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What's got my attention this week #53
The Friday Round-up

What's got my attention this week #53

Links and recs to get you through the weekend.

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Jun 14, 2024
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Last night Naomi Klein (left) became the first ever winner of the Women’s Prize for non-fiction, for her book Doppleganger, while VV Ganeshananthan won the fiction prize for her novel Brotherless Night.

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• Miss Piggy has a mother! Everyone’s heard of Jim Henson, it’s time Bonnie Erickson got some attention.
• The life changing power of the must-do list. Thank you, once again,

Sarah Knight
for excellent no-BS advice.
• Self Esteem thinks it’s ridiculous that “women aren’t allowed to age, even though it’s the only certain thing”.
• What nobody tells you about avocados. • The power of being an untethered woman.
• “My closet had a revolving door.” Gorgeous essay by
Elissa Altman
.
• I’ve spoken to
Elif Shafak
a few times about how different languages express different emotions. Here she sums it up beautifully.

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