Cruel Compendium #42 🚬

In for 2022: Reading, conserving...smoking?

Jan 19, 2022

This month, I am staying very still. I don’t have much to say right now. When I do, you’ll hear from me. Till then, it’s a mini-newsletter with links to what other people have to say! Stay warm and well, cuties.

I’m reading

About abortion rights. Ann Friedman’s abortion resources in her “I endorse” section. Who gets abortions in America? The abortion I didn’t have by Merritt Tierce.

About the pope saying it’s selfish not to have kids. Actually, maybe it’s selfish to have a child by Jill Filipovic. Should we be having kids in the age of climate change? by Jennifer Ludden. The Guardian’s Isn’t That Selfish? series about the choices of the childfree. Welcome to your Decided Not to Have a Baby shower!

Ask Polly by Heather Havrilesky: “My boyfriend wants an open relationship.”

Cigarettes are making a comeback by John Ortved. This lede!

Alyson Lanning’s delightful story of the day she got stood up for her own wedding, and chose to have a huge party at the reception anyways. h/t Nicola Slawson’s newsletter The Single Supplement

How to act normal in the gym by Casey Johnston. A highly practical and confidence-boosting beginners’ guide to gym etiquette.

The 30 days of climate action newsletter. I learn so much from each issue. Check out this one on food waste.