- These pictures of 1920s British society ladies dressed as mythological goddesses—taken by photographer Madame Yevonde—are just fantastic. (Messy Nessy Chic)
- This is a step in the right direction. (Vox)
- Really intense: the families of OxyContin casualties at last got to confront members of the Sackler family, whose company, Purdue Pharma, conceived of and popularized the drug. (NY Times)
- This piece—about the explosion in popularity of swingers clubs—is pretty fascinating. (Texas Monthly via Go Fug Yourself)
- Have you listened to Everything is Fine yet this week? Jenn and I are talking about anger, and it’s a good one. (Apple Podcasts)
- Inspiring: girl skateboarders of Ethiopia. (Vogue)
- Dolly Parton on the books that changed her life. (Elle)
- Here’s the trailer for the biopic Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann. (Town & Country)
- These video clips—of the brilliant Amy Sedaris on Letterman—are so great.
Those photos are spectacular! Tragic that WWII forced Madame Yevonde to give up color photography. War. . . what is it good for? Also, is no one else as excited as I am by that ELVIS trailer? Lord have mercy!!!
Another link: https://oldster.substack.com/p/everything-really-is-fine?s=r
Thank you for supplying the link, Eloise!
What a nice surprise to see you in my Oldster substack feed. I had no idea this blog has been around for 10years-I feel like I missed out-although so grateful you and Jenn started the pod. Great article-thank you for sharing.
Back in just to say that the Madewell sweatshirt jacket featured in Monday’s post arrived and is NOT FRUMPY on shorty me. In fact, it is pretty great and I’ve a feeling that my cost per wear will be low, especially with the 20 percent off promo that is still going on. If anyone is on the fence, go for it!
No link to the pictures in Messy Nessy Chic
Apologies! Link fixed!
Gorgeous photos, and what an interesting article.