Ahhhhhh this is so lovely but I feel dutifully required because, ugh, I'm me, to note that there are a lot of really cool reflective gear (I'm a fan of my snap harness obtained from a lady-trucker small business!!) that is.... not produced by a single person who is promoting basically a survelliance-carceral state with.... no tax exempt status? Bike Lane Uprising is really just one gal, and she's wildly problematic (filming people having relations and posting to the internet with ZERO consent in public spaces, using really awful language and tactics like brigading against Black elders/Black Alderwomen, and just generally profiting off of... the misery of the working class by filming them and using that as her bread and butter.) Plus, I dunno, that stuff is not great quality. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I do feel obligated, as someone who has been involved in advocacy engagement for ... a REALLY long time! to say something to someone I respect, especially when so many other advocates doing really boring, tiresome, sad work just recieve no credit but a gal with a Twitter account and a macbook and some... merch, gets to be a Chicagoan of the Year? IDK. Just a heads up, and please do stay safe out there, and I'm so excited to start on my You Are Doing A Good Enough Job calendar!!!
Thank you for this list Sophie! I want to tell you that I was sitting on the couch tonight and, having started to read this list earlier in the day, sat up and gasped that I COULD MAKE LEMON CURD RIGHT NOW. Partly because you wrote about it and partly because I have been fixated for awhile on the idea of making a beautiful pavlova for a dinner party. And now I have lemon curd! Thank you for your recipe! (And also for your other recipes!)
Thanks for this wonderful compilation! I had never heard of Deadloch until recently, but within a very short amount of time you, one of your readers, and the Nerdette podcast all recommended it--I started watching a few nights ago and I'm hooked. I transferred some other items on the list (vegan curd! A Wing and a Prayer!) over to a Recommendations doc and am looking forward to giving them a try as the new year ambles on.
Also! Just wanted to mention that not only was TSDW my favorite podcast discovery this year (I listened to all of them over a dizzying summer month in which I didn't read a single book because I was too hooked), but listening to it has actually made me brave(r). I was able to watch The Fall of the House of Usher in October, which was unprecedented for me. Just the interest in checking it out was a surprise, and then to be able to watch and enjoy it was such a treat.
Thanks to you, I remembered about polenta and ate it along with our black eyed peas for New Years yesterday. It was so good. Thanks for the year of recommendations!
Ahhhhhh this is so lovely but I feel dutifully required because, ugh, I'm me, to note that there are a lot of really cool reflective gear (I'm a fan of my snap harness obtained from a lady-trucker small business!!) that is.... not produced by a single person who is promoting basically a survelliance-carceral state with.... no tax exempt status? Bike Lane Uprising is really just one gal, and she's wildly problematic (filming people having relations and posting to the internet with ZERO consent in public spaces, using really awful language and tactics like brigading against Black elders/Black Alderwomen, and just generally profiting off of... the misery of the working class by filming them and using that as her bread and butter.) Plus, I dunno, that stuff is not great quality. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I do feel obligated, as someone who has been involved in advocacy engagement for ... a REALLY long time! to say something to someone I respect, especially when so many other advocates doing really boring, tiresome, sad work just recieve no credit but a gal with a Twitter account and a macbook and some... merch, gets to be a Chicagoan of the Year? IDK. Just a heads up, and please do stay safe out there, and I'm so excited to start on my You Are Doing A Good Enough Job calendar!!!
Thank you for this list Sophie! I want to tell you that I was sitting on the couch tonight and, having started to read this list earlier in the day, sat up and gasped that I COULD MAKE LEMON CURD RIGHT NOW. Partly because you wrote about it and partly because I have been fixated for awhile on the idea of making a beautiful pavlova for a dinner party. And now I have lemon curd! Thank you for your recipe! (And also for your other recipes!)
I'm so happy to have made the list! I'll be enjoying this slowly...
dear sophie,
happy to be a part of it all! a beautiful meaningful list!
love,
myq
Thanks for this wonderful compilation! I had never heard of Deadloch until recently, but within a very short amount of time you, one of your readers, and the Nerdette podcast all recommended it--I started watching a few nights ago and I'm hooked. I transferred some other items on the list (vegan curd! A Wing and a Prayer!) over to a Recommendations doc and am looking forward to giving them a try as the new year ambles on.
Also! Just wanted to mention that not only was TSDW my favorite podcast discovery this year (I listened to all of them over a dizzying summer month in which I didn't read a single book because I was too hooked), but listening to it has actually made me brave(r). I was able to watch The Fall of the House of Usher in October, which was unprecedented for me. Just the interest in checking it out was a surprise, and then to be able to watch and enjoy it was such a treat.
Thanks to you, I remembered about polenta and ate it along with our black eyed peas for New Years yesterday. It was so good. Thanks for the year of recommendations!
I love Thrupence! Thank you!
And Matilda the Musical is so lovely