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Pretty Terrible

Pop Culture Criticism by Natalie Luhrs

July 6, 2018

Links Roundup 06 July 2018

“You do not have to be good” by Diana Sudyka

I’ve been all over the place this past week and for better or for worse, this week’s post reflects that.

Have a great weekend, y’all

  • I loved this piece at Motherboard about chairs at conferences, but they missed something: chairs with arms are less accessible than those without. I have been in the position of having to ask for a chair without arms before a panel and it’s really not great. Tall chairs are also not great for people beyond those who wear skirts: people with disabilities of different sorts, very short people, fat people.
  • I feel as if this disgruntled federal employee is the spiritual parent of All The Planner People on Instagram. The cranky parent.
  • Austin Kleon’s been killing it lately, and while I feel as if I’m repeating myself, these two pieces are well worth your time:
    • Now is the envy of the dead
    • You don’t have to live in public (except, as I always say: Cal Newport is full of shit and likely has an army of women doing an awful lot of invisible labor for him.)
  • Pay attention to your attention: “…the attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.”
  • So much good stuff in this interview with Dorothy Allison.
  • I’ve been reading some poetry lately, here’s a new favorite and an old favorite:
    • “The Voice of God” by Mary Karr
    • “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop

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  1. Andrew says

    July 31, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    Sorry to hear that you’ve been sick lately. Hope you feel better soon.

  2. Ron White says

    August 20, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    Thanks, Natalie, for doing all this. But why is it call “Pretty Terrible.” I think it’s pretty terrific

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