best š§ bottle + the n-word + misty's slippers
+ the heavy knowledge of your staggering abilities
Hi from Southern California. Your new once-a-week HRDlist format is evolving, and Iām loving doing it. Once a week: you receive ridiculously relevant reccos. Cultural curation for your information. This week? Thereās some stuff bout Black people and Agatha Christie. And why I canāt watch Girls5Eva. Thereās a link to an emotional, necessary conversation with Regina King. Thereās an essay about the long journey from being young Lew Alcindor ā who was called a āni*ga,ā mid-game, by his high-school coach ā to being the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I share my forever water-ābottle.ā Thereās even a small plea I have for YOU about my upcoming travels. Plus the wild green parrots of Los Angeles. And ballerina Misty Copeland on pointe in Cuba. A tiny bit about āDad TV,ā āMillennial,ā āZoomer,ā and āBoomer.ā And (heading into wedding season) a soulful, romantic, yearning, loving, all-girl playlist including artists from Aaliyah to Tamia to Amel to SZA to Gladys to Donna to Chaka to Selena to Sade to Ella Fitzgerald to Ella Mai. Enjoy. I have a feeling that this letter finds you thriving. And if not? Iām sending strength and joy your way. Send me some, too. This is a season of change.
the sound of music.
ā¦itās easy to imagine Whitney Houston feeling heavy with the knowledge of her staggering ability. This essay, about celebrity as muse, has me in my feelings.
[more, after the jump]
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