Hey APW,
Just as things were starting to return to normal around here (read: less work, more sleep) I lost my wallet on Sunday night and subsequently learned that the registration on my car is a month overdue, so I’m writing to you from the prison I currently call my home. (Turns out driving without a license and registration is a bad idea, according to everyone I know.) In a desperate hope that my wallet may have fallen into the lining of my bag (a fate that has befallen many a wallet before it), I dumped the entire contents of my humongous purse on my floor, and my dog has been using it as the world’s least comfortable bed for the past two days. In doing so, it’s become painfully obvious to me that I’ve been carrying the weight of a newborn on my shoulder. And that’s about all that’s going on in my self-imposed house arrest. Now it’s your happy hour, so get at it.
cheers,
maddie
Highlights of APW This Week
When you’re the last person you know to get married.
For the entrepreneurs in the house: all the questions you had about insurance, but were afraid to ask.
A case for wearing your glasses on your wedding day.
Does anyone really “have it all”?
Oprah gave us the best wedding planning philosophy.
Let’s forgive ourselves our vanity.
How to DIY a confetti bag seating chart.
A beachside Bali spa wedding.
Does the mother of the groom get a say too?
Link Roundup
If you don’t know Mellody Hobson, you should. (Side note: my new hero.)
Five empowering documentaries currently streaming on Netflix.
Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why.
A 1959 recording of Flannery O’Connor reading.
For richer or poorer: the challenges of marrying outside your class.
Feminist heroes to teach kids their ABCs in a badass new picture book.
She sounds smart, but look at her hair! Related: hair hate mail.
ACLU to TSA: Stop black hair pat downs.
Teenage girls are turning tradition and asking guys to prom.
Unplugging without FOMO.
The great honeyfund debate.
Gay and bisexual men on U.S. postage stamps.
Parenting through white privilege.
Connecticut becomes first state to boycott Indiana over LGBT discrimination law.
What makes Indiana’s religious freedom law different?
Ellen Pao and the sexism you can’t quite prove.
Dating advice you wish you could give your younger self.
At Lee High School, girls from nine different countries form a tight knit lunch group.
Hire more teachers, reduce class sizes.
Today in satire that’s closer-to-truth: cost-cutting measures force company to start hiring more female employees.
Ken Burns’ stunning new documentary about cancer.
Trevor Noah learns Twitter just can’t take a joke.
A love story that will make you cry happy tears.
Things my male tech colleagues have said to me, annotated.
Adult children of AIDS victims take their memories out of the shadows.
The many faces of Tatiana Maslany.
