Okay friends, life is lifin’ these days. Summer vacation is official on as of 3pm today. My work is getting busier and busier (all good things!). And Chicago summer is well, iykyk. SO, I am going to commit to these round ups every other week and I am going to really really try hard to bring you more regular long form pieces. I have so many drafted in my brain and in various notebooks/Google docs.
Most importantly, I hope you are finding joy and rest. I hope you are leaning in and connecting to community. Take care of yourself out there.
be brave.
Listening to
**Embedding the episodes like I normally do isn’t working, so we pivot to good ol’ hyperlinks.
Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared for Hate…It was Brutal. The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee. Ted Talks Daily
Public Opinion on Immigration, New Power Plant Rules, College Cost Sharing. Up First from NPR
Reading
The Trump administration is making the country less safe for domestic violence victims (19th News)
‘It Sounds Really Dire Because it is Really Dire’ (NYTimes)
What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime (New Yorker) — I had the privilege of learning from Jens Ludwig when I was in graduate school and I am adding his new book to the very tall stack of to-be-read non-fiction books on my bookshelf.
The ‘Manosphere’ Just Wants Trump and Musk to Get Along (NYTimes)
SUBSTACK HIGHLIGHTS
Humanity Spotlight
ICYMI by yours truly
The Merry-Go-Round Won’t Stop Until We Name the Force That Spins It
I’ve been turning this piece over in my head all weekend, ever since I heard the Democratic Party plans to invest $20 million to understand male voters better. Between end-of-school chaos, sports games, and birthday parties, I’ve been mentally drafting—frustrated, compelled, and energized by what I’ve read, especially
Power Over People: The Democrats’ Gender Problem
Last week, I wrote about the urgent need to reckon with the patriarchy we live in—and the zero-sum thinking that props it up. That piece became my most-read to date, with strong engagement across restacks, comments, and likes. I don’t measure success by clicks (if I did, I’d be failing by design), but the response tells me this conversation matters. So …