The Istanbul Convention and Pandemic Art

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Reading

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham 

So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

 

Watching 

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) 

Michael Clayton (2007) 

The Babysitters Club on Netflix 

 

Listening 

Women in Music Part III by Haim 

Folklore by Taylor Swift

 

Politics

(If you’d like to skip this section, jump to 41:35)

Gender and Covid research: https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/

Turkey:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1714741/middle-east

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/turkey-convention-combating-violence-against-women-must-not-be-abandoned

http://bianet.org/english/male-violence/228290-istanbul-convention-what-is-it-what-is-it-not 

Poland:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics/heightening-eu-frictions-poland-queries-pact-on-violence-against-women-idUSKCN24V1UU

https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49844/1/how-lgbtq-rights-are-under-threat-in-poland-and-how-to-help-fight-it

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53538205

https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/poland-should-not-withdraw-from-the-istanbul-convention-says-secretary-general

 

Pop Culture 

Rolling Stone article that explains why albums are being pushed back: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/album-delays-caused-by-covid-19-973870/

Phoebe Bridgers’ New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/phoebe-bridgers-frank-anxious-music

Cousin Greg’s pandemic song: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/succession-cousin-greg-nicholas-braun-song-antibodies-1234720585/

Grey’s Anatomy featuring coronavirus next season: https://ew.com/tv/greys-anatomy-season-17-coronavirus/

Newsletter recommendation! Maybe Baby by Haley Nahman: https://haleynahman.substack.com/

Not Without My Sister podcast: https://www.thewarren.ie/not-without-my-sister

Pants2Bags: https://www.instagram.com/pants2bags/?hl=en

Sundae Service: https://www.instagram.com/sundaeservice.nyc/?hl=en