Pop Culture Criticism by Natalie Luhrs
My hydrangeas are coming up, my roses have some green on them, and my lilac has buds. And I have plans to go to the big box garden center and pull some weeds this weekend. I think spring’s almost here, y’all.
This week’s links are all about the idea of body positivity, consent within relationships, the media, and a few other things besides. [Read more…] about Links Roundup 03/16/18
This week I’m interested in the Gilded Age, monopolies, and technology.
I’ve been thinking a lot about design these past few weeks. I’ve read a number of books on data visualization, started reading a bunch of dataviz blogs, and even started working on upping my PowerPoint game–a big part of my job is not just pulling the data together, but also in interpreting and communicating it as well. So it seems only natural that this week’s post is all about design.
This month’s theme is hidden stories and secrets—and it came together inadvertently; I read a bunch of stories over the weekend and these were the ones that really spoke to me. There’s so many stories in the world and it’s often worth our time to look for those around the edges–as Joanna Russ says in How to Suppress Women’s Writing, it’s the edges where the growth happens.
Happy Friday! I’ve been reading a lot of longer pieces the last few weeks and I thought I’d share some of the more interesting ones.
Also, a wee announcement: I’m going to be re-booting my newsletter in the next few weeks so if you’d like an early look at the weekly links post or a preview of other things I’m working on, you can sign up here. I’ll also be switching services, so things might be bit bumpy until I get the wrinkles ironed out.