Australia's Julius Caesar and New York Fashion Week

Different Things Can Be Sad

If you like fierce ladies, you’re going to love this month’s episode of Different Things Can Be Sad. Majka and Yaz cover everything from Ann Patchett and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (yup, again), to Australian politics and that fashion week fall out.

Reading

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art Of Having An Opinion by Michelle Dean

Watching

Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

(Funny Thomas the Tank Engine New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends)

Sierra Burgess is a Loser

Crazy Rich Asians

Listening

Maggie Rogers

Office Hours with College Fashionista (link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/office-hours-collegefashionista/id1080477908?mt=2at=10l6a2)

Skimm’d from The Couch https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/skimmd-from-the-couch/id1345547675?mt=2)

Politics*

* Majka would like to clarify that when she said indigneous people were "wipped out", she meant from positions or power and as the owners of their land.

• Development on Australia Day date: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-25/scott-morrison-suggests-new-indigenous-celebration-day/10301916
• Stolen Generations: https://www.australianstogether.org.au/discover/australian-history/stolen-generations
• Four Reasons Why The Coups Keep Happening: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45295667
• Refugee Council Of Australia https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au
• Here Are Some Things You Can Do To Support Indigenous People On Jan 26 http://junkee.com/support-indigenous-people-australia-day/143811
• As Editing Majka mentioned, the US has made efforts to apologise to the native population. Here’s a neat article that talks about this https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/7-apologies-made-to-american-indians-CzHzxFZyVk6QdDF-Naiyyw/
• Getting involved in politics https://www.aph.gov.au/Getting_Involved
• Protest against detention of asylum-seekers: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/thousands-march-across-australia-to-protest-refugee-detention

Pop Culture

• Marc Jacobs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=xiF_NSCV0nw
• Calvin Klein - https://www.vogue.co.uk/shows/spring-summer-2019-ready-to-wear/calvin-klein-collection
• Rodarte - https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2019-ready-to-wear/rodarte
• Savage x Fenty - https://blingingbeauty.com/new-york-fashion-week-ss-2019-savage-x-fenty-beauty-breakdown/
• Street Style Looks https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/09/best-street-style-new-york-fashion-week-2018.html