> ## 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, September 4th, 2020 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-september-4th-2020-09-2020/ - Published: 2020-09-04T18:00:38.000Z - Updated: 2020-09-08T01:28:19.000Z - Description: Happy long weekend, Americans! - Author: Jessica - Tags: Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09 This summer has been A BUMMER, to say the least, but I hope you enjoy a safe and fun long weekend, Americans -- and a safe and fun normal weekend if you're not here in the US. In case you missed it earlier this week, [I rounded up some cute outdoor stuff -- a lot of which is on sale this weekend](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-nation-loves-stuff-for-their-patio-balcony-deck-yard-outside-situation-09-2020/). On Monday, [we wrote this tribute to Chadwick Boseman, if you didn't see it](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/chadwick-boseman-was-also-a-king-of-the-red-carpet-08-2020/). We also had [a really fun chat about our favorite sandwiches](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-what-is-the-perfect-sandwich-09-2020/), the [best meal you've ever had](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-whats-the-best-meal-you-ever-had-08-2020/), and the [best books you've read this summer.](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-what-great-books-did-you-read-this-summer-09-2020/) At the NYT: [It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way.](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/movies/chadwick-boseman-appraisal.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This was great, from Roxana Hadadi: [Change How the Game is Played: On the Power of Labor and the Timeliness of *High Flying Bird* ](https://www.rogerebert.com/features/change-how-the-game-is-played-on-the-power-of-labor-and-the-timeliness-of-high-flying-bird?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)\[Roger Ebert\] This profile of Breonna Taylor[ is so beautifully done and well-worth your time](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). It will make you cry, and it will make you mad. \[NYT\] Heartbreaking and beautiful from Jesmyn Ward, who I think is one of our greatest living writers: [On Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed By Pandemic ](https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/jesmyn-ward-on-husbands-death-and-grief-during-covid?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At the Atlantic, by some woman named Hillary Clinton: [Women’s rights are human rights. But rights are nothing without the power to claim them.](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/hillary-clinton-womens-rights/615463/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) So good, at New York: [You Don’t Know Her: Thirty years into an epic career, Mariah Carey is still trying to explain herself.](https://www.vulture.com/article/mariah-carey-rarities-profile.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) CNN reports that [Jeanette Epps could become first Black woman to join the International Space Station crew](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/tech/nasa-jeanette-epps-starliner-scn/index.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and SHE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. This is[ a really good interview with John Boyega at British GQ](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/john-boyega-interview-2020??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Vox [looks at the summer without blockbusters](https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/8/28/21317675/hollywood-blockbuster-canceled-covid-wagner-jaws?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I found this really interesting, at Lainey: [BTS: A Map of 7 Bosses](https://pubx.co/cgiVDX?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At the Washington Post: [Behind a father-and-son protest, a history of laughter and struggle](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/09/03/white-father-black-son-blm-protest/?arc404=true&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Refinery29 did [a BIG package on fashion in 2020, and it's very good.](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/fashion-changes-2020?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Celebitchy: [It sure looks like Brad Pitt sent Nicole Poturalski back home to Germany](https://www.celebitchy.com/679195/it%5Fsure%5Flooks%5Flike%5Fbrad%5Fpitt%5Fsent%5Fnicole%5Fpoturalski%5Fback%5Fhome%5Fto%5Fgermany/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Why am I so interested in this? Is it because I'm just longing for like Dumb Juicy A List Celebrity Shenanigans? Definitely. It's so right that this is at Town & Country: [Whit Stillman's *Metropolitan*: An Oral History of the Preppiest, WASPiest, Wittiest Comedy of Heirs](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33488246/metropolitan-whit-stillman-oral-history/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I don't know why I found this SO funny, but I did: [Josh Gondelman Says He Won’t Try Cocaine Despite Growing Demands](https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/josh-gondelman-cocaine.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Vulture\] This explained a lot of things I needed explained to me: [A Brief Explainer on OnlyFans and Why Celebrities Joining It May Be A Bad Thing](https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities%5Fare%5Fbetter%5Fthan%5Fyou/a-brief-explainer-on-onlyfans-and-why-celebrities-joining-it-may-be-a-bad-thing.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Pajiba\] At Vanity Fair, this is good: [Paris When It Sizzles: The Loves and Lives of Josephine Baker](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/09/josephine-baker-biography-paris?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Over at Socialite Life: [Production Suspended On The Batman After Robert Pattinson Tests Positive For Coronavirus. Yikes! Feel better, R. Pattz.](https://socialitelife.com/production-suspended-on-the-batman-after-crew-member-test-positive-for-coronavirus/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Also this has to be concerning for the set as a whole.) Related, at Slate: [All 349 “Murmurs” in the *Twilight* Saga, Charted and Ranked](https://slate.com/culture/2020/09/twilight-murmur-analysis-stephenie-meyer-midnight-sun.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At The Appeal: [The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness of True Crime](https://theappeal.org/whiteness-of-true-crime/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Sigh: [Goodbye to Lord & Taylor, and the Way We Used to Shop](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/opinion/lord-taylor-closed.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[NYT\] It was so nice to see *The Heir Affair* on this list at Cosmo: [The Best Romance Novels of 2020 are Seriously Steamy.](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/books/a33670064/best-romance-novels-2020/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Well, some are steamier than others. Ours is not very steamy!)