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🏈HAPPY HARV v YALE WEEK🐩 

The One, the Only Angelina Jolie👑

Angelina Jolie’s recent appearance at the 2024 Governors Awards — wearing a designer-less vintage dress, no less — reminded me she’s an icon in more ways than one. In celebration of that, enjoy the following collection of five of the movie star’s best looks from the past twenty years. 

2004 Oscars🎥

Sydney Sweeney made headlines earlier this year for wearing this exact same dress on the red carpet, but the inimitable Jolie did it first. She rocked this stunning Marc Bouwer gown at the 2004 Oscars in a loose, yet unique nod to Marilyn Monroe. 

2014 UN Global Summit🌍

Outside of acting, Jolie has devoted over twenty years to humanitarian work with the UN. Her gray pleated pants and white pussybow top at the 2014 UN Summit respected the seriousness of the occasion without sacrificing her own style and personality. 

2024 The Outsiders Premiere🌳

In the year of our Lord 2024, Ms. Jolie is as radiant as ever. Her red lip, amber cloak, and gold dress combined to form a timeless look that reminds us her star won’t fade anytime soon. 

Book Reviews:

I have officially hit that point in the semester where I just want to run away, and in lieu of actually doing so I’m attempting to go outside instead. Anyway, here’s a few pieces on the earthly. 

1. The Overstory 𖠰

   I’m not going to lie and say that this Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Richard Powers isn’t one of the most devastating literary works I’ve ever read—it is, and yet I can’t keep from going back to it as the years pass. 

2. Upstream ⛆

   Upstream is a collection of essays rather than a collection of poems, but it is also a misted clearing, a roaring of rapids, that scent of woods and water and life that sinks into your bones. “May I stay forever in the stream,” indeed.

3. Migrations 𓅪

   This book aches and soothes in the same moment, and while I don’t know if it’s an accurate depiction of extinction, it is a deeply powerful one. Charlotte McConaghy’s novel is the kind of breath that freezes the air in your lungs and leaves you gasping, reeling, and desperate.

Hello and happy pre-holidays! This week is going to be a little different. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite cookie recipes — gingersnaps— in honor of my impending return home for Thanksgiving break. 

Randomly, this gingersnap recipe comes from a Downton Abbey recipe book I picked up from Jo-Ann Fabrics on a whim. I only tried it out because we had recently read “Bartleby the Scrivener” in English class and I go crazy for a cheeky real life literature reference. (I promise our regularly scheduled programming will return soon…)

Ingredients (MAKES ABOUT 48 COOKIES)🍪

• 2½ cups (310 g) flour

• 1½ teaspoons ground ginger

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• ¾ cup (160 ml) canola oil

• 1 cup (210 g) firmly packed light brown sugar

• ⅓ cup (115 g) dark molasses (black treacle)

• 1 whole egg, lightly whisked

• ¾ cup (130 g) chopped crystallized ginger

• 1 egg white

• ½ cup (115 g) coarse sugar

Instructions ✍️

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (165°C). Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.

2. Combine the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in a sifter or fine-mesh sieve and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, use a wooden spoon to stir together the oil, brown sugar, and molasses until well-combined. Add the whole egg and beat until blended. Sift the flour mixture into the oil mixture and stir until blended. Stir in the crystallized ginger.

4. In a small bowl, lightly whisk the egg white. Spread the coarse sugar in a shallow bowl.

5. With dampened hands, shape the dough into 1-inch (2.5-cm) balls.

6. Brush each ball lightly with the egg white, then roll them in the sugar to coat them lightly. Place the dough balls about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on the prepared pans.

7. Bake the biscuits until the tops are set and crackled, 15-18 minutes.

8. Let cool on the pans for 5 minutes, then transfer to the racks and let cool completely until firm.

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Emma Chamberlain Embraces Retro Inspiration for Second Warby Parker Collection

It’s time to be an academic weapon. Yep, you heard me right ladies: finals are just around the corner. Now, I’m a firm believer in the whole “look good, feel good” statement, but it’s hard to do that while keeping warm. So, how are we accessorizing? Glasses. Here are the most studious spectacles to get that A!

Emma Chamberlain has reunited with Warby Parker to launch a new line of limited-edition frames. She first collaborated with the eyewear brand in 2023.

Chamberlain’s second Warby Parker collection includes four pairs of vintage-inspired glasses, which each come in two different colorways. The influencer also fronts a campaign for the collection, evoking bygone eras like the 1970s and the 1990s.
 

Here are cheaper alternatives to a Warby Parker pair:

WICKED (2024) Releases Friday Nov 22nd🪄

Ready for one of the most iconic villain origin stories to hit the big screen? The Wicked movie is officially on the way.

Wicked first debuted on Broadway in 2003, where Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel originated the roles of Glinda and Elphaba. The interconnected story of the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West takes place long before Dorothy drops into the wonderful land of Oz. In fact, the prequel details the unlikely friendship between the two then-aspiring witches in their youth before they became enemies, changing the fate of their lives, and Oz, for good.

In case you haven’t heard by now, mega popstar Ariana Grande and Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo will lead the upcoming films as witches Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, and will be directed by Jon M. Chu of Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights fame.

🪄 Find where to watch WICKED at a nearby theatre here

🎶A DIFFERENT KIND OF STUDY PLAYLIST…

Sometimes you need to listen to chill lo-fi while you’re pulling an all-nighter, but what about when you need that extra boost of energy? That’s when you crank up the real music.

See you next week♥

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