Oh Hey Everybody,
Did you vote this week? Turns out, if you’re under thirty, or hell, under forty, and you voted I AM BUYING YOU A DRINK. Apparently I can afford to buy all of you a drink. So… that’s sad. However, we always order pizza and have a party on election night in our house, no matter how the wind is blowing, or how few people voted, so at… least there is that! Also, it’s still legal to bait bears in Maine with donuts after Tuesday… so there is… that too? Poor bears.
And speaking of donuts, as a native Californian, I’ve spent years trying to explain to people that no, I don’t really like Krispy Kreme, or Dunkin’ Donuts, or any of it. I just know about… better donuts. Apparently all these years I’ve been eating donuts from a sort of unofficial Cambodian-American owned donut mega-chain. Y’all? The donuts are awesome. Dunkin’ doesn’t stand a chance in California for anything other than coffee.
In short: donuts and pizza and an election where mostly old white people voted. Take it to the chorus.
xo
Meg
Highlights of APW This Week
Building a home, piece by piece.
Shopping for a women’s tuxedo in a man’s world.
Winter mini sessions: the perfect way to snag fancy photos on a budget!
Is social media ruining the home cooked meal?
Debunking the trunk show, and why you should go to one right now.
In which it turns out that most of the staff wasn’t enamored with our first book club selection. Next up: Bad Feminist!
How do you re-plan a wedding in ten days, when you’ve lost your venue? Like this.
Yes, you can absolutely get married in an ombre blue dress, just because you like it.
Five tips for rocking short hair like you mean it.
It’s a cheese cake! No, not the dessert kind, the wheels of cheese kind!
Link Roundup
It’s seems a little sad that all I really want right now is maybe six weeks without a Lena Dunham controversy. I’m tired, y’all. But since I didn’t get that present this week, instead my two favorite essays. Roxane Gay’s recent (super smart) thoughts on Lena Dunham, and Jezebel’s story on the right to sexual narratives.
Well, there is one way to make sure your proposal isn’t rejected, and it’s not even on this list. (Hint: maybe you should TALK ABOUT IT FIRST.)
Clicks for cash: the competitive world of online sweepstakes.
“My Stepfather, the Peeping Tom.”
Mourning in America: a new way of remembering the long departed.
Payments start for North Carolina eugenics victims, but many won’t qualify for them.
Why should women change their names on getting married?
Say yes to the dress: who says you need a groom? (Or a bride?)
An e-book mingles love and product placement.
Doctors learn to push back, gently, against the anti-vaccination movement.
“Are anti-vaccinators stupid, or just disingenuous?”
If groomsmen were bridesmaids.
“I grew up thinking I would never get married, because marriage was for thin women.”
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