Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Weekend Reads This is your periodic reminder that Rebecca Minkoff is an active Scientologist. Scientology’s Secret Immigrant Workforce Exposes Decades of Exploitation. (Documented) My mother wanted me to be happy. (Oldster) Human trafficking’s newest abuse: Forcing victims into cyberscamming. (ProPublica) Billionaire no more: Patagonia founder gives away the company. (New York Times; gift link) Karen…
Weekend Reads As a recent study shows, people consistently underestimate the impact of their kindness on others. (Lifehacker) Want to be happy? Don’t follow your gut. (Vox) The paradox of politeness. (Maybe Baby) It’s where Sean Combs got his start in fashion, Sarah Jessica Parker bought her Calvins and André Leon Talley rode the escalator…
Happy Labor Day weekend! I am not sharing anything but links because it’s Friday when I’m finishing up this post and I want to enjoy the weekend with my family and I know I’ll be going down some YouTube rabbit hole for a music video or a research rabbit hole about what we watched this…
Weekend Reads What comes after ambition? (Elle) Twitter may be consumed with #eattherich, but on Gen Z’s favorite platform the hashtag #oldmoney has raked in a collective 1.7 billion views and growing. (Town & Country) Having a career as a female artist in any field is hard enough, but is it made harder by being…
Weekend Reads This was by far the hardest thing I read all week, but necessary. It’s so easy to turn gun violence into infographics, focus on statistics. But gun violence is human violence, and with violence, there is trauma. (Washington Post) A Florida appellate court on Monday blocked a 16-year-old teenager from getting an abortion, saying that…
Weekend Reads Why we feel ‘mom guilt’ — and how to stop. (Washington Post) Issey Miyake brought the avant-garde down to earth. (Elle) The glorious performance art of Grace Jones and Issey Miyake. (Bazaar) The Army is working on a tactical bra. (Army Times) The morning rush is parenting at its most essential. (Romper) A…
I just got back from six nights in Mastic Beach, which is on Long Island in New York. An uncle and his partner live nearby on Long Island and three households from that side of the family come together for a week each summer to see one another and visit these relatives. Last summer, we…
Weekend Reads Have you been trying to find that perfect easy dress that will go from summer weekend casual to business casual office in the fall? How about if it’s on sale? Do you remember me raving about this wrap dress from Universal Standard? Well, the Tiered Twirl Wrap dress is part of the Universal…
Weekend Reads Style, like wisdom, gets better with age. (Bazaar) Why do moms tend to manage the household scheduling? (New York Times) After Roe’s repeal, CVS told pharmacists to withhold certain prescriptions. (The New Republic) The liberating power of solo travel and “microfreedoms”. (Jumble & Flow) Newspapers are dying? This digital media veteran launched one anyway….