Elyssa Goodman

2 days ago | good.is | Elyssa Goodman

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3 days ago | good.is | Elyssa Goodman

For many people, wearing a uniform could seem like the death of one’s soul, but for others, it’s a way to stay sane. After all, it worked for Steve Jobs. Gen Z is turning to the Apple entrepreneur for inspiration as they dress for the workplace, adopting a “uniform” of sorts not just to avoid decision fatigue, but to keep their jobs. According to Fortune and MSN, “six in 10 employers admitted to firing Gen Z workers just months after hiring them.

4 days ago | open.substack.com | Elyssa Goodman

Substack, I’ve been cheating on you with my next book proposal. But I was thinking about you the whole time!It turns out spite and rage are great fuel for productivity, even though it seems they can also lead to what could possibly be elbow tendonitis, aka tennis elbow? Though I’ve completed no tennis to speak of, apparently this is also something that can happen from typing too much (she writes while sitting again in front of the computer).

5 days ago | good.is | Elyssa Goodman

“We would work for months at a time, and we would just sit on the floor of the storage room opening up bags and boxes,” said Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez, co-curator of the new exhibition “dearly Loved friends:” Photographs by Sheyla Baykal, 1965-1990 featuring the work of photographer Sheyla Baykal. Baykal passed away in 1997 from cervical cancer, but had been photographing the downtown avant-garde performance art scenes in New York City for over 30 years.

5 days ago | good.is | Elyssa Goodman

“As a trans man, there's nothing more gender affirming than being called "bossman" in the kebab shop,” @perscitia posted on the subreddit r/CasualUK. “Forget all the medication and the surgeries and everything else, getting a casual "boss" or "mate" from a random bloke is worth everything. Made my entire week!” He maybe wasn’t expecting an outpouring of upvotes, now numbering around 29K and a host of wholesome, kind comments from people not just commiserating but congratulating him.