It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse
Some will try to make this disappear by pinning it on a few bad apples, especially given Sherrone Moore’s involvement, but it’s been pretty clear there’s been a deep moral rot in the Michigan football program for a while now—yes, even dating back to Bo.
Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.
Emerald Fennell’s "Wuthering Heights" adaptation is, at times, very fun and visually gorgeous. But it leaves out the very thing that gives the novel its force. I wrote about what’s missing — and why that omission means the film ultimately doesn't work.
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Emerald Fennell’s "Wuthering Heights" adaptation is, at times, very fun and visually gorgeous. But it leaves out the very thing that gives the novel its force. I wrote about what’s missing — and why that omission means the film ultimately doesn't work.
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Can’t help but think billionaires seeing how much influence they can have post-Citizens United has only heightened their desire to hoard wealth and exploit the rest of us for every penny we have.
I’m always curious about the books people keep on their nightstands—it’s a small but telling snapshot of what’s on their mind and holding their attention. Here's the stack of books on mine!
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I’m always curious about the books people keep on their nightstands—it’s a small but telling snapshot of what’s on their mind and holding their attention. Here's the stack of books on mine!
marisawright.substack.com/p/six-books-...
happy for JSN, who never beat michigan. he deserves this.
Like so many things, it takes a Michigan man to get the job done.
AJ Barner!
Ah of course the MAHA ad was incredibly fatphobic
The think pieces write themselves. My contribution: this is fucking beautiful, and we should keep fighting for more of this! Everywhere.
Really has been an elite sports weekend
There are people in this world who read 200+ books a year and they, too, deserve to be Olympians.
The show Heated Rivalry only exists because of an article by Rachel Kurzius inspired Jacob Tierney to reach out to Rachel Reid. Today @washingtonpost.com laid Rachel off.
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The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak
Props to the Free Press for this subheading that so clearly knows its audience
Today's post is a fun bonus—my January culture diary, filled with all the books I read, movies and TV I watched, plus some audio and snack recs!
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I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism
Today's post is a fun bonus—my January culture diary, filled with all the books I read, movies and TV I watched, plus some audio and snack recs!
open.substack.com/pub/marisawr...
I think that *cringe* is overused. I particularly think that it is overused by people who have a difficult time feeling and naming their feelings. That's a lot of people.
screenshot of text from Adam Serwer in The Atlantic: "The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive - because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force."
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Doomscrolling break: Today’s post features a love letter to Eva Victor’s "Sorry, Baby," thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations, and a few bright spots from the January doldrums—including a way to show solidarity with Minnesotans.
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Doomscrolling break: Today’s post features a love letter to Eva Victor’s "Sorry, Baby," thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations, and a few bright spots from the January doldrums—including a way to show solidarity with Minnesotans.
marisawright.substack.com/p/justice-fo...
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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Profound gratitude to everyone in the Minneapolis streets. You are so brave, so righteous. But you should not have to carry the burden of our government's cowardice. Solidarity forever.
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.
