Recommended Reading #17: Hypernormalisation ahoy 😬

This week: the death and life of cultural criticism, the dark side of surrogacy, cute babies, and beavers, hundreds of them

Sep 13 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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August 2025

Recommended Reading #16: Hello Again 👻

This week: The one in which this newsletter returns.

Aug 17 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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January 2025

Recommended Reading #15: The Rise of Brain Rot

This week: in defense of reading, searching for loved ones in Aleppo, the joy of sticks, and what happened when Hernán Cortés met Moctezuma

Jan 31 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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December 2024

Recommended Reading #14: Good Riddance 2024

This week: the life and death of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the list to end all lists, *that* entertainment story everyone is talking about, the end…

Dec 27, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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Recommended Reading #13: Back for Good

This week: drunk journalism, the narrative of "big woke", a film about witches that's not Wicked and ethics in the face of structural violence

Dec 13, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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October 2024

Recommended Reading #12: Transamericana

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Oct 11, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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September 2024

Recommended Reading #11: Goodbye Paradise

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Sep 27, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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Recommended Reading #10: Hip Hip Hooray

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Sep 13, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

6

August 2024

Recommended Reading #9: From Sing Sing to Manchester

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Aug 30, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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Recommended Reading #8: Retinol & Burrito Bowls 🌯

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Aug 16, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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Recommended Reading #7: Sci Fi Pessimism Under the Silver Lake 🌊

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Aug 3, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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July 2024

Recommended Reading #6: Of July Celebrations, Anti-Fascism, and Tehrangeles

Recommendations, musings, and your next weekend's recommended reading, lovingly curated by Aida Baghernejad.

Jul 5, 2024 • 

Aida Baghernejad

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