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What I Consumed This Week

Lenten tacos, Black TikTok, and a side of conspiracy

Fishing gear accounts for almost half of the plastic in the ocean, according to the Netflix documentary ‘Seaspiracy.’ Photo by Kristin Snippe on Unsplash

When I was planning The Rag, I decided I wanted to have a weekly roundup of interesting recommendations, sort of à la “At Home” by The New York Times. Ideally, this would happen on a weekend but, well, it’s Wednesday and I’m doin’ it, soooo… I’ve been reading the The Gilded Ones, a West African-inspired YA fantasy by Namina Forna. (I hope the pace picks up.) I’ve been knitting up gauge swatches and scrolling through Ravelry in search of sweater patterns that will work with this local yarn. I watched all 12 episodes of “I May Destroy You” and wished I hadn’t binged them. Here are few other things I metaphorically and literally consumed in the past seven days.

‘Seaspiracy’ on Netflix

This Netflix documentary follows filmmaker Ali Tabrizi around the world to investigate the effects of industrial fishing on the oceans. At first, Tabrizi—like Kip Andersen of “Cowspiracy” before him—felt a bit too woke-white-guy-on-a-mission (he’s Iranian-British, so spicy white?). But, also like Andersen, Tabrizi won me over by the end, mainly because he used a spycam and put nonprofit execs in the hot seat. Zing!