The Cut - Reaching for bell hooks in the Darkness

Last week, someone stole my purse. I briefly left my car unlocked while I ran into an eatery for takeout, and when I got back inside, instinctively I reached for my bag. It was not there. I looked everywhere for it. Drove all over town, hoping I had merely left it somewhere, to be easily retrieved. It was gone. I did not see the thief, but I knew that something had been taken. I felt the loss, groaning internally over what it would mean to replace my license, credit cards, passport, vaccination cards. I did not freak out, however. I was preternaturally calm. This has been a season of losing valuable things. The cards can be replaced. The people cannot.

I’m tired of losing people.

When word came that bell hooks, the feminist luminary to whom absolutely every feminist of my generation owes a significant debt, has passed on — to be honest, the news hit me in a space beyond feeling.

Well, here’s a headline for ya: “Don’t Be Surprised When You Get Omicron.” And here’s an early Christmas gift for conspiracy theorists and one for Ted Lasso fans. This man’s loving, hilarious obit for his mother is amazing. Bari Weiss in conversation with Kim Kardashian is not. New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams shared his annual “Worst Landlord” list — see anyone you know? And it’s a good day for trailers. A rom-com adventure with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum! A sexy thriller with Alyssa Milano! Hilary Duff and Kim Catrall in How I Met Your Father! Plus, a Black Mirror–looking show with Adam Scott and, thank goodness, Killing Eve.

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