Language Revitalization and Peloton

Different Things Can Be Sad

The past month has been...a lot. Particularly in politics. So, we're attempting to make even a sliver of your day a little lighter by focusing on the politics of language revitalization and the drama over at Peloton. We hope this can serve as a small escape for you!

Reading

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
• Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

Watching

• Top of the Lake
• Parallel Mothers
• I Want You Back
• Picnic at Hanging Rock

Listening

• The Trojan Horse Affair from Serial Productions & The New York Times
• Age of Apathy Aoife O’Donovan

Politics:

• Hebrew
  • https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/israel-hebrew/reviving-hebrew-persian-ancient-languages-eliezer-ben-yehuda-manekji-limji-hataria/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBiiad9fO-g
  • https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-revival-of-hebrew/
• Maori
  • https://www.kohanga.ac.nz/en/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/new-zealand-maori-language.html
  • https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7886
  • https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/new-zealand/articles/why-the-revival-of-the-maori-language-is-so-important/
  • https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/history-of-the-maori-language

Pop Culture:

• https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a30172338/peloton-girl-commercial-meme-explanation/
• https://slate.com/business/2022/01/peloton-stock-production-supply-chain-problems.html
• https://www.ft.com/content/29e18453-dfea-4236-a18c-2c3a018a843a
• der.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2
• https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/02/10854189/what-happened-to-glossier
• https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-giving-2800-fired-employees-free-1-year-subscription-2022-2
• https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html
• Our episode on 'cheugy': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-people-v-oil-and-cheugy/id1380846237?i=1000524274408
• Our episode on fast fashion: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-tour-of-majka-s-brain-and-the-future-of-fast-fashion/id1380846237?i=1000534153737
• Video essay on fast fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6Hwx20m5M