"Vermeer captured something both about paint and irreducible to paint; his art is, at some fundamental level, about irreducibility itself." Kirsten Burke on Ruth Bernard Yeazell's latest: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/johannes-vermeer-afterlives-ruth-bernard-yeazell-painting-dutch

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Day 30 of OCTO-ber is the lesser Pacific striped octopus (Octopus chierchiae). Tiny, striped, and striking, this species is the sister species of OCTOPUS X. Stay tuned for the final reveal tomorrow. www.amazon.com/dp/164283440... PC: Richard Ross @princetonupress.bsky.social #books #octopus

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Matthew even trained as a humanist celebrant for his research. The result is a close, honest look at how people say goodbye when they believe this is the one life we have. Published by @princetonupress.bsky.social bit.ly/4BA6jQW

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Delighted to speak at the launch of An Honest Death, Matthew Engelke’s new book on humanist funerals, in the beautiful Shaw Library at LSE. It lands as new polling finds 48% of people in the UK would choose a humanist funeral. Back in 2016, it was one in seven. bit.ly/4zjJlvG

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Shouldering the mother load: cognitive labour is a significant but largely unacknowledged part of domestic responsibilities – and women still do the bulk of it. Öykü İnal reviews Allison Daminger’s What’s on Her Mind @princetonupress.bsky.social buff.ly/UPXFPdh #Sociology #FeministTheory

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