Tuesday Snoozeday: Link Roundup

In honor of the Tuesday blues, we curate a weekly selection of the most interesting things on the web. Brew some coffee, curl up with your laptop, and get clicking!

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ENTERTAINMENT: in case you missed the Grammys, here is a quick breakdown of the winners. Plus! Stephen Colbert on Kanye's absence.

READING LIST: 12 books to read if you want to work in fashion

UP-TO-THE-MINUTE ART: an incredible piece on what might be the first Instagram art piece

POLITICS, SORT OF: why Ted Cruz's face weirds you out

POLITICS, ACTUALLY: an all-caps essay on the Democratic backlash Hillary Clinton. Plus, does Hillary Clinton deserve the black vote? Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, says no.

MUSIC: Pink Eruption

COSMETICS: Wet and Wild released this $5 nude palette I definitely need to buy, and Maybelline announced that they are releasing a black lipstick (heavy breathing).

ART: 11 Pro-Tips for Art Plus Internet

TO SEND TO MOM: Why Teenage Girls Roll Their Eyes on the New York Times, thank you very much (I actually texted this to my mom)

KANYE WEST: what's newsworthy anymore?

ASHEVILLE: views of the city's black history

PHOTOGRAPHY: documenting the intricacies of teenage girls

HISTORY: a conversation with Dylan Klebold's mother, seventeen years after Columbine

WRITING: why the common advice to "write every day" might be worst thing you can tell a writer. 

PRODUCTIVITY: download this to beat that damn impulse to open a new tab when you should be focusing

INTERIOR DESIGN: kind of obsessed with this website for all the pretty pictures of what I want my dream house to look like

Tuesday Snoozeday: Link Roundup

In honor of the Tuesday blues, we curate a weekly selection of the most interesting things on the web. Brew some coffee, curl up with your laptop, and get clicking!

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LISTEN: In a flurry of absolutely no publicity at all, Rihanna actually released ANTI. You can stream it on Tidal here.

TWITTER IRONY: If you or any of your friends lived in the local College Art House (you know, the kind where all your mugs were broken after week one and most of the bedrooms have bedsheets and tapestries hanging up instead of walls), you will be able to relate to Show House Problems.

HEALTH: The Girls' Guide to Getting Some Privacy On Your Parents' Health Insurance

LISTEN: Drake disses Obama.

POP CULTURE: A dissection of why we all feel weird about how hot and cool Taylor Swift's girlfriends are.

HISTORY: Learn more about Santa's horned, evil counterpart Krampus. It's more than just the movie. 

SEX: Ever wondered how sex addiction starts? 

LITERATURE: Marilynne Robinson interviews President Obama aka a literature student’s wet dream.

GIRL GANGS: “Witches of Bushwick is a collective of women who embrace art, fashion, and—of course—witchcraft.”

Tuesday Snoozeday: Link Roundup

In honor of the Tuesday blues, we curate a weekly selection of the most interesting things on the web. Brew some coffee, curl up with your laptop, and get clicking!

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WATCH: Grimes released the music video for "Kill v Maim" off her phenomenal new LP Art Angels, and it is bizarre, fantastic, and better than I could have hoped for.

TELEVISION: A profile of Gillian Anderson's work as Special Agent Dana Scully just in time for The X-Files series revival, including her struggle to rectify the pay disparity between herself and David Duchovny on the Daily Beast. Click here to read.

DESSERT: In honor of the Snowpocalypse of 2016, here is the best recipe for snow cream that exists.

STYLE: Men's wardrobe essentials, courtesy of SoM. This capsule wardrobe leans towards the preppier side, so I found an alternative basic wardrobe that leans more streetwear and minimal. For you, or to give some helpful hints to the man in your life!

ART: Educate yourself on the provocative images by German-Australian fashion photographer Helmut Newton, who liked to photograph "elegant, powerful, and sensual women." This is a good primer on his background and work.

POLITICS: It looks like Bernie Sanders is turning up the heat on Hillary after all. Listen to the full story on NPR while indulging in "Bernie's Yearning," the new Ben and Jerry's Bernie-themed ice cream.

MUSIC: Apparently this is happening in 2016, but I'm not holding my breath. I've just been let down too many times.

STYLE: My current lust, filed under my Pinterest category of "things that are pretty and also vaguely threatening."

THE WORLD IS SCARY: Lorin LaFave's son was groomed and murdered by an online predator via a gaming site. A tense but important read. The BBC released a special docu-drama on the horrifying story today. 

THE WORLD IS SCARY, PART 2: If you live in Asheville, you're bound to have heard of the Waking Life scandal in which the owners of a local coffee hangout were exposed as pickup artists. If you aren't from Asheville and this sounds familiar, it's because the story went international. New York Magazine's cover story this week is on one of the owners.

ART: A little obsessed with this neon sign campaign by David Drake that is also promotional material for The 1975's new album.

PHOTOGRAPHY: That's What She Said.

HISTORY: Never hurts to learn more about the ancient world. Did you know about the Toltec Civilization? I didn't.

ESSAY: An interesting piece on Stereogum about the relationship between Top 40 music and indie pop that sounds essentially the same but is perceived differently.

LISTEN: The heart wants what it wants.

What have you been obsessed with this week? Let us know in the comments!