Different Things Can Be Sad

Language Revitalization and Peloton

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The past month has been...a lot. Particularly in politics. So, we're attempting to make even a sliver of your day a little lighter by focusing on the politics of language revitalization and the drama over at Peloton. We hope this can serve as a small escape for you!

 

Reading

  • Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi 
  • Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
  • The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

    • Watching

    • Top of the Lake
  • Parallel Mothers 
  • I Want You Back
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock 

    • Listening

    • The Trojan Horse Affair from Serial Productions & The New York Times
  • Age of Apathy Aoife O’Donovan

    • Politics: 

    • Hebrew
    • https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/israel-hebrew/reviving-hebrew-persian-ancient-languages-eliezer-ben-yehuda-manekji-limji-hataria/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBiiad9fO-g
  • https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-revival-of-hebrew/ 
  • Maori
    • https://www.kohanga.ac.nz/en/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/new-zealand-maori-language.html 
  • https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7886
  • https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/new-zealand/articles/why-the-revival-of-the-maori-language-is-so-important/
  • https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/history-of-the-maori-language 

    • Pop Culture:

    • https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a30172338/peloton-girl-commercial-meme-explanation/
  • https://slate.com/business/2022/01/peloton-stock-production-supply-chain-problems.html
  • https://www.ft.com/content/29e18453-dfea-4236-a18c-2c3a018a843a
  • der.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2
  • https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/02/10854189/what-happened-to-glossier
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2 
  • https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html 
  • Our episode on 'cheugy': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-people-v-oil-and-cheugy/id1380846237?i=1000524274408 
  • Our episode on fast fashion: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-tour-of-majka-s-brain-and-the-future-of-fast-fashion/id1380846237?i=1000534153737
  • Video essay on fast fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6Hwx20m5M
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