November Staff Picks
Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things— new and old— that we’ve been enjoying. Here’s to finding more things to love.
Photograph by MiaBella Brickey, featuring Madison Dacklin
Podcasts
Come and Go
The Get Up
Powerful & Dangerous - “Sex Ed & Ghosts w/ Katie Lotz”
The Cut Podcast - “Am I Radical Enough?”
TV Shows
The 100 (Netflix)
Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix)
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
Emily in Paris (Netflix)
Start-Up (Netflix)
Grand Army (Netflix)
Record of Youth (Netflix)
The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
Books
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Surge by Jay Bernard
Oreo by Fran Ross
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Activities & Hobbies
Binging all the Harry Potters
Walking when the sun is about to set
Napping, I normally hate it
Lighting a candle at 6pm
Doing Yoga With Adriene (my bestie)
Making rugs
Albums
Only Child by Sasha Sloan
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Be the Cowboy by Mitski
Voices by Phantogram
Shore by Fleet Foxes
Petals for Armor by Hayley Williams
These Are Good People. by Little Big League
She Hangs Brightly by Mazzy Star
Serpentine Prison by Matt Berninger
Musicians & Bands
Megan Thee Stallion
Slowdive
Nasty Cherry
Yumi Zouma
Elliott Smith
Giveon
The Stamp Collection
King Krule
Big Thief
Films
The Nice Guys (2016), rented
Punch Drunk Love (2002), Hulu
La Jeteé (1962), Kanopy
Trainspotting (1996), Vudu
27 Dresses (2008), Hulu
Bad Teacher (2011), Netflix
Hubie Halloween (2020), Netflix
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999), Netflix
Articles, Essays & Journals
We Need Blobs Now More Than Ever
To Peg Or Not To Peg – That Is The Question
Milestones Lost To Coronavirus Leave Young Adults With Unclear Path Forward
Rethinking Appropriate and Wokeness in Pop Music
Adrian Piper’s Show at MoMA is the Largest Ever for a Living Artist. Why Hasn’t She Seen It? (2018)
Foods & Snacks
Apples and peanut butter
Frothing not only your milk but your coffee itself changes the game
Caramel
Banana Milk
Jam on toast