Happy Friday! Lots of links this week and I’m already running about two hours behind where I need to be in the day. So.
Let’s get into it.
Good Reads
- Oh. Oh…this is very cool. “10 iconic logos. 156 Americans. 80 hours of drawing from memory.“
- Do the Grammys have a Beyoncé problem?
- Shonette has shared some of Bristol’s best date locations ahead of Valentine’s Day!
- “Raising a person in a culture full of types”: We probably shouldn’t be telling children that who they are determines what they do.
- Britney Spears was never in control.
- New penguins just dropped!
- 🙁 The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon.
- The rise of techno-authoritarianism.
- A pep talk if you need it.
- I’m glad that man stood up for his wife but why are we naming awards after Dr. Dre?
- I don’t know too much about Rylan but my word…let’s protect him at all costs.
- According to research, children don’t ruin women’s careers. Husbands do.
Good Listens and Watches
- It’s Black History Month in the States, fancy learning about The Godmother?
- I can’t begin to properly express how much I love this.
- Taylor Swift and the unbearable whiteness of girlhood.
- I feel like these men are too young to have parents who don’t have enough sense not to name their child James Bond. ESPECIALLY the Black one!!!!
- Not me being a 49ers fan now! 😭
The Best of the Rest
- Adejoké Bakare, founder and head chef at Chishuru, has become the UK’s first Black female Michelin-starred chef. (And the second Black female Michelin-starred chef in the entire world.)
- I would be forced to retire, lol.
- Are we…quoting The Wire in court cases now???
- There is a lot happening here. A lot.
- God dammit I’m going to have to watch the Lego Movie now.
Okay, I have so many more links in the vault but I’m out of steam. The dog needs walking, work needs doing, life needs living. Until next week! 🥰