JENA DUNHAM
Jena believes that all the world’s problems could be solved if we collectively resolved ourselves to three pursuits: good food, good stories, and cute shoes. Her ideal 1948 dinner party would include Lucille Ball for laughs, Tallulah Bankhead for drama, Bing Crosby for entertainment, Leo Burnett for inspiration, and a hazmat suit to shield against the cigarette smoke.
Of the roughly 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display on street corners and parks throughout the United States, only 394 of these monuments are of women.
I’m not a parent. I don’t have children. It’s important you know right from the top that I’m not a mother so I couldn’t “possibly understand” the importance of a gender reveal party. Hogwash.
So Aunt Jemima... she’s causing quite a stir all over the country. Last week, PepsiCo and Quaker Oats announced that the Aunt Jemima brand is being phased out. The company says it recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype…”
I’m about to launch into a full-throated, first-world, drippy-yuppie wallow session, and there’s just no way to complain this much without warning you first. If your tolerance for elitism and whining and trivial horseshit is low today, move along, Gentle Reader. Move along.
The editorial staff here at Conversational is delighted to bring you the Style Issue this month, and we thought we’d kick it off with one of our favorite topics: beauty products. To know us personally is to know how very different each of us is. We share common ground, but we always have unique opinions, differing personal goals, and truly unique senses of style…
I love shoes. I love having access to a variety of shoes. The end.
Note to reader: if you are triggered by pictures of feet, God help you — and go read something else.
Jena Dunham sat down with music therapist Sally Ann Nichols, MM, MT-BC, to talk about her practice — and gather a few ideas for how we can all soothe our souls with some smooth tunes.
Remember Rachel Hollis’ book, Girl, Wash Your Face? Well, I should write one called, Girl, Clean Out Your Closet. Her book was about the therapeutic nature of small rituals, but more broadly, the power you don’t realize you have…
So, I have a new side gig. Hinting at this onomatopoetically… snip, pop, zwoosh zwoosh, mmmph, uggggggghhhhh, ahh… pop pop. Got any guesses?