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You guys, I did it! I treated myself to anAllison Bornstein style session. If you don’t know about AB and her AB closet editing system, then this is going to be the best weekend ever. Get on youtube, stat. Then get on IG. And then get to reading. So. much. juicy. stuff. BTW, if you’re wondering: Can I afford this? The session cost is $300. Honestly it’s a great value. And while I realize that’s a chunk of money, I don’t drink wine.

Welcome to another episode of our podcast Abolition, Liberation, Solidarity, A Here4TheKids Production. Today’s guest is Alana Hadid, a Palestinian-American fashion designer, film producer, and the creative director of Watermelon Pictures. Watermelon Picture’s first project is the documentary Walled Off, which is available on streaming platforms May 3.  The film, which was directed by Vin Arfuso, tells the story of the Walled Off hotel, an art installation in Bethlehem created by Banksy, which draws attention the story of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation.

The term “analog life” is a modern, rebellious phenomenon, reminiscent of the unhurried, steady tick of a wall clock. It’s a lifestyle that gives the middle finger to a 24/7 hustle culture, emphasizing slower, simpler, and unplugged living. And yes, it’s radical. It’s remembering how to create with your hands. And habits that draw you out of a life lived online and re-immerse you in your home and local community. An analog life is a very rooted one, but it’s quite difficult to live in a digital world where the cardinal virtues are convenience, efficiency, productivity, and consumerism.

Hi hi hi. How am I, you ask? I’m this version of the great Cristina Yang and it’s only Wednesday night. I love it. I feel so alive. Pained and tortured (complimentary), like, “Mother, can I have another?” But bursting with energy and grateful as ever. Today, it’s time to give some love to 13 Taylor lyrics/verses/bridges, etc that I feel are particularly poem-y, which as I said yesterday feels slightly different from poetic in my head.

Our guest Kat Rosenfield is one of the best cultural critics of our day: Funny, incisive, fast-moving, and a great novelist to boot (see You Must Remember This). She’s a third-timer on this pod, which might be a record, and she’s just landed a plum gig as a columnist for the Free Press. You may know Kat from her podcast Feminine Chaos, with Phoebe Maltz-Bovy, or you may know Kat from Twitter, where she always keeps it interesting.

There’s no doubt SHINee is one of the best groups in the world. Debuting in May 2008, the boy group celebrated their 15th anniversary in the past week — a huge achievement in K-Pop or, well, any music industry. One of the reasons SHINee has had such staying power are their incredible live performances. Each member is amazing in their own right, and when they come together they create something even more special.

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Super Star Trek by Mike Mayfield and Bob Leedom Released: Unpublished original (1971); STTR1 (published by HP 1973); SPACWR (EDU, 1973); Leedom version (1974); Super Star Trek (Creative Computing, 1975) Language: BASIC Platform: SDS Sigma 7 Opening Text: ,------*------, ,------------- ‘--- ------’ ‘-------- --’ / / ,---‘ ’-------/ /--, ‘----------------’ THE USS ENTERPRISE --- NCC-1701 YOUR ORDERS ARE AS FOLLOWS: DESTROY THE 10 KLINGON WARSHIPS WHICH HAVE INVADED THE GALAXY BEFORE THEY CAN ATTACK FEDERATION HEADQUARTERS ON STARDATE 2025 THIS GIVES YOU 25 DAYS.

The Cave of Time a.k.a. Choose Your Own Adventure #1 by Edward Packard First Published: July 1979 Platform: Paperback book Opening Text: WARNING!!!!Do not read this book straight through from beginning to end! These pages contain many different adventures you can go on in the Cave of Time. From time to time as you read along, you will be asked to make a choice. Your choice may lead to success or disaster!