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Wearing headband // necklace // top // skirt // sandals Hey guys! It’s week 9 of quarantine for me, I think. After getting dressed for the doctor’s office last week, I got sick of seeing myself in workout clothes and pajamas. I was talking to my best friend and she was telling me how every morning she got dressed for the day. I am not there yet, but I’m trying to do better on weekends. Even if I’m just going to be seating on the patio browsing instagram. I did it Saturday and it felt great, I also put my...

To celebrate Me Made May, this year I’ll be doing a few blog posts to highlight some of my favorite Sew DIY patterns, sharing style inspiration and sewing tips. This week I’m focusing on the Lou Box Dress 1 and Lou Box Dress 2. Today, I’m starting with style inspiration. I often find it helpful to see how other people style a certain design and what fabric they select. It’s also great inspiration for making variations or hacks to a pattern. The Lou Box Dress patterns are really versatile and very hackable. The different sleeve options can be easily swapped...

The future royal wore a trouser suit for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, ushering in a new kind of sartorial diplomacyLast night, for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wore an Alexander McQueen trouser suit. It was slim-fitting, with cropped cigarette trousers, worn with very high stiletto heels and a cream dishabille blouse. The outfit was many things: very Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking, a bit Princess Diana, with a soupçon of Marlene Dietrich, even a hint of Carine Roitfeld (although Roitfeld probably wouldn’t have worn a blouse underneath the tux). What it was...

On this episode of Sheltering, Maris Kreizman speaks with Amy Jo Burns about her new novel, Shiner. Burns talks about loosely basing a character off her grandmother, the possible legalization of moonshine, and the skill of snake-handling. Her favorite local bookstore is Labyrinth Books; please purchase Shiner through their website or through Bookshop. From the episode: Maris Kreizman: Tell me about moonshining. Amy Jo Burns: I grew up in Northern Appalachia, in western Pennsylvania, and something I loved about growing up there was people taking a real pride in making something with their hands.  Moonshine came as a surprise to...

Facebook’s AI tools are the only thing standing between its users and the growing onslaught of hate and misinformation the platform is experiencing. The company’s researchers have cooked up a few new capabilities for the systems that keep the adversary at bay, identifying COVID-19-related misinformation and hateful speech disguised as memes. Detecting and removing misinformation relating to the virus is obviously a priority right now, as Facebook and other social media become breeding grounds not just for ordinary speculation and discussion, but malicious interference by organized campaigns aiming to sow discord and spread pseudoscience. “We have seen a huge change...