Yay, it’s Friday! Get ready for the weekend with this round of Daily Links


Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via The New York Times Magazine.

Collage by Ruby Aitken, using a photo via The New York Times Magazine.

I love this The New York Times Magazine piece by Jia Tolentino about the word “empowerment,” its monetization, the process of trying to accumulate it, its nonexistence, and how privilege is often the underlying issue.

Image via Radiooooo.

Image via Radiooooo.

Enjoy perusing and syncopating, as Amy Rose Spiegel might say, to Radiooooo, a website that lets you travel through the world’s music, across eras, from the comfort of your computer screen. It’s a music time machine!

Photo via Medical News Today.

Photo via Medical News Today.

Speaking of music…Researchers have *finally* attested to the fact that we humans (especially music luvrs and concert-goers) have long ago found true: LIVE MUSIC REDUCES STRESS. —Kiana Flores

Photo via The Root.

Photo via The Root.

Kristen West Savali goes in at The Root and dissects why Erykah Badu’s recent comments on the length of skirts for high school girls (ahem, she thinks girls should cover up to avoid harassment) are detrimental.

Photo via The Globe and Mail.

Photo via The Globe and Mail.

This beautiful piece by Gabor Maté suggests how we might move toward a more inclusive society that is cognizant of its brutal colonialist past and heal. —Fariha Róisín ♦