> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs & Pieces, July 31st, 2020 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-july-31st-2020-07-2020/ - Published: 2020-07-31T20:00:34.000Z - Updated: 2020-07-31T17:38:07.000Z - Description: Something to read? - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09 We hope this weekend treats you well. [John Lewis wrote a piece for the New York Times to be published on the day of his funeral](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfq4hkT1UYAybSRdkhrxqAwvrIwLp5gnLhLTPQQjdczuBQGYmP-1vWIKNmasEy1D3dRMNENPVnYs1O-dJlHh4nTRi08NzDkY4ZIi4xpMW-AW9v1ZvDAfVn-GO3KzTkdes6leSy71fXaWa8W%5FbdhScrdAZ1sNAyIwHRrH8Ow6zGEOZz38AvnqtyQ8AnGkpTIXWCrPLqCBxhOduZbBi66QE-X-pRWzi7jsfLovtbM10UUQSaOSs5tWUs69pcOccVNbL8LXMgeMn5grYQCw94Pf0Ui0ofMvjoRt50eTvehFY&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (which was Thursday). Please read it. And this is a great piece by Wesley Lowery at GQ: [John Lewis’s Final Fights](https://www.gq.com/story/john-lewis-obituary?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Bitch: [30 Years after the ADA, It’s Time to Imagine a More Accessible Future](https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/reimagining-americans-with-disabilities-act-anniversary?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Vanity Fair: [*Indian Matchmaking* Only Scratches the Surface of a Big Problem](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/indian-matchmaking-netflix-arranged-marriage?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Always read Angelica Jade Bastién at Vulture: [What Beyoncé Tells Us Without Saying a Word](https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/beyonce-images-close-read.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is a super interesting piece by Lainey about [how the heck they're going to deal with the Emmys this year](https://www.laineygossip.com/variety-confirms-2020-emmys-will-be-virtual-ceremony/66753?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). At HuffPo: [Stop Trying To Live Like We Aren't In A Pandemic](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stop-living-like-we-arent-in-pandemic%5Fl%5F5f1f179dc5b69fd473101f14?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Related: [Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[The Atlantic\] An amazing look [Inside the Workshops of the World's Finest Panama Hat Makers](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/travel/panama-hats-ecuador.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[NYT\] This whole thing is really sad and has to be incredibly difficult: [Kim Kardashian ‘feels trapped’ with Kanye West: ‘She doesn’t know what to do’](https://www.celebitchy.com/674159/kim%5Fkardashian%5Ffeels%5Ftrapped%5Fwith%5Fkanye%5Fwest%5Fshe%5Fdoesnt%5Fknow%5Fwhat%5Fto%5Fdo/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Celebitchy\] Another great interview at Zora: [She’s the First Black Person to Lead a Major Publisher, and She’s Going to Get Authors Paid](https://zora.medium.com/shes-the-first-black-person-to-lead-a-major-publisher-and-she-s-going-to-get-authors-paid-4653c75cd655?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Very cool, at Archeology: [Excavations in Tajikistan have unveiled a city of merchant princes that flourished from the fifth to the eighth century A.D.](https://www.archaeology.org/issues/386-2007/features/8756-a-silk-road-renaissance?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At LitHub: [The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work](https://lithub.com/the-dangerous-and-untold-story-of-paparazzi-work/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At the NYT: [‘Disabled People Love Clothes Too’](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/style/functional-fashion.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Rebecca Traister, at The Cut: [The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she’s seen as “disruptive.”](https://www.thecut.com/2020/07/aoc-speech-ted-yoho-new-york-times.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At The Millions: [Changing Our Narratives through ‘Days of Our Lives’](https://themillions.com/2018/10/changing-our-narratives-through-days-of-our-lives.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is so good, at TLo: [International Fashion Spotlight: Pakistani Label Shamaeel](https://tomandlorenzo.com/2020/07/international-fashion-spotlight-pakistani-label-shamaeel/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Messy Nessy Chic: [Nearly 50 Years On, a Forbidden Seaside Ghost Town is about to Re-Open](https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/07/29/seaside-ghost-town-the-abandoned-millionaires-resort/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). !!! At Primetimer:[ A Streaming Guide to Missing the Summer Olympics](https://www.primetimer.com/features/what-to-watch-when-youre-missing-the-summer-olympics?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At SF Gate: [What happens if your bar doesn't fit in CA's reopening plan?](https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Smugglers-Cove-SF-pandemic-re-open-bar-15444019.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (This bar looks so great????? Now I'm sad. More sad.) Speaking of which, hoo boy do I feel this, at The Stripe: [Getting Out From Under a Pile of Sad](https://thestripe.com/digging-myself-out-from-a-pile-of-sad/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Except I don't personally feel like I'm out from under it. I'm going to try some of Grace's suggestions.[ I will say that I have been text-banking for Texas Democrats this week](https://www.mobilize.us/tdporganizing/event/291036/?referring%5Fvol=271332&rname=Jessica×lot=1717850&share%5Fmedium=email%5Flink&share%5Fcontext=email%5F1&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (I am not in or from Texas, but I've worked with them before and they're great, so I'm doing that again, as well as other election-related stuff,[ like my beloved Postcards to Voters](https://postcardstovoters.org/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)) and that has at least made me feel proactive. A few bits of self-promotion, all of which are podcast-y: [We were on Hillary Kerr's Second Life pod this week](https://www.secondlifepod.com/episodes/heather-and-jessica?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), as well as [The Royal Fascinator Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fug-girls-chat-the-heir-affair/id1475472945?i=1000486373988&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). We also sat down [for a video chat with Ashley Brooke for her book club](https://ashleybrookedesigns.com/author-interview-heather-cocks-jessica-morgan-of-the-heir-affair/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! And finally, this is amazing: