All Ashleys Are Old
Also in this quickie: Cookie Monster talks US economy, girl's girls, title drops, a childhood in the Playboy mansion, personality hats, turtle nails, and our next book club pick 👵🏻🍪🎀🍿🐰👒🐢📚
Gen Alpha says names like Amanda, Ashley, and Erica are the new 'old people' names, BI. This one hurts. It hurts so bad. "My daughter told me a kid in her class has a dad name," one user commented. "Kid's name is Josh."
How ‘She’s Not a Girl’s Girl’ Became the Worst Insult, Elle. Another day, another way women aren’t measuring up! As a girlie who loves a silly little TikTok trend, this post really made me think. Is it cute to be “a girl’s girl?” or is this “the latest reiteration of slut-shaming”?
Playmates and Playdates: Lorraine Nicholson’s Childhood at the Playboy Mansion, Vanity Fair. The title says it all.
“…maybe not tomorrow, or even the next day, but someday, I would become something so horrible that even today the memory brings shivers down my spine. I was becoming a woman.”
We have entered the era of the personality hat, The Cereal Aisle. I am not a hat person, but I love this Substack. I also love this take! What an era to coin! I hope everyone feels empowered to buy themselves a funky little hat after this read. “…a swim cap says I’m not scared of uncharted waters (see what I did here?)…But also: I’m not trying to swim.”
Full Of Themselves: An Analysis of Title Drops in Movies: In honour of The Oscars, this is a full data set on how many movies reference their own name in the script. Enjoy!
“There have been analyses and oh so so many listicles of the title drop phenomenon before, but they are small and anecdotal. Here's the first extensive analysis of title drops for a dataset of 73,921 movies that amount to roughly 61% of movies on IMDb with at least 100 user votes”
🛝 Scandalous! The definitive ranking of all the Ashleys from Recess
🍪“Me hate shrinkflation” - Cookie Monster on the US economy
🍿Showtime: Where to watch all the Best Picture nominees
🌸 Spring cleaning: Twenty decluttering tips to get ahead of the season.
👚 Lol. Drew Barrymore’s Daughter used her mom’s Playboy cover to justify wearing a crop top.
This turtle showing off her fresh set:
My Side Plot
The votes are in! Our next book club pick is When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill.
We’ll crack this baby open on Friday (for International Women’s Day, duh!), and stay tuned for our full reading schedule on Fable!
