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I discovered this jewelry designer's cool, rough-hewn pieces when I asked a chic coworker about the necklace she was wearing. Chokers are making a comeback and I'd wear this one.

This amazing post on the Jardín Etnobotánico of Oaxaca makes we want to go there more than ever. It's home to a cactus that's over 1,000 years old!

"Asking women to modify their speech is just another way we are asked to internalize and compensate for sexist bias in the world." I was glad to see these articles on the problems with pathologizing women's speech.

Is it just me or do the shoes from the casino-themed Chanel Fall 2015 couture collection look like '90s shoes you'd be stoked to find at a thrift store?

Have you seen the new Nina Simone documentary? There was so much to it; beautiful, powerful performances, inspiring activism, serious style and the sad realities of depression and abuse. Definitely worth watching.

Hello fall knits wardrobe?

This article on two sets of identical twins switched at birth in Bogotá, Colombia was fascinating.

Photo by Georgie Hawk for The Planthunter

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As if I could love Terry Gross anymore, last week on Fresh Air she featured a hilarious interview with herself by Marc Maron, in which she revealed the cutest things (she and her husband eat breakfast together every Saturday morning and pick out a record to listen to), the most heartfelt things (why she can ask her interviewees about illness and the end of life, but can't discuss the same things with friends), and the coolest things (she and her husband have so much vinyl it sounds like they basically live in a record store, and she got her start doing a '70s feminist radio show). She is a national treasure.

A cool print by artist Ali Beletic.

J. Crew has revealed its latest capsule collections in collaboration with CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners and runners up. I'm especially excited about Ryan Roche's knits in her signature shades of washed out pink (Paul Anderson's sandals look pretty cool too). They launch June 3rd but are available now for pre-order.

Kind of love fancy versions of regular household items.

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