Love all this Kate. What a treasure trove of links and ideas. This issue is right up my street, it's all the things I'm thinking about too at the moment. I heard Masha Gessen on The New Yorker podcast on trans issues this week, thanks for the link to the article, good to reflect on it in print too. I'm thinking about how to write about this in The Gallery Companion. I'm reading a book called Hags by Victoria Smith at the moment which is adding to my thinking.
I'm also thinking about how to write about the refugee crisis and the UK government's approach to asylum seekers. Gary Lineker and the BBC -- do you listen to The News Agents podcast? Really interesting perspectives on current affairs in the UK and around the world there. I really rate Lewis Goodall as a journalist, as well as Sopel and Maitlis.
Also, I'm with Murakami on Thelonious Monk. Thanks for the links to Fitzgerald, you've inspired me to find out more about her.
Also...thank you for sharing this New Yorker piece/interview on trans rights and gender, which has some of the clearest ideas around these issues that I have read.
Omg I am such a Judy Blume fan girl!! Not unusual for a girl growing up in the 1980s, I know. I actually got to meet her a few years ago when she visited the UK & I totally turned back into a gushing teenager! She was every bit as warm and wonderful as her books.
Also, thank you for the reminder here to find space and time every day to be creative just for creativity's sake - I often get caught up in the idea that I must be reading or writing to be "productive". Looking forward to hearing more about your yoga and writing ideas : )
Love all this Kate. What a treasure trove of links and ideas. This issue is right up my street, it's all the things I'm thinking about too at the moment. I heard Masha Gessen on The New Yorker podcast on trans issues this week, thanks for the link to the article, good to reflect on it in print too. I'm thinking about how to write about this in The Gallery Companion. I'm reading a book called Hags by Victoria Smith at the moment which is adding to my thinking.
I'm also thinking about how to write about the refugee crisis and the UK government's approach to asylum seekers. Gary Lineker and the BBC -- do you listen to The News Agents podcast? Really interesting perspectives on current affairs in the UK and around the world there. I really rate Lewis Goodall as a journalist, as well as Sopel and Maitlis.
Also, I'm with Murakami on Thelonious Monk. Thanks for the links to Fitzgerald, you've inspired me to find out more about her.
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Also...thank you for sharing this New Yorker piece/interview on trans rights and gender, which has some of the clearest ideas around these issues that I have read.
Omg I am such a Judy Blume fan girl!! Not unusual for a girl growing up in the 1980s, I know. I actually got to meet her a few years ago when she visited the UK & I totally turned back into a gushing teenager! She was every bit as warm and wonderful as her books.
Also, thank you for the reminder here to find space and time every day to be creative just for creativity's sake - I often get caught up in the idea that I must be reading or writing to be "productive". Looking forward to hearing more about your yoga and writing ideas : )
Love the "in really nuanced ways" re Chappelle etc. Nuance is our best friend, people!
Michael Mohr
"Sincere American Writing"
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/