> ## 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: June 26th, 2020 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-june-26th-2020-06-2020/ - Published: 2020-06-26T20:00:12.000Z - Updated: 2020-06-26T20:56:00.000Z - Description: Here are some things for you to read. - Author: Jessica - Tags: Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09 We meet again. I hope you are as well as can be expected. First: We're doing an virtual event TODAY -- Friday, June 26th -- [with Jasmine Guillory, to celebrate her great new book, *Party of Two,* on the Ripped Bodice's Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/therippedbodiceLA). Please join us! We're also giving away [the newest book from Farrah Rochon, *The Boyfriend Project*!](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/gfy-giveaway-the-boyfriend-project-by-farrah-rochon-06-2020/) Our new book, *The Heir Affair*, [comes out in less than two weeks and we have info about virtual events and ways to get signed books here.](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-heir-affair-comes-out-two-weeks-from-today-06-2020/) (If you're sure you want to attend our Vroman's event on the 7th with Linda Holmes, [the tickets -- which come with a signed book -- are available here.](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heather-cocks-jessica-morgan-discuss-the-heir-affair-tickets-111017472248?fbclid=IwAR34vRn30hJd9LtlMJ3dlNutmHy5Zsbt0Bal-1iYsp05ipKq9UDIeMzYAxs&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)) Enough about us: This piece about reparations at the New York Times, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, is[ clear, direct, thoughtful, illuminating, and incredibly worth your time.](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I hugely recommend it. (If you missed the piece she wrote last year as part of the 1619 project for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, [it is also outstanding](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).) This is also so worth your time, at Jezebel: [On Performing Gratitude](https://jezebel.com/on-performing-gratitude-1844136502?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is fantastic, at T: [Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and Being Seen](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/t-magazine/black-artists-white-gaze.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At LitHub: [Meet Ed Vaughn, an understated Black Power icon and former bookstore owner.](https://lithub.com/meet-ed-vaughn-an-understated-black-power-icon-and-former-bookstore-owner/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Really informative, at Teen Vogue: [Police Unions: What to Know and Why They Don’t Belong in the Labor Movement](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-to-know-police-unions-labor-movement?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Great, at EW: [Stacey Abrams talks new census PSA featuring Meryl Streep, Darren Criss, and more. ](https://ew.com/celebrity/stacey-abrams-census-psa-meryl-streep-darren-criss-more/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Also, have you filled out the census yet? [You can do it right here.](https://2020census.gov/en.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Related, at the NYT: [Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/books/review/our-time-is-now-stacey-abrams.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At The Atlantic: [The Girlboss Has Left the Building](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/girlbosses-what-comes-next/613519/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This seems about right, via The New Yorker:[ A Guy Named Craig May Soon Have Control Over a Large Swath of Utah](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-guy-named-craig-may-soon-have-control-over-a-large-swath-of-utah??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Again, at The Atlantic: [We’re Living in the Retro-Future](https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/06/coronavirus-era-retro-future/613489/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Texas Monthly, this is lovely: [Texas First: How Willie Nelson Brought Me Closer to My Mom](https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/texas-willie-nelson-brought-me-close-my-mom/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is really good, at Town & County: [Fabrice's Lavish Beaded Dresses Defined '80s Party Culture. It's Time He Got His Due.](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/a32870442/fabrice-fashion-designer/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At The Root: [The Newly Formed Black in Fashion Council Will Gauge Industry Accountability With an 'Equality Index'](https://theglowup.theroot.com/the-newly-formed-black-in-fashion-council-will-gauge-in-1844166896?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At ProPublica: [The Secret, Absurd World of Coronavirus Mask Traders and Middlemen Trying To Get Rich Off Government Money](https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-absurd-world-of-coronavirus-mask-traders-and-middlemen-trying-to-get-rich-off-government-money?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Loved this, at Tom and Lorenzo: [A Gorgeous Gallery of Vintage Mid-Century Ebony Magazine Covers](https://tomandlorenzo.com/2020/06/ebony-magazine-vintage-covers/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Related, this is really good, at The Cut: [The Black Media Mogul Who Changed History John H. Johnson, founder of *Ebony* and *Jet* magazines, created his empire against all odds](https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/see-the-ebony-magazine-offices-in-their-former-glory.html?utm%5Fsource=tw&utm%5Fcampaign=thecut&utm%5Fmedium=s1). I thought this was interesting at Pajiba: [Kristen Bell Wants To Be The Heir to Ellen DeGeneres; That’s Not a Good Thing](https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities%5Fare%5Fbetter%5Fthan%5Fyou/kristen-bell-wants-to-be-the-heir-to-ellen-degeneres-thats-not-a-good-thing.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is a great essay about Joel Schumacher, at Hazlit: [Paper Faces on Parade](https://hazlitt.net/longreads/paper-faces-parade?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) And this is interesting, [about the Hollywood Reporter's Actresses roundtable.](https://www.laineygossip.com/hollywood-reporters-drama-actress-roundtable-2020-includes-janelle-mon%C3%A1e-jennifer-aniston-reese-witherspoon-helena-bonham-carter-rose-byrne-zendaya/66528?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Lainey\] Somehow I missed that [Novak Djokovic hosted a tennis tournament that...spread a lot of coronavirus?](https://www.celebitchy.com/669093/novak%5Fdjokovic%5Fi%5Fam%5Fso%5Fdeeply%5Fsorry%5Four%5Ftournament%5Fas%5Fcaused%5Fharmwe%5Fwere%5Fwrong/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Yikes! \[Celebitchy\] This is a good piece at the AV Club: [A little ditty about Sam and Diane: *Cheers* gave TV its most riveting incompatible couple](https://tv.avclub.com/a-little-ditty-about-sam-and-diane-cheers-gave-tv-its-1844117668?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)