Hump Day Quickie: Celebrating Allan
Plus The Man Who Broke Bowling, Cherlato, BookTok Merch, and Lana's Waffle House Gig 🧍♂️🎳 🍦📚🧇
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…
In Praise of Allan, The Unsung Hero of Barbie🧍♂️
All hail our vibe-less king! “I don’t believe for a second that he can fit into Ken’s clothes because Allan isn’t like anyone else. He’s his own, perfectly milquetoast man”
The Woman Who’s Written Over 1,700 Wikipedia Bios for Little-Known Female Scientists 🧪
Some heroes wear Ken’s clothes. Others wear lab coats. “People assume girls don’t choose science because they’re not inspired. Girls are already interested. It’s more about making students aware of the different careers in science and getting parents and teachers on board.”
A great profile about bowling’s biggest badass. “He wants to be remembered not as that dude who bowled two-handed, but for his record of dominance.”
The Merch-ification of Book Publishing 📚
Is influencing ruining literary critique? More importantly, how do I get my hands on this merch? "They tend to equate our value with the number of followers we have rather than our reading taste."
One-Liners
Neopets is back, and the nostalgia is palpable 🐾
Lana Del Ray is picking up shifts at Waffle House 🧇
I scream. You scream. We all scream for Cherlato 🍦
Pre-order your ”I am Kenough'“ hoodie 📦 💕
Forget everything you thought you knew about gender roles in hunter-gatherer societies 🦣
This kindergarten graduation speech brought me to tears 😭 🎓
We all need this app that forces you to take a breath before opening social media 😮💨
Serotonin Boost
Meet Dalai Llama, the oldest living llama in the world and an occasional “big spitter” 🦙
Post of the Week
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