I love how, even though I'm easily two generations older than you, I always align with your thoughts on so many things. Maybe it's because I first stumbled on you via your PR videos and laughed myself silly for an hour (I was in that field myself and ev-er-y-thing resonated). Anyway cheers and onto ... whatever's gonna happen next.
Thank you for echoing my sentiments once again: the whole affair, and actress herself, both deserve a HEALTHY amount of side eye. But not our full attention.
Also, you can’t come for my peplum tops like that. As you said, my energy and outrage must be preserved for more important things (like zipping up said peplum top, which was purchased *well* before perimenopause set in, but remains a staple in the “slightly elevated” aka “not sweats or PJs” section of my wardrobe.)
I wonder if it reflects how uninformed or overwhelmed people feel about larger issues. Outrage over something like Sydney Sweeney’s ad is easier to muster than outrage over the topics that feel heavier and more charged. Our culture framing these bigger issues as “too complicated” can keep people from digging in...or maybe it’s fear? And the fact that focusing on American Eagle feels simpler... less real and threatening? Or maybe this really is just the true difference in where our outrage lies. EEEEEEEEP my nervous system would love to know the answer but all I do know is boy do I wish we held our politicians to the same standards as love island contestants!!! Anywho, thank you for being an email I actually look forward to reading these days.
IMO August is the Sunday night of the calendar year. It’s hard to enjoy because what comes NEXT is so ever present.
I love how, even though I'm easily two generations older than you, I always align with your thoughts on so many things. Maybe it's because I first stumbled on you via your PR videos and laughed myself silly for an hour (I was in that field myself and ev-er-y-thing resonated). Anyway cheers and onto ... whatever's gonna happen next.
Thank you for echoing my sentiments once again: the whole affair, and actress herself, both deserve a HEALTHY amount of side eye. But not our full attention.
Also, you can’t come for my peplum tops like that. As you said, my energy and outrage must be preserved for more important things (like zipping up said peplum top, which was purchased *well* before perimenopause set in, but remains a staple in the “slightly elevated” aka “not sweats or PJs” section of my wardrobe.)
I wonder if it reflects how uninformed or overwhelmed people feel about larger issues. Outrage over something like Sydney Sweeney’s ad is easier to muster than outrage over the topics that feel heavier and more charged. Our culture framing these bigger issues as “too complicated” can keep people from digging in...or maybe it’s fear? And the fact that focusing on American Eagle feels simpler... less real and threatening? Or maybe this really is just the true difference in where our outrage lies. EEEEEEEEP my nervous system would love to know the answer but all I do know is boy do I wish we held our politicians to the same standards as love island contestants!!! Anywho, thank you for being an email I actually look forward to reading these days.
"This was the same girl who idolized Hillary Clinton and thought peplum tops from Modcloth looked cute."
the mid-2010s were a rough time for us all
Outrage, like love, is a flame that is not diminished as it is shared from one candle to the next.