{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 12) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4OAC8tKj6y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-12\/\">Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 12)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quarantine-reading-one-book-a-day-week-12\/embed\/#?secret=4OAC8tKj6y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Quarantine Reading: One Book a Day (Week 12)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"4OAC8tKj6y\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Sunday marked the last day of quarantine; the shelter-in-place order has been lifted, and I&#8217;ve been back at the office as if nothing has changed. Only everything has. I&#8217;ve read 106 books since the first full week I started working from home\u2014and I&#8217;ve kept to this goal (a promise made with none other than myself) of reading one book a day. There still is no vaccine or insight on how COVID-19 can be stopped, and yet, we&#8217;re expected to proceed as if things are safe. (They aren&#8217;t, but turning a blind eye in for favorable numbers is this nation&#8217;s priority.) The country has erupted into a divisive war on and about race. (How people still can&#8217;t see the light and understand why #BlackLivesMatters is beyond me.) We have to keep fighting, and I&#8217;m figuring out how I can best continue that conversation. In the meantime, these were the eight books that concluded by daily reading challenge. (Thanks for sticking along for the ride.) .\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0. DAY 85:\u00a0THE THINGS THEY FANCIED I&#8217;ve been a fan of Molly Young&#8217;s work for a few years now, and when she announced she was publishing a zine &#8220;about the sick and twisted hobbies of&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/book-review-1-the-things-they-fancied-zine-by-molly-young-marc-jacobs-anais-nude-lipstick.jpg"}