Hey Apw,
So first, big news! 2013 Writing Intern, and current APW contributor Rachel has been named BuzzFeed’s Senior Lifestyle Editor. HUGE FUCKING NEWS, amiright? Some of you who follow Rachel might have seen this on her blog/ social media already, but today happens to be the end of her last day at her old job, and she’s flying to NYC to start her new job on Sunday. Because yes, she’s moving to New York! She asked that we hold off till today to share the news, so she could have a happy hour toast with her APW friends. (I’m pretty sure she’s about to pour a real live celebratory drink.) For those of you inspired by Rachel’s rocket ride trajectory over the past two years, we’re opening applications for 2015 writing interns next week. Rachel thinks you should apply.
As for me, I had a week of a lot of meetings and frantic writing… and then ended it with a toddler in ER at two AM. Everything is fine here, but MAN, baby asthma. In other news, we also had our first field trip, and the kid ran through the pumpkin patch yelling, “Pumpkin! Pumpkin! Pumpkinpumkinpumkin! Pumpkin!” So it all evens out.
Speaking of, time to get cracking on last year’s pumpkin centerpiece.
Take it to the chorus…
Cheers,
meg
Highlights of APW This Week
Renewing your vows, in Vegas!
Douglas Pettway: a wedding photographer whose business is about you, not them.
A late-day adventure in an ancient land.
The crocheted wedding dress isn’t the only thing that should be going viral. (#thatreceptiondress)
What are you doing for the holidays?
Planning a kid-friendly wedding, with hula hoops and glow sticks.
Link Roundup
To make this weekend: the grilled cheese bloody caesar.
But what if you just hate making dinner?
“Just because he’s black doesn’t mean he’s here to rob a house. He works for us. He’s been in this neighborhood for thirty years.”
Viola Davis: “I sacrificed a childhood for food.”
An amazing collection of iconic photos from the 1960s Haight Street scene.
Why are America’s postpartum practices so rough on new mothers?
It’s time to reconsider how we treat pedophiles.
Mindy Kaling addresses the anal sex episode of The Mindy Project.
Fine dining for second graders.
A supercut of action dudes saying, “Let her go!” reminds us how action movies treat women.
The WASPiest of WASP fights: Martha Stewart vs. Gwyneth Paltrow.
Blake Lively wants to return to the age of cute hats and slavery.
Watch: Charlie bust all the moves to Dirty Dancing.
How social media turned against women.
The community of the traveling huppah.
The Washington Post dismisses a five hundred-page Civil War nonfiction book as “girly.”
How straight spouses cope when their partners come out.
Eighteen outstanding oral sex scenes in movies and television.
Facebook and Apple will now cover egg freezing for women. Some women see a darker message.
A ten-year-old meets Hillary Clinton and acts exactly like you would.
These parents are dressing their baby in a costume everyday until Halloween.
Y’all is a feminist pronoun, y’all!
Why we built Ebola Deeply.
“I’m pregnant. So why can’t I tell you?” (Staff opinions on this varied.)
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