Have a Great Weekend.

If you don’t want to make your own golden milk you can order it, then stir it into the warm milk (coconut, whole, almond) of your choice.
I love it and totally agree that is a soothing ritual.
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Thanks for the piece by Doug Glanville. A very frustrating but important read!

It reminded me of an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season 4, Episode 16: “Moo Moo”) where Terry is stopped and detained by a fellow police officer whilst retrieving his daughter’s cow blankie in his own neighborhood, outside his own house. It’s a really silly, fun show but they also do a great job of tackling real issues like racial profiling, homophobia, and, most recently, a character’s bisexuality and coming out. The writers of the show said they try to portray their characters as good people and good cops, but that it was really important for them to talk about the issue of racial profiling by police. In the episode, Amy and Jake have to explain to Terry’s young daughters why their father was stopped by the police, if it was because he’s black, and what that means for them. Terry struggles with the decision to file a report and risk the future of his career or stay quiet and let the injustice go unpunished. There are a lot of racial power dynamics at play and it adds another level of meaning that the character of Terry is played by Terry Crews who recently spoke out against an abuser that, because of power dynamics, he previously felt unable to expose.

Would definitely recommend this episode (and this show as a whole) to anyone looking for a socially conscious and hilarious show to watch! Might also be a good episode to show an older child to help explain the complexities of racial profiling and that there are both good and bad cops.

I just bought the living proof perfect hair day too!!! Used it for the first time today…..❤️

Tumeric milk is so cozy and there are lots of additional health benefits. I was disappointed that Aimee Farrell’s NYT article didn’t provide any history or background. It is a traditional drink from southeast Asia, that is now being Instagrammed and credited to (largely white) fashion editors and bloggers. Tara O’Brady of Seven Spoons wrote about this issue last year in The Globe & Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/food-trends/same-drink-different-table-the-so-called-discovery-of-haldi-doodh-in-the-west/article33849363/.

From Tara’s article: “When my relatives make golden milk, it is charming but largely dismissed, or reduced to exoticism, complete with sitar soundtrack. When GOOP’s beauty director makes it, it’s heralded as revolutionary…South Asians are wholly scrubbed from the narrative as our culinary heritage is claimed and rebranded for popular consumption. It’s not culinary fusion or evolution, but the repackaging of unique traditions…It’s an expectation that proves that while you and I may be sipping the same drink, we’re not at the same table.”

you really should publish a book with all the beautiful and intelligent conversations you’ve started with your brilliant readers! ps. have read your blog from almost the beginning and it’s a safe space i have come to cherish, so thank you!

I think about Kate and her sweet baby boy all the time. Thanks for sharing her most recent essay. Happy 5th birthday, Paul! XO

That quote from Khalil Gibran is one of my favorites, too! It helped me so much after my father died. Also, thanks for the sweet letter to the stillborn baby–so sad and perfect.

A question from a total hair dummy: what does the Perfect Hair Day product do exactly? I like magical all-in-one products, but the description leaves me wondering! :)

I love this quote from the article on not wearing chic workout clothes: “I gradually replaced them with looser, softer things that gave my body permission to move freely, to expand and contract and stretch and take up space. The extra room extended to my mind as well — room to enjoy the experience of being active without unwelcome thoughts competing for attention. Those thoughts aren’t gone entirely, but they are noticeably quieter.”

This has actually become by motto for dressing myself in general over the past year or so. It began when a birth control pill (that I have since stopped taking) caused my boobs to swell several sizes and become incredibly painful. I could no longer stand to wear bras. I felt like I was squeezed inside a sausage casing and was acutely aware of how much pain I was in. So after oh-so-much searching, I found a soft cotton bralette from Gap. I was self conscious at first because I no longer had the molded cups for protection. The true size and shape of my breasts was now visible for the first time since I had entered puberty. But after a little while, it felt so freeing! I was comfortable! Summers were more breathable! I’ve since done the same thing with pants – ditching my skin tight skinny jeans that I had to unbutton if I was bloated or had gained a pound, and embracing black leggings with long comfy tunic tops and slouchy sweaters. Here’s to feeling your best – whatever that means for you!