HDQ: She Is Not Afraid 🎶
Plus: The O.C., Hot Girl Rollerblading, A Blindside, The Summer of Breakups, and Madonna's 65th Birthday☀️🛼🏈💔🎂
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…
The temperature in Toronto has dropped by three degrees, and I feel this dramatic about it:
On Being a Teenage Girl in Your 20s 💖
If you liked my Sunday post about #TweenGirlSummer, you need to read this piece, too:
“The purchasing power of teenage girls is unmatched (tell me why I had five different copies of the same magazine just so I could have a front cover with each member of One Direction on it?) so imagine the power of teenage girls in their 20s who are no longer worried about looking basic, mainstream, too girly, too adolescent, and don’t have to use their parents credit cards?”
A Gen Z Watching The O.C. for the First Time 📺
More nostalgic content. It’s not a phase!
By the end of Season 1, the Cohens and Coopers are so intertwined that I had to draw a family tree to get my head around it…in just one episode, Caleb has become a stepdad to his adopted grandson’s girlfriend, and father-in-law to his new wife’s ex-husband. Oh, and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Normal stuff.
Sadly(and shockingly), Sandra Bullock’s flick aged much much worse than The O.C.. This story is a complete bummer and a reminder that conservatorship abuse is rampant.
"When the Tuohy family told Mike they loved him and wanted to adopt him, it filled a void that had been with him his entire life. Discovering that he wasn't actually adopted devastated Mike and wounded him deeply."
The Strange Comfort of Summer’s Mass Breakup Season 💔
Reminder: Venus is in retrograde until September 3rd. Hang onto your boo.
“Knowing that I’m going through the same thing as my favorite artist gives me comfort, even if I’m really sad for her because I’m thinking we’re having the same summer.”
Serotonin Boost:
I love the song these dog owners sing to their anxious pup. I’m obsessed with the way the internet has taken it over 🐾
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One-Liners:
Happy 65th birthday to Madonna 🎂
Watch this adorable reminder to take care of your heart ❤️🩹
I will never get enough of Swiftie Dads 🪩
I’m simultaneously psyched and sickened over the Croc-Tarts collab (not to be confused with S’mores shoes, because nothing is sacred anymore…)👟
Anyone want to come hot girl rollerblading? 🛼
And a Public Service Announcement:
