1. The Library Post on Eat, Drink, and Be Lauren. Now you all KNOW I love the library so I super love this post. Libraries are a very under utilized resource that we are so lucky to have in this country. Free access to books and knowledge. So many people around the world would really love to have that.
2. Just Don't Do It on language: a feminist guide. My friend Heather shared this on Facebook. I read it and spent the better part of a day and a half thinking about it. One of my favorite thoughts from it: "This endless policing of women’s language—their voices, their intonation patterns, the words they use, their syntax—is uncomfortably similar to the way our culture polices women’s bodily appearance. Just as the media and the beauty industry continually invent new reasons for women to be self-conscious about their bodies, so magazine articles and radio programmes like the ones I’ve mentioned encourage a similar self-consciousness about our speech. The effect on our behaviour is also similar. Instead of focusing on what we’re saying, we’re distracted by anxieties about the way we sound to others. ‘Am I being too apologetic?’ and ‘Is my voice too high?’ are linguistic analogues of ‘is my nail polish chipped?’ and ‘do I look fat in this?’"
3. 27 Things You Should Always Have in Your Car. I am woefully lacking here. Like, even my first aid kit is actually sitting inside of my house. For my car and MFD's. Edited to add - this must be awesome because Jana shared this over at Jana Says today in her weekly round up. Have I mentioned how much I love weekly round ups? Check hers out today as I also hate everything that bothered her this week and because she included a hilarious shit her husband said incident.
4. This pizza spaghetti pie using spaghetti squash. Amy at Crazy Wise Woman shared this recipe yesterday and I promptly logged into my peapod order and added a spaghetti squash so I could make it.
5. Smile! You're on Candid Camera. I have no fifth link. Dun dun dunnnnnnn.
This is my first weekend home in a month and I'm pumped. I'm locking Summer Steph in the closet and getting shit done. Trust. And oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home. Am I right?
I would be remiss if I signed off without wishing your favorite patient crusader and mine, Marla from Luck Fupus, a very happy birthday and a wonderful Month of Marla!
Have a good weekend, mon frers.
