I'm sorry & Happy Holidays!

I haven't had much motivation or positivity since the election. It was like a light went out across the country and talking about fashion or beauty seemed petty, though I suppose it could've been a solid distraction.

However, it's December now, which is my second favorite month of the year (after October) so I am ready to savor it. I've already watched White Christmas & Miracle on 34th Street, I've wrapped a few presents, and I'm burning my Christmasy WoodWick candles.

I'm currently 3/4 through reading Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I just wanted something sappy after all the crime books & shows I've been indulging in. I'm listening exclusively to Christmas music, because why wouldn't I be? James & I also went on a date last week to see Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them .... and what a freaking joy.

Some articles I've appreciated recently:

1. "Newt Scamander takes every trope we know about the Male Hero — the toxic tropes that we have grown up with, that are so internalized in traditional narratives that we don't even blink at them anymore — and flips them on their head." - On Newt Scamander, Toxic Masculinity, and the Power of Hufflepuff Heroes
2. "Women talk ourselves into needing less, because we’re not supposed to want more—or because we know we won’t get more, and we don’t want to feel unsatisfied. We reduce our needs for food, for space, for respect, for help, for love and affection, for being noticed, according to what we think we’re allowed to have. Sometimes we tell ourselves that we can live without it, even that we don’t want it. But it’s not that we don’t want more. It’s that we don’t want to be seen asking for it." - Hunger Makes Me
3. Evan Rachel Wood speaking for so many through her 'confession' to Rolling Stone.

Shoes on my Christmas List:

Madewell Nealy Boot in Print Velvet // Free People Aura Ankle Boot in Sage // Madewell Lou Loafer in Smoked Graphite

Check out my Amazon wishlist for more items on my Christmas list this year. 

-- Edit --

I forgot to add that I just finished watching all three seasons of The Fall over the course of a few weeks. Oh my gosh, I can't recommend it enough. Gillian Anderson as Stella Gibson is the strongest-written female lead I have ever seen in movies or television. Being a BBC show, the seasons are only 4-6 episodes and it's recently transitioned to a Netflix series. Go watch it, then kick ass.