Monica Byrne

This is a really wonderful piece by @kayaoakes about monastic life in the pandemic, with a special focus on oblates--those who take the vows, but live outside the community.

“The question I keep asking myself during this time of backlash is: Are Weinstein’s convictions a victory, or are they a scapegoating?” An extremely important piece by @constancegrady:

I watched Four Weddings and A Funeral on the plane. I hadn’t seen it in ages. What a marvelous movie.

My favorite Don DeLillo book was when I read The Body Artist on audiobook, and thought the text was prosaic but the structure was magnificent, and then realized I'd listened to the whole thing on shuffle

I'm finally getting the chance to catch up on my reading, including this incredible piece by surgeon @alessacolaMD in @GuernicaMag, about losing touch with her own body while learning how to fix others'.

If you want to know more about Ben Smith’s journalistic malpractice, and the Pulitzer Board’s complicity in protecting Junot Diaz (one of their own members), read this by @byJudeDoyle, published yesterday.

Just FYI—@byJudeDoyle just published this incredible piece today.

I *loved* Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

This is an incredibly helpful primer on Mastodon written by @dellcam. (Thank you.) I guess my next question is, are there any instances dedicated to literature/art/science fiction?

This thread is amazing.