June 10, 2011
If you only read one link all month, make it this one. But it’s long. Like, really long. (p.s. If you need to get around the NYT paywall, clicky here.) Judging a wine by its label. “Emma Watson looked out of the window of Pembroke Hall onto the intersection of Angell and Prospect and watched the line of vintage jean-jacketed 20-year-olds blowing on their Americanos and clutching copies of To the Lighthouse and Of Grammatology.” Chinese censorship “I had a fantastic Nigerian ...
May 20, 2011
Links: “In fact, hygiene took a bit of a nosedive in Western Europe at this point, a fact we can glean from the bathing habits of various royals. Queen Elizabeth I was considered a paragon of cleanliness because she insisted on bathing at least once a month.” “Only the Breast represents just one facet of the emerging market in human milk. In an era when the benefits of breast milk are better understood and more scientifically certain than ever, demand ...