What's got my attention this week
Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend
Well, here's a thing that would never have happened even five years ago. Little person, diversity advocate Sinead Burke on the cover of May 2023 Vogue
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• Sinead Burke on why nothing is more fashionable than inclusivity. (Si apre in una nuova finestra)
• Talking of firsts, actress Rachel McAdams (Si apre in una nuova finestra) did an interview and shoot with Bustle where she displayed the less than immaculate body of a fortysomething woman who's had two children, and underarm hair. Radical is relative!
• Female ambition (Si apre in una nuova finestra) isn't a reason relationships end. Patriarchy is.
• What is a breakfast salad (Si apre in una nuova finestra)? And should you care? (I'm sticking with toast.)
• Do you have positive affective presence (Si apre in una nuova finestra)?
• IMHO Philippa Perry is the best agony aunt, bar none! Take her advice to this woman agonising over whether to put her abusive father in a home (Si apre in una nuova finestra).
• Can bad people make good art? (Si apre in una nuova finestra) (And if you're interested in this, look out for Claire Dederer's brilliant book, Monsters (Si apre in una nuova finestra), on this subject, out next month
• The women changing the face of Brazil (Si apre in una nuova finestra) – by ageing naturally.
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