Sidebar: Cabaret and Conspiracy Edition

I recommend reads on Cabaret, the origin of conspiracy theories, and a great moment in history for Barbra Streisand

This is my weekly roundup of links and recommendations. If we talked IRL, I’d likely derail our entire conversation with “sidebar, have you read | watched | listened | deep dived on this?”

Have you watched