hey apw,
Before we get into TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY (just kidding, I actually don’t like turkey very much, give me a roast chicken any day of the week, but I’m all about stuffing and pie), we have to remind you about APW writing intern applications. The final date for applying (a.k.a., the day we expect to receive ninety percent of your applications, as ever), is this Sunday, November 23rd. After that, I’ll print them all out and take them with me on a twelve-hour roundtrip drive with a toddler. (Don’t pity me too much; we drive through the night so he mostly snoozes in footy pajamas. The trust of toddlers is a joy to watch.)
In other news, we’ve gotten through a round of sickness in our home this week, and are now on the other side, thrilled to be headed into the holidays. Our first APW Gift Guide is coming at you next week, and after that there are so many holiday crafts and gift guides and playlists and really fun stuff that I can’t even WAIT. Bring on the holidays, y’all. Bring it. Plus I have a holiday movie marathon to get into.
XO,
MEG
Highlights of APW This Week
Intern Lauren gets married! How they planned their Hawaii destination wedding.
Unless they’re serving an exclusively lesbian market, photographers need to focus on more than “the bride.”
Learning to cook at home, as an adult with a life and other things to do.
Meet Speed of Light Videography: emotional storytelling, starting at $1,100.
Going from Rae Dawn Chong to Halle Berry, for hair donation.
Choosing baptism as an agnostic.
A wedding after a cancer diagnosis, made possible by family, friends, and a whole lot of love.
Holiday photo book ideas for under $50.
“My parents gave too much for the wedding. How do I thank them?”
Link Roundup
A mom documents her son’s growth by recreating Buzzfeed articles.
Staff obsession: Solange’s wedding.
Why Ursula is the real hero of The Little Mermaid.
You’ve finally started wearing the right bra size.
The secret language of girls on Instagram.
The rise of extreme daycare.
Never not funny: failed holiday food. And a gingerbread… carseat?
“It’s like putting a bell on a cat—the Fritos let you know where the grossest eaters are.”
Abortion clinic protesters: sidewalk counselors, or sidewalk terrorists?
Your Silicon Valley job title is…
Barbie fucks it up again. But don’t worry, we’re fixing it!
Barbie, the computer engineer, remix edition.
Dear toy industry, where the hell is Princess Leia?
John Hodgman (and many others) quit Uber after the executive’s threat to dox a female reporter.
A deaf fifteen-year-old learns to sign for the first time. (Cry warning)
Willow Smith was basically our hero in 2011, but this interview reads like The Onion.
“I left social media for a week. This is what happened.”
A startup that wants to make women’s private parts smell like fruit. This is not a joke.
Art or humanity: Roxane Gay’s thoughts on Bill Cosby.
But believing Bill Cosby does not require you to take one person’s word over another—it requires you take one person’s word over fifteen others.
APW’S 2014 HAPPY HOURS ARE SPONSORED BY MONOGAMY WINE AND PROMISQOUS WINE. Thank you Monogamy and PromisQous for helping make the APW mission possible!
