no one asked: voter guides, hobbies, and my favorite song on midnights
03: recent articles, posts, thought-starters, and other stuff I found interesting that no one asked for
Recent articles, posts, thought-starters, and other stuff I found interesting that no one asked for.
If you’re in LA and need help filling out your ballot, this progressive voter guide was a big help. I also looked to various posts on social media, Knock LA’s guide and resources on the LA Times. I filled out my ballot to the best of my ability and referred to some of these guides and suggestions when I needed help! I’m especially excited to vote for Kenneth Mejia, Karen Bass and yes on Measure ULA. If you’d like to see what I filled in for my ballot, send me a message on Instagram and I’ll send you a screenshot. Just please vote!!!
Meghan Markle’s Archetypes podcast is my favorite out there right now. She interviews incredible guests like Serena Williams, Mindy Kaling, Issa Rae, Mariah Carey and Paris Hilton about the labels that hold women back. The episode with Mindy about the stigmas and realities of being a single, unmarried woman is one of my favorites, along with the one about stereotypes that limit and define Asian women. Honestly, all have been really good.
A TikTok by @attemptedsoc about TikTok micro-labels / aesthetics / trends / online personas and self-identity. The creator explains how this self-labeling makes us see ourselves as a character and mold ourselves to fit it, all while hindering true self-exploration of ourselves and our genuine interests.
The most recent piece on How to be a Woman on the Internet by my friend Sheila Lam on the power of hobbies. She writes, “We operate in a society that rewards production and punishes rest. Worst, we think that we have to earn our rest. We feel good when we're productive, working towards something, and guilty when we aren't… We turn interests and the things we enjoy into jobs and side hustles and commodify every aspect of our lives into a personal brand. All of this is a monstrous consequence of capitalism and women are historically marketed to more than any other demographic.” Read the full piece here.
@NohleBeryl’s Twitter thread about how social media has caused people to try to avoid the regular stages of life. That many in their early 20s want to have the same lifestyle as someone who is more established and worked hard to get to where they’re at, and when they don’t immediately have that, they feel like they’ve failed. I’ve seen this first-hand – friends and family wanting to maintain a certain lifestyle they’ve seen on social media, even if it’s one they can’t afford – at least not yet.
“If you love the clean girl aesthetic, you need to read this.” An article on Frenshe about the origins of the “clean girl aesthetic” in BIPOC communities that’s entirely been erased and how tired these labeled aesthetics and categories are.
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