Weekend Reads for Saturday, February 8

Weekend Reads

Don't believe him. (New York Times – gift link)

Conversations with women (over 40): Miranda July, 50. (The Shift with Sam Baker)

The 2025 Met Gala Has a Dress Code—and It’s Personal. (Vogue)

The Book of Denzel. (Esquire)

Congrats to my friend Dani Sauter on her collaboration with size-inclusive and ethical glamorous brand byVINNIK. My personal favorites are either the ‘Blonde' Theater Jacket with matching jacquard pants, the ‘Turandot' jacquard pants, and the ‘Denim Dreams' ruffle trench.

Did you know the N.F.L. has a fashion editor? (New York Times – gift link)

“Everything a Woman Ought to Know:” According to one book, both a lot and very little has changed in the last 100 years. (The Conversationalist)

Can we resist better this time? (Slate)

The ‘exciting business opportunity' that reuined our lives. (The Atlantic – gift link)

The hidden history of trans health care. (Mother Jones)

Soma has its 3/$99 bra sale going on, and this is such a great opportunity to update your bras for the new year. My picks? This is my favorite sexy yet supportive bra for large busts. This is my favorite wireless bra for large busts and this wireless bra is a favorite of many women I know who are a C cup or smaller.

Congrats to fellow O.G. DMV fashion blogger (who is now in FL) Jen Jean Pierre for her Q&A with influencer program Collective Voice.

Groyperfication: The untold story of our time. (Unpopular Front)

And thank you to my friend Elizabeth who polled her audience for best thrift stores in the D.C. area and one recommended Beni for shopping secondhand online.

See/Hear/Read

Last week, I shared that I was listening to the audiobook Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. It was weeks before I could borrow it on Libby; I checked the Audible app and could listen to it for free (it does require an Audible subscription). You can also find this novel on Hoopla, Spotify, and Listening Books via Overdrive.

While listening to it, Libby notified me that my hold for the second in the series, Parable of the Talents, was available. I accepted it, and immediately began to listen to it once I finished Sower. But because there is such interest in this series with all that is going on in our country, I wasn't able to renew and only got through a few chapters.

Yet again, I was able to listen to Parable of the Talents for free through Audible. I share this because this series is dystopian, but unlike other popular sci-fi/dystopian novels like The Handmaid's Tale, this series feels… hopeful. It also feels way closer to what we may experience in the near future. And like when I listened to the Outlander series, I feel I am learning skills and gathering information that may benefit me or others around me IRL.

Unlike Parable of the Sower, which was narrated by the late, great Lynne Thigpen, Parable of the Talents has three narrators (Patricia R. Floyd, Peter Jay Fernandez, and Sisi Aisha Johnson) to represent the first book's protagonist, her husband, and their daughter. It took a bit for me to connect to these new voices after the beautiful work of Tigpen, but I am still gobbling up this book.

For Your Entertainment

My husband and I were watching the E! GRAMMY red carpet and saw Julia Michaels mention a music video for a song she had with Maren Morris where women were castrating men. My husband said, “Well, you know what you're sharing for Weekend Reads!”