Part 1: For the day job
Things to think about:
- Rethinking Work-Life Balance for Women of Colour
- For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It
- Why media companies are shifting their attention from Facebook to YouTube
- Bitcoin: Boon or Bubble?
- The Dark Allegations Behind Some of YouTube’s Most Popular Music Videos
- This company built one of the world’s most efficient warehouses by embracing chaos
Reference points:
- The structure of stand-up comedy
- The Songs That Bind
- AVA: The Art and Science of Image Discovery at Netflix
- Marketers are clueless about media effectiveness – here’s the proof
- You can watch Netflix on any screen you want, but you’re probably watching it on a TV
- Workflow Breakdown of Every Best Picture and Best Editing Oscar Nominee
Longer reads:
- What Does It Cost To Be Big On Instagram?
- Porn Is Not the Worst Thing on Musical.ly
- Media trends that will define 2018
Part 2: For the lunch-break
Things to play with/watch/listen to:
Things to look at/read:
- The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously
- Why Men Should Own Vibrators Too
- I am the very important long read everyone is talking about
- The Tyranny of Convenience
- A Cultural History of the Diva
- How Pop-Ups Took Over America’s Restaurants
- Bachelor producers reportedly track contestant’s menstrual cycles for maximum manipulation
Animal corner:
- Walking the Lazy Dog
- I GOT MY DOG A LIFE JACKET AND SHE FORGOT HOW TO BE A DOG
- You’re doing very well Marley, we’re all right behind you
Tweets of the week:
- First world problem in Iceland.
- Please enjoy this fantastic video of my friend Stevie. It’s one of my favourite things ever
- “You can see Laura Dern say ‘pew’ when she fires the gun, which she could never not do every time she shot it.” — Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Commentary
- ..Paddington!?
- The headline that kicks off the zombie apocalypse we’ve all been waiting for:
- The Daily Mail published an article claiming that ‘no one is 100% straight’ and this is possibly my favourite comment ever.
- this is definitive and i wont be convinced otherwise
- Don’t worry guys, bananas will save us
Part 3: For the weekend
Longer reads:
- How Wetherspoon’s conquered Britain
- How many murders can a police informer get away with?
- Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)
- Jennifer Lawrence Is A Prisoner Of Her Cool Girl Image
- The Olympian Who Believes He’s Always On TV
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