your APD hive invite and some toks
So I don’t have anything cutesy to add about Allison P. Davis’s envy-inducingly excellent The End of Kimye’s Wild Ride, which is the best thing I’ve read in a long time, other than that if you’re new to the APD hive, you should absolutely read her interview on Fostertalk and Longform!
And then since we’re all here, I’ve of course got some ‘toks for you this week. If TikTok is about vibe specificity, mine would be:
Oh also no vibe joke here but this mRNA vaccine explainer is the only thing that kept me sane during hours 8-24 post-vax so maybe it will help you too!!
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