What's got my attention this week #41

Links, recs and whole bunch of things to get you through the weekend

If calling for MP Diane Abbott “to be shot” isn’t racism, I have no idea what is. But, as Diane put it herself, “racism in politics is not just a matter for one political party”.

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• In case you were wondering, makeup and mindfulness are not the same thing. If you haven’t discovered

Jessica DeFino

writing on beauty yet, you really need to.
• Save me from the “Women in….” breakfasts please!
• On the cusp of 90, Carol Burnett just wants to have fun.
• The mind-boggling simplicity of learning to say no. (This is by Leslie Jamison, my guest on next week’s episode of The Shift podcast.)
• “Why can’t we just go for a fucking run?” Asks

Mia Freedman

• “If you see a fox and I’ve died, it will be me.” This lovely essay also reminded me of Liz Jensen’s enchanting book about grief, hope, rebellion and magical thinking, Your Wild & Precious Life.