Free & Fair Elections and All For Fall

It's officially fall, y'all! If you're interested in learning more about the best season, you'll love this month's pop culture segment in which Yaz covers pumpkin spice lattes and Christian Girl Autumn. And if being knowledgable and informed about the election process is on your fall to-do list, Majka's got your back with a politics portion that dives deep into the definition and execution of fair and free elections.

Reading

• The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson 
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Watching 

• Parenthood 
• Say I Do (Netflix) 
• Sweet Magnolias (Netflix) 

Listening

• Last Seen: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen
• Chasing Cosby: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/los-angeles-times-la-times-studios/chasing-cosby
• S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/ 

Politics 

• Help Floridians vote: https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/
• Inter Parliamentary Union: https://www.ipu.org/our-impact/strong-parliaments/setting-standards/declaration-criteria-free-and-fair-elections 
• Bishop and Hoeffler article: https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/doi/full/10.1177/0022343316642508
• Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media/digital-election-interference 
• Elections during pandemics: https://theconversation.com/how-to-hold-elections-safely-and-uphold-democracy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-145628
• The Daily episode on Russian troll farms: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/podcasts/the-daily/russia-trolls-misinformation.html 
• A Vox video about online voter suppression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Veo_T4a5dM 

Pop Culture 

• The science behind our obsession with fall: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_n_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?guccounter=1
• More of said science: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/why-are-people-so-obsessed-with-fall-experts-explain-your-love-for-autumn-18735529#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20to%20enjoy%20autumn,and%20think%20turkey%20is%20tasteless.
• The pumpkin spice industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2018/10/31/inside-the-600-million-pumpkin-spice-industrial-complex/#661a54e11b95
• Pumpkin spice latte facts: https://grow.acorns.com/coronavirus-spending-pumpkin-spice-lattes/
• Even more pumpkin spice latte facts: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pumpkin-spice-industry_ca_5d654fb4e4b0d2fa2db1ef89
• Cost of Thanksgiving: https://lendedu.com/blog/cost-of-thanksgiving/
• Hot Girl Summer: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained
• Christian Girl Autumn: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained