WTGAR #14–July 11, 2022
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Grain
For UnHerd, Mary Harrington writes about how the bread is getting worse.
We promise we had this essay about bread by Daniel Immerwahr from NYRB picked out before our brother publication shared it. [I didn’t realize Mark Twain was Ukrainian. –Sarah]
Carmel Richardson writes about seed oils for TAC with a good history of processed foods and explanation of hydrogenation. [Dad if you’re reading this is the one I thought you would like. –Sarah]
Fashion
Evie Solheim (a WTGAR twitter mutual!) writes for Evie Magazine about finding your summer aesthetic: “Your summer aesthetic doesn’t have to apply only to what you wear – it can permeate how you decorate, how you unwind, and even what you read.” We think having an aesthetic for your reading list sounds fun.
Did Evie Magazine just give us permission to wear a nightgown grocery shopping though? The House Hill nap dresses are so cute, but the other dresses pictured in the article are nightgowns. [We need an Ellie Nap Dress in black poplin that doesn’t cost $150. –Sarah]
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An article by Katherine Angel in Astra about dads. [I am interested in the portion about the father as the daughter’s gateway to reality. I don't find the "sexual jealousy" part compelling. That a daughter incites her father’s jealousy by leaving her father's love in exchange for a husband does not imply that the father’s love was sexual. –Sarah]
N.B.:
Zoe was published in WORLD this week discussing the Reformed view of sexuality and we are so proud!
Tweets:
Look what they did to our culture:
Nice thread on how to make friends:
Food:
Clare has been traveling with her mom and doggy and cooking all kinds of stuff. Did you see her ceviche journey?
Sarah loosely followed the recipe for 40 cloves of garlic chicken and made Better Homes & Gardens biscuits for her family. She also made those blackberry cheesecake bars again.
Music:
Clare took Max’s suggestions for her driving playlist and really enjoyed them. Thank you, Macks!!
Sarah listened to this song from the Moominvalley soundtrack and read Sheila Heti’s New Yorker essay on Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, and her life as a public figure: “Much of Jansson’s later fiction expands this idea of contentment. Love, for her, is premised on a delicate balance between the reliable presence of another person and the freedom to inhabit one’s private universe. Unlike the intrusive letter writers in “Messages,” who demand a presentation of the self, genuine companionship shields the self, allowing one’s interiority to deepen; this is the alchemy of true mutuality.”
Poem:
The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins
To Christ our Lord
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.
What we’re reading:
Clare has been reading, with great interest, the handmade signs all around her as she travels through West Virginia. Her favorite was one on a piece of plywood nailed in front of a trailer: “NOT FOR SALE / JUST LIKE MY FAMILY / FARM.” Tonight she started watching a pretty good movie about angels with a friend who fell asleep midway through. Very endearing. She’s been writing, too.
Sarah is working away at The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. She began reading this book that is basically redpill for women, but decided to stop reading because it is about tricking men into liking you by pretending to hate them.
Still, here’s a favorite quote: “Did you know that there are workshops designed to teach women how to make eye contact with men they find attractive? Save your money. It is never necessary to make eye contact.” This is great news for some of you 💖
Exhortations:
Stop trying to buy that guy’s farm! Leave him alone!
Request for approval:
Is this okay?