And this luminous interview with @iamscottevans.bsky.social is essential viewing:
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And this luminous interview with @iamscottevans.bsky.social is essential viewing:
This bright light of a book is essential reading
Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of traveling across our country to share the story behind 107 Days. Here are a few of my reflections from the road:
Real
They understood the assignment!! How far are you?
Okay this is excellent, time-saving information to have because I'd been considering trying it after coming off of The Ultimatum
Let me know when you do!! Will be excited to hear the reports
JOSHUA! Oh my goodness — the conversations we need to have. Okay: canonically, I would say start with UK S2 (best of entire franchise imo). But Italy is really good so far & also just fun to be watching what everyone is watching as it’s happening, so could also be a good starting point
Omg. I am about to blow your mind with this news:
LIB Italy just came out on Monday
Going to need to create a new account to contain all of my commentary on the new Love Is Blind season
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A dream opportunity to work with a dream team of writers
Text that reads: Ripple effects and waves: In conversation with Anna Malaika Tubbs "I was invited to give a TED Talk, and I was pregnant at the time. I knew that I would have to deliver the TED Talk when my baby was only three months old." WOMENOFLETTERS.SUBSTACK.COM
A screenshot of text that reads: “Tell us about some of the projects, ideas, or questions you’re currently working on. Anna Malaika Tubbs: I am really excited because I wrote a script based off of my first book — The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of MLK Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation — and we now have a producer attached. Our next step is to look for a director, and then from there we’ll look for the actresses who will play these beautiful roles and honour these women with us. I am so, so, so excited, because I have wanted to turn The Three Mothers into a film for a long time. It came out in 2021, and I think I was really looking for a different writer to help me do it — I didn’t know that I could do it — and then a couple of months ago, maybe half a year ago now, I realized that maybe I could be the one who wrote the script. And I did. My team feels really good about it, and I’m just excited for this next stage of my career.”
A screenshot of text that reads: “Anna Malaika’s latest book, Erased, showcases her characteristic ability to make complex ideas accessible at every level. Building on both her acclaimed first book and viral TED Talk, it examines the far-reaching impacts of patriarchal systems and how our world continues to be structured around them. The book has earned her a second New York Times bestseller designation — along with a host of other accolades — further solidifying her status as one of today’s most influential writers. I’m grateful, with this interview, to have learned more about the experiences that have shaped her career. Jana M. Perkins, PhD Founder, Women of Letters"
For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Anna Malaika Tubbs.
We discuss her latest NYT-bestselling book, preparing for her viral TED Talk, her relationship to social media, what she’s working on now, & so much more. 📚💙
womenofletters.substack.com/p/anna-malaika-tubbs
Convinced the world would be better if everyone had to take 1-2 years of lit seminars like this one before graduating to full adulthood
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Wow what a lovely review from my proofreader!!!
wilcoxediting.com/articles/202...
A screenshot of text that reads: “I’ve been talking about this book to anyone who will listen, ever since I had the chance to proofread it. So often, I work on fiction or memoir. It was a treat to step into this world of data and ideas. As an economist and professor at Wharton, Corinne Low insists that no one-size-fits-all goal exists to describe happiness. Any self-help book that assumes people of all genders are aiming to maximize the same result, such as money or fame, will be inherently flawed, according to the author. Instead, Low advocates for calculating your own “personal utility function,” which accounts for both indirect means to fulfillment and direct fulfillment. If you love your job, for example, you might get indirect utility (wages) and direct utility (enjoyment) from it. Although no one is likely to pay you for spending time with your kids, the direct utility of doing so has value, nonetheless. We all get to make our own individual valuations in these matters, and Low provides the tools to do so. I don’t have a background in economics, but this idea seems to me like a refreshing take.”
