suggests, is the very originality we seek
Stanley cups have little to do with feminism and almost everything to do with — sorry! — capitalism. On why calling out hyperconsumption is not sexist. (Hmm That’s Interesting)
Conventional wisdom holds that classic garments were superior in the past. We went in search of the truth—and new pieces that live up to (or even beat) old-school originals. (WSJ)
The best books to transform your year.
Meta knew of the huge volume of child sexual harassment on its platforms and did almost nothing about it. (CNBC)
What drove a Colorado mother to flee into the Rocky Mountains with her teenage son and her sister? (NYMag)
What does Gen Z really think about birth control. (Vice)
Huge empty areas of the universe called voids could help solve the greatest mysteries in the cosmos. (Scientific American)
Their bodies were donated to Harvard. Then they went missing. (Rolling Stone)
More than 400m people around the world have diabetes, and many control the condition using insulin. But science writer Gary Taubes believes it’s this very treatment that is behind the current epidemic. Does his controversial case for a diet-based alternative to medicine have any bite? (The Guardian)
In an exclusive excerpt from Jessica Roy’s debut book, American Girls, the Sally sisters navigate religious extremism and test family bonds. (ELLE)
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Still going strong on my year of buying nothing new, but I shared some Sézane pieces I love that were restocked, and my two favorite new arrivals.
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