Weekend Reads v. 1.11.2024

Permission to take a beat.

It feels as though every beauty and lifestyle writer I follow is having an existential crisis this week. Emails that usually deliver a fun distraction in the form of fashion and pop culture news have deviated into end-of-the-world talk. Maybe you are also feeling the weight of next Tuesday? After months of wall-to-wall conversation that veers into fear mongering on all sides, it’s reasonable to feel exhausted and perhaps frightened ahead of next week.

And yet.

Wednesday will follow Tuesday like she has a thousand times before.

Will you join me in taking care of what we listen to and watch this weekend? Will you also join me in taking special care of what we contribute to the environment around us?

Regardless of Tuesday’s outcome, we will all still exist alongside one another, come Wednesday and Thursday and every day after. Maybe that is a helpful thing to remember if you are tempted to give into thoughts of despair.

Each person on this planet has dignity. And while I know some reading thi…