![A screenshot of text that reads: “into this world of data and ideas. As an economist and professor at Wharton, Corinne Low insists that no one-size-fits-all goal exists to describe happiness. Any self-help book that assumes people of all genders are aiming to maximize the same result, such as money or fame, will be inherently flawed, according to the author. Instead, Low advocates for calculating your own “personal utility function,” which accounts for both indirect means to fulfillment and direct fulfillment. If you love your job, for example, you might get indirect utility (wages) and direct utility (enjoyment) from it. Although no one is likely to pay you for spending time with your kids, the direct utility of doing so has value, nonetheless. We all get to make our own individual valuations in these matters, and Low provides the tools to do so. I don’t have a background in economics, but this idea seems to me like a refreshing take.
The author talks overtly about pushing back on business books like Lean In that advocate for women to take a certain approach to workplace leadership. She states this eloquently in the book, and also on an interview on the Women of Letters podcast, which I enjoyed. There isn’t any data, she says, that illustrates the efficacy of certain gendered traits over others. In her words:
“Research indeed underscores that women show differences in multiple traits compared to men, in a variety of settings […]. But *none* of the literature has demonstrated that the traits women exhibit more than men are actually *bad* from a profit or productivity perspective.” (90)
Perhaps it’s not women who need to change, Low suggests. Society, on the other hand, could benefit from looking at the data and adjusting how it values different styles of work and leadership. I love this message and the deep breath it lets me take as I navigate life’s twists and turns.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hxtylpqnglq2rtwwrst4g77b/bafkreiei222tkjwbry3fug4np72jl2qav4aslcjtumzngbzlwslo2rqsq4)
A screenshot of text that reads: “into this world of data and ideas. As an economist and professor at Wharton, Corinne Low insists that no one-size-fits-all goal exists to describe happiness. Any self-help book that assumes people of all genders are aiming to maximize the same result, such as money or fame, will be inherently flawed, according to the author. Instead, Low advocates for calculating your own “personal utility function,” which accounts for both indirect means to fulfillment and direct fulfillment. If you love your job, for example, you might get indirect utility (wages) and direct utility (enjoyment) from it. Although no one is likely to pay you for spending time with your kids, the direct utility of doing so has value, nonetheless. We all get to make our own individual valuations in these matters, and Low provides the tools to do so. I don’t have a background in economics, but this idea seems to me like a refreshing take. The author talks overtly about pushing back on business books like Lean In that advocate for women to take a certain approach to workplace leadership. She states this eloquently in the book, and also on an interview on the Women of Letters podcast, which I enjoyed. There isn’t any data, she says, that illustrates the efficacy of certain gendered traits over others. In her words: “Research indeed underscores that women show differences in multiple traits compared to men, in a variety of settings […]. But *none* of the literature has demonstrated that the traits women exhibit more than men are actually *bad* from a profit or productivity perspective.” (90) Perhaps it’s not women who need to change, Low suggests. Society, on the other hand, could benefit from looking at the data and adjusting how it values different styles of work and leadership. I love this message and the deep breath it lets me take as I navigate life’s twists and turns.”
Still so moved every time I see a shoutout to our podcast out in the wild. This one from Erin, who worked on @corinnelow.com’s amazing book, meant a lot
New interview with 2x NYT-bestselling author Anna Malaika Tubbs on @womenofletters.org tomorrow ✨
Come say hi: womenofletters.substack.com
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Okay now it’s the holidays
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AHH congrats, Austin!! This is the best news!
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Today, as we’ve yet to even wrap up Season 2, it’s a real moment of pride to already be holding recording sessions for Season 3 of @womenofletters.org that will be published well into 2026.
This new season’s set of questions are, I think, our best yet. I can’t wait for you to see these interviews 💙
We’re now coming up on 3 *years* (!) of the series. We no longer have some of the challenges we once did, but there’s a lot I’m still learning as we go.
e.g., One of my goals for this next little while is figuring out how best to share more of the process along the way. This post is part of that.
During the first season of Women of Letters, things were so hectic and uncertain that we were often scrambling even to publish our very next interview — because we hadn’t yet been able to secure it, because we had but something had come up along the way, because because because 🧵
So well deserved! 👏👏
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Here is a morning puppy.
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
