Readers,
Here is the first entry into the handy LZ Sunday Paper Pronounciation Guide. As previously discussed, this idea arose from a great idea my sister has had forever, about publishing a weekly, one-word guide to how to pronounce a topical person’s name, place, or thing. Thank you! No royalties, yet, but if I ever IPO the LZSP I may spin out the pronunciation guide under the catchy title that fits the terror of our times: “If you see something, say something, and hopefully you’ll pronounce it right.”
This first one is a classic! But it’s tricky. It’s not impossible to get it right, but it’s a high degree of difficulty due to the overlay of an Amero-Brit Accent I don’t think I’ve ever heard anywhere else.
Watch/hear Barbara Walters do a very good job in this classic intro! Then, watch again at 3 minutes, 17 seconds until the end of the clip for some vintage post-election November wisdom from Ms. WIN-tour.
If you’re feeling slightly more contemporary, be hip at your Thanksgiving dinner with the Millenial crowd when you casually mention that you just can’t get enough of the new Bon Iver album:
a) bon EYE-ver
b) boney vuhr
c) bawhn eee-VEHR
Stumped by the pronounciation of a name/place/thing? Ask me.
Stumped by your emotions and feelings of the past 10 days? Join the club! …and read on.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
LZ
POLITICS:
An Unabashed Misogynist Is In Charge Of Our Country. Now What? via The Nation
General Mike Flynn’s Office Told Women To Wear MakeUp, Heels, and Skirts via The Daily Beast
Elizabeth Warren On Trump’s Election: ‘We Stand Up And We Fight Back’ via New York Magazine
Stalking, Gaslighting, Threatening Violence: The Abusive Shape Of Hillary Clinton Hate via Salon
How A Black Woman Ventured Into The Heart Of Trumplandia via Fortune
Roll Up Your Sleeves, Parts 1 and 2 via The Manhattan Users Guide
CAMPUS CLIMATE:
Co-Education At University Was — And Is — No Triumph of Feminism via The Establishment
NEWS: BUSINESS, TECH, MEDIA, & INTERNATIONAL:
Twitter Rolls Out New And Long-Awaited Anti-Harassment Tools via Buzzfeed News
Sex Workers Have Created The Perfect Method For Keeping People Honest Online via Quartz
Testing Of Backlogged Rape Evidence Leads To Hundreds Of Convictions via The Conversation
ARTS, FASHION, SPORTS, LIT & POP CULTURE:
Yes, The Same Woman Dreamed Up The Visuals For ‘Lemonade’ and ‘Moonlight’ via Refinery29
MTV Bets On Rape Vigilantes In ‘Sweet/Vicious’ to Win New Viewers via Variety
Are Leggings Too Distracting? A Mom Takes On A ‘Sexist’ School Dress Code via The Washington Post
Sorry, ‘Vogue,’ Cleavage is not “Over” via Fashionista
A Christian Mom Blogger Announces She’s Dating Soccer Star Abby Wambach via The Washington Post
Make My Rapist Great Again via YouTube
AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT:
Trolls, These Days…(perhaps with a revised ending) via YouTube
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 toLZSundayPaper@gmail.com.
Thank you: The Establishment Quartz Refinery29 Salon.com and so many others
