Is Reading So Joever?

Hi! I hope you missed us. If you didn’t, no hard feelings—see yourself out.

Welcome back to All Caught Up. For those brand new here (and stunningly there are many, even after a hiatus!) this is a weekly link sharing exercise that captures what myself and Christina Monroe are talking about and sharing with each other this week.

We ended up taking a brief hiatus because work is beating our asses, and because I was going to France. It was a great time, and I attended Cannes Lions for the first time. Which, I have my own opinions about that, you can ask me in person :)

While I was in France though, I enjoyed sweating through the canicule, meeting Laurent François IRL, hanging out with Kaitlyn even more than I see her in NYC somehow, and meeting Keyla Jones IRL (we both live in NYC but somehow found time to see each other in France—she thought I am mysterious and don’t live in NY!)

That aside, look out for the next edition of pants pants pants next week, a guide on carry-on only travel and my France pickups :)

1. Hilary Duff is now the face of Bath & Body Works’ Fruit Fusion line. I’m having a Pavlovian response.

   

   Christian 🇵🇷@Christian36Cruz

   Tempted with Fruit Fusion by #bathandbodyworks Deliciously hydrating 🍉🍓🫧 #bathandbodyworks_partner ~ #HilaryDuff via Instagram

   1:38 AM · Jul 7, 2026 · 40 Views

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2. Netflix struck a deal with Condé Nast, Hearst, People Inc, and Penske Media to stream their web-native content.

3. Here’s how to stop Meta Muse from using your photos.

4. Birkenstock x Repetto are collabing. Manufactured in a lab, specifically for me… methinks.

   

5. King Kylie has an entire drink menu at Dunkin’ now.

   

1. Meta is dropping yet another app. A social feed of vibe-coded games. Who asked for this? Why are we always juicing a metric?

2. I loved this piece on the Chili’s turnaround. Brand is not just a refresh or a logo, it’s a series of actions. And some of the actions Chili’s took include bigger holes on salt shakers!!!

3. I am tuning in…

4. I am pretty saddened by this! Americans of all ages are spending less time socializing. It’s the phones, guys. Not fighting on that one.

   

5. I wish I wrote this piece from 🦀 Anonymous Crab 🦀 because it’s so, so spot on.

6. This piece just made me so incredibly sad. Is the end of reading here?

7. Nothing launches Club Nothing, an initiative to give music collectives 10K to host their biggest events yet.

8. Tory Burch has hired their first CBO—I hope this only grows the Toryssaince!

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READING: Playboy Undercover: Belt Lashings, Breastmilk, a Babyfaced Waiter.

EATING: Four cheese ravioli with pink sauce.

PLAYING: CONFESSIONS II

OBSESSING: Over my NYC itinerary!

RECOMMENDING: Gayflower.

TREATING: Ariana Grande merch (seeing her Monday) <3

READING: My to-do lists.

EATING: Japanese sweet potato.

PLAYING: JINX!!!

OBSESSING: Over giving my sister her dog back.

RECOMMENDING: You’ll have to read pants pants pants for that!

TREATING: Myself to a nap.

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