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Dear Folks,
January has become an increasingly busy month for media, tech, and business-ites.
Many big companies still have their annual leadership conference in the first week.
Then the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which has actually become less “what are they inventing that I will buy in 5 years?” and more like a general meeting place for advertisers and clients in media and tech.
The Golden Globes in LA. Which conveniently kicks off an entire two weeks in that City for the Television Critics’ Association Press Tour, where every single tv station and streaming platform announce their new programming slate and critics write about how they think the show is gonna be.
Then mingled in there is Sundance, still ultra-relevant and essential as the premiere independent and emerging talent feature and documentary showcase in the US, which stars and power brokers attend in full force.
And Davos. Fancy folks speaking about important stuff in Switzerland. I can say it — “oh I was just there!” I didn’t talk about very important things but we sure had a fun time on vacation and felt very on time, efficient, enjoyed fondue, chocolate, cuckoo clocks. And although I don’t know too much about actual economics, I do feel like we contributed to the World Economic Forum by spending what seemed to be a fortune in a very expensive country! A different city, though. I revisited the site of my coup, winning the World Cup rights for NBCU’s Telemundo. Couldn’t say hi to any FIFA pals, though — they’ve all been fired or threatened with jail time or both! Actually, I ended up there because for some reason James (and Nora) Joyce is/are buried in a beautiful Zurich cemetary right next to FIFA hq, something I didn’t notice on my biz-focused and clandestine whirlwind at that time. We spent our money at lots of places including one that I immaturely enjoyed the name of. In fact I enjoyed it so much that I spent even more money on my (semi-outrageous) phone plan and texted the photo to several people who. you might be surprised to know, enjoyed it on my level.
This year, I’m going to approximately one of those events. I will report in from Sundance in just a couple of weeks.
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THE PIC(K) OF THE WEEK:
The Washington Post Express: ‘Embarrassment’ Over Gender Symbol Mix-Up via The BBC
NEWS:
Of Course People Are Turning To Women’s Magazines For Quality Political Coverage via Media Matters
More Americans Support ‘Roe v. Wade’ Than Ever Before, According To A New Pew Poll via Slate
Doctors Can Now Deny Treatment To Women Who Have Had Abortions via Good Health
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
What Joe Biden Has Meant To Me As A Survivor Of Sexual Violence via The Huffington Post
TECH, MEDIA:
The New Year Of Optimism For Femtech via Forbes
40 Female Founders Who Crushed It In 2016 via TechCrunch
The Bot Politic via The New Yorker
Why Do Robots Always Turn Out Sexist? People Make Them. via HazlittThe Daily Beast
INTERNATIONAL:
The Goddess Complex via Hazlitt
ARTS, FASHION, SPORTS, LIT & POP CULTURE:
Don’t Forget That Megyn Kelly Is A Racial Demagogue via Slate
Emma Stone Is My Everything and I Don’t Care via Go Fug Yourself
Camille Paglia: How To Age Disgracefully In Hollywood via The Hollywood Reporter
Serena Williams Is Engaged To Alex Ohanian and I Don’t Know How I Feel via Jezebel
America Doesn’t Care About Black Women via The Establishment
A Short History Of The Tomboy via The Atlantic
16 Women Of Color Who Made History In 2016 via ColorLines
AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:
Don’t Touch My Pussy Or The White House Kitchen Garden via Cherry Bombe
The LZ Sunday Paper™ launched at the dawn of 2014. We expose and recirculate interesting content that is about, and frequently by, women in business, with a dose of ultra-relevant culture. We think that culture comes high and low, not much in between. Our audience is vast and not gender-driven. Every week we expect to deliver at least one good laugh. Send suggestions, clips, or names of people you think might enjoy this to LZSundayPaper@gmail.com.
