Lots of righteous anger towards college athletes in the comment section. Much deserved. But here’s a nice story about some college athletes. (Thanks, Jeremy S.)
35 writers who dominate social media.
One of the perks of the presidency has to be the ability to gather a bunch of interesting people at your dinner table at a moment’s notice. Who would sit at your table?
Apt. 11d 
Love me some Cheryl Strayed — on writers who dominate the internet. But can we just talk about how incredibly disappointing Jennifer Weiner’s latest book is? Surely I’m not the only one who didn’t expect her to be lifting large chunks of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and calling it prose? If this is her attempt at serious literature, then I think she ought to ask the English Department at Princeton for a refund.
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At my table I would invite: Bill Clinton, Oprah, Martha Stewart…..some intellectual types TBD….and *maybe* two Hollywood types like Lena Dunham and Jenji Kohan. Actually maybe George Clooney because he’s hot and political. I wouldn’t assemble all of these people at one dinner but at the moment this might be quick and dirty go to list. I just can’t figure out which writers or intellectuals I need to think more about this.
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The story about the Notre Dame football players is lovely in a way, but it isn’t really that heart-warming if you unpack it. They gave up their time … to be treated like they were more important than other people, which is just continuing the cycle of seeing men – and athletic men – as more valuable than others.
In fact, that site (The Mighty) kind of icks me out. Did you notice how all the “heroes” on the front page are men, other than the woman with breast cancer who has to reveal her scarred body in a music video in order to be considered a hero?
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Since it is a fantasy dinner, I would put together from across time. I want Eleanor of Acquitaine, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth I, Marie Curie and Frida Kahlo.
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