Ancient Rome vs. Nu Metal

Plus The Pandemic Skip, Follow-Up Emails, Newsletter Reccos, and Barbieween 🏛😷 📨 💌 💕

Sep 20, 2023

Welcome to your mid-week quickie! This is your bonus, even-less-strings-attached newsletter to get you through the week.

What’s On My Mind

I’m writing this post from what used to be my teenage bedroom.

It’s now the guest room/office/my dad’s music studio/the only room that cat isn’t allowed in less he pees on the futon AGAIN.

It still says “Jamie” on the door. I still look like this when I emerge each morning:

It’s good to be home.

Weekly Reads

The Pandemic Skip 😷

Hometown bedrooms aside… Aging in the pandemic really messed everyone up, didn’t it?

“Reemerged, I found strangers and friends alike were exceedingly curious about various new topics like, Did I happen to know a wedding venue in Brooklyn suitable for 150? And did I think I’d ever consider moving outside the city? Seven times in a two-month period, I was asked if I’d be freezing my eggs. All of which seemed strange, because — well, I hadn’t yet realized I’d turned 30.”

The Indignity of Follow-Up Emails 📨

Circling back! Checking in! Bumping this note! Is anyone there? Can you hear me? Please confirm so I can stop hating myself for being annoying!

“Let she who has replied promptly to every single email cast the first stone.”

The Young Women Turning Slipknot Into Feminist Anthems ☠️

There is nothing more metal than subverting traditionally bro-heavy interests. (K)not all heroes wear capes.

“The videos are part thirst trap, part protest, as the women move provocatively to the music”

Are All Men Obsessed with the Roman Empire? 🏛

If you’ve been on TikTok this week, you learned that straight men are obsessed with the Roman Empire. No, really. Ask the men in your life, because some are thinking about it DAILY.

“To support this theory,@paige.elysee said she asked some of her gay male friends, to which they responded, "Never."“

The female equivalent? It’s up for debate, but here’s a theory that rang true for me: "I think it's being murdered, or assaulted. With a splash of did I leave the curling iron on."

Or maybe this:

betches

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Quick Hits

🤸‍♀️ For your bookshelf: Gymnast icon, Aly Raisman wrote a kid’s book about body autonomy and consent
📱PSA: I wrote a literal PSA about cyberbullying
🎓 It’s a new school year. Here’s why you should divide your life into semesters
💌 To save for later: My newsletter TBR list
😬 Did you know? Half of the crowds at Disney World are adults without children
🍩 Lol. These bears ate 20 packages of donuts from a Krispy Kreme delivery van