Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Goop Holiday Gift Guide

Different Things Can Be Sad

What have you been up to this November? Majka and Yaz have been busy little bumble bees working on papers and visiting cool cities but have squeezed in some time to talk about the new political force that is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the bizarre world of Goop gift guides.

Reading

• Eat Drink: https://www.eatdrinkmorningtonpeninsula.com.au
• Thanks, Penneys by Valerie Loftus (illustrations by Ciara Kenny)
• Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Watching

• New Girl on Fox
• Making A Murderer on Netflix
• The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix
• The Frontrunner

Listen

• Study music:
  • TOPS
  • Homeshake
  • Leif Vollebekk
• Interpol

Politics

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons From Restaurants: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants
• How she has been surprising traditional democrats: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-confounds-house-democrats/576307/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-fb-test-619-3-&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2i96PDP_-mM9zIgk5lJoebD39Pu1_Sy7Cf6CKRwakEwcGC8w4aiG42U4w
• Clothing controversy: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-clothes-a-tedious-backlash/576064/
• Platform: https://ocasio2018.com/issues

Pop Culture

• Goop Holiday Gift Guide: https://goop.com/holiday-gift-guide/