Good morning! It’s Friday again. Let’s talk about some cool things to read, watch, listen to, and cook. How’s everyone feeling? I hope you’re doing well and are finding ways to mentally cope with the pandemic.
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Read
Rebecca Solnit on mutual aid being key to how we can get through coronavirus.
On migrant workers in Australia and in Singapore, and how governments continue to overlook their contributions, even during COVID-19.
Vincent Bevins has a new book out about US-backed anti-communist mass killings in Indonesia and South America. Read an adapted excerpt here.
Is this the age of the ‘global pantry’, with ingredients like tahini, miso, turmeric, harissa, and gochujang becoming popular? How are white cooking personalities profiting from this? For me, this is *the* article to read about Alison Roman and the fallout.
Is that a rooster on my customer service call? Uh, no, it’s definitely just a ring tone… yeah… ring tone…
Hundreds of foreign women planned to have babies via surrogate mothers in Ukraine. Coronavirus means they can’t pick up their children.
A more academic reading: Mobility is restricted and many spaces outside the home can no longer be accessed right now. So what happens to the social reproduction of the home and its inhabitants?
Watch and listen to
Somehow I only just learned that former Australian PM Julia Gillard has a podcast! I’ve only listened to a couple of episodes so far but a recent ep with union leader Sally McManus was fascinating.
I can’t get enough of Sarah Cooper’s Trump lipsync videos.
I started and finished season one of The Good Fight, and I love it already. I’m so glad I left it for a time like this when I want something to become completely and utterly absorbed it.
Cook
Cook your way through the pandemic with help from this hilarious interview with Stanley Tucci.
We made bò kho (Vietnamese beef and carrot stew) again last night and I can’t get enough. This time we ate it with Vietnamese baguettes and it was just perfect.