Welcome to this week’s edition of Open Tabs, where I share my current reads, recent obsessions, and media consumptions every Sunday!
Sorry for last week’s absence. I went on a work trip and got caught up. I was only gone a few days, but traveling always throws me off! And most of the media I consumed was anxiety-inducing post-inauguration stuff (Trump is back and worse than ever)…So this week I’m just going to share a few quick things and try to get back into the swing of my typical day-to-day.
Reading [Books]
Here’s what I finished over the last couple of weeks!
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett — A decade-spanning novel about our attempts to piece together the narrative of our lives (with limited perspective).
Body Work by Melissa Febos — A short series of essays about writing personal narrative.
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell — A short exploration of the way cognitive biases show up in our lives. This was my airplane audiobook while traveling and was the perfect amount of time for my flights to/from!
Reading [Online]
“The various ways we negotiate with reality are at the core of all writing and living.”
Watching [Movie]
In 1992, artist Sophie Calle and Greg Shephard set off on a road trip across America. Each brought a camera, narrating their trip and declining relationship in tandem.
Listening [Podcast]
This mini series from Slow Burn about the rise of Fox News (from its inception until about 2004) is very interesting…
And this Pick Me Up I’m Scared episode about the LA wildfires (leftist perspective, talking especially about the history of Malibu wildfires). Their resource/reference list has a lot of good articles to read as well, like this Mike Davis essay.
I’ve long said that people pleasing hurts others as much as it hurts the people-pleaser…Whether you agree with that or not, this is an interesting discussion about this often-misunderstood behavior/coping mechanism.
Library Holds
Upstream by Mary Oliver
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Last Week…
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