weekend reading list no. 1 | 29.6.19

Hello, everybody!

Most of my time is spent reading (obviously, since I have a blog/Instagram titled Books + Brie), but not everyone has that luxury.

So, I have decided to release a weekly reading list for all you busybodies!

My goal is to post a new weekend reading list every Saturday morning. Honestly, when the school year comes, these lists may only be posted every fortnight or monthly.

I want these lists to be well-rounded, so the articles selected will be based on that week's categories. Some categories, like current events, lifestyle and pop culture, will probably be featured every week. Others, will be based on what's happening in the world right now; for example, two of this week's categories are 'democratic debates' and 'summer fun'.

If you ever have any article or category suggestions, DM them to me @booksandbrie on Instagram!

Without further ado, here is Books + Brie's first weekend reading list:

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Current events

01. Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago. But he’s not alone on the list of awful men in my life.

By E. Jean Carrol for The Cut

02. Kids Describe In Their Own Words The Dire Conditions Inside A Border Detention Centre

By Claudia Koerner for Buzzfeed News

03. Why Are The Democrats’ Bad Men Refusing to Step Down?

By Rebecca Traister for The Cut

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Democratic debates

01. All of the Best Memes From the First Democratic Debate for the 2020 Presidential Election

By Stephanie Eckardt for W

02. The First Democratic Debates of 2019: All the Coverage in The New Yorker

From The New Yorker

03. This Kind of Presidential Debate Is Literally How We Got Trump

By Jeb Lund for VICE

Steve McCurry/Magnum Photos

Interest and intrigue

01. Inside the Global Exorcism 'Boom'

By Francisco Garcia for VICE

02. When, if Ever, Is It Unethical to Visit a Country?

By Aatish Taseer, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Pico Iyer, Dervla Murphy, Jada Yuan, Suketu Mehta and Nicholas Kulish for T Magazine

Paramount Classics

Pop culture

01. Thom Yorke and Paul Thomas Anderson Capture the Dreamlike State of Our Modern Dystopia

By Matt Miller for Esquire

02. Tracing Film’s Obsession with Cats and Teenage Girls

By Claire Marie Healy for AnOther

03. Why We Still Chase the Teenage Thrill of an ‘Illicit’ Book

By Ana Kinsella for AnOther

Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2014© Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

Summer fun

01. 5 Cheap(ish) Things for the Perfect Picnic

by Anna Goldfarb for The New York Times

02. Eight Books to Take on Your Summer Holiday

by Ana Kinsella for AnOther

03. The goop Guide to Plant-Based Grilling

From goop

Mathilde Berthier / L'Officiel

Bonus: en français

01. 25 films culte à voir en été

Par Manon Garrigues pour Vogue Paris

02. Que retenir du défilé anniversaire de Jacquemus ?

Par Mathilde Berthier pour L'Officiel

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— Milly xx