5 Things to Read: Week of September 20
Right-wing raunch, meat-eating men, and femininomenons.
A super smart piece by Vox’s Constance Grady on the paradox behind “Republican raunch.” (In other words, why the right thinks hot girls and boobs can “kill woke.”)
I finally listened to Chappell Roan during a weekend drive to Connecticut, and y’all, I see the hype. Just in time, too, for a deliciously written profile of the femininomenon by the inimitable Delia Cai.
An 8-year-old designer at New York Fashion Week — don’t let your dreams be dreams.
I live across from a nearly-constructed building and, come lunchtime, have noticed women selling food from coolers to construction workers. Behind the growing guerilla network of migrant women dispatched to sell food cooked after hours at restaurants and backyard kitchens in NYC.