A couple of good reads

Hello blog. Last week saw the end of a grant proposal at work, which had been a long time coming. Over the last couple of weeks it has made my brain somewhat mushy and had lead me to drink. But it's finished and I'm slowly regaining my normal thoughts, though I'm not quite up to blogging. My mind is not retaining things as it should. Luckily, I have Twitter and Evernote to store some good links for you all. I've got three great pieces that I've read over the last week to share.

I'm going to go in the order of most recenlty read. Today the fabulous Nikki Peeler retweeted a link to this essay entitled, "Don't date a girl that reads" by Charles Warnke. I don't have anything to say except I find it excellent. Read it. (Forget the Dorothy Parker quote.)

The second piece is by Erin Hill, who writes a blog about television. (Yes, I'm the type of couch potato who also enjoys reading in-depth discussions of tv. Thank god for the internet, or where else would I be?) She's only written a couple of posts, but she's excellent. I found her through Dan Harmon's Twitter a while back; they are in a relationship. She makes me like him even more. (He's the creator of the show Community, which I love.) Anyway, this particular piece is her response to the glut of "women's" sitcoms on tv this season. She (rightly in my mind) calls it tokenism and bullshit and not necessarily good for women. (I could only get through about 5 minutes of Whitney and dread Chelsea Handler's sitcom.) I agree with so much Erin has to say. Please read it.

The third piece has to do with weddings, and I found sort of via my friend Jess (also through Twitter, aka how I find almost everything I read these days). It's by J.M. Henderson for the Atlantic and is about how she finds weddings to be uncomfortable because they take what she thinks are intensely private moments and makes them exceptionally public. Now, I love attending weddings and have been so proud and happy to be involved in the weddings of my dear friends and family members, but I can't help but agree with some of her points. Maybe it's just coinciding with me realizing that a big wedding is so not for me. Anyway, I enjoyed her article; read it here.

Comments

[Jess]

Thanks for the mention! :-)

That "Don't Date a Girl Who Reads" essay is BRILLIANT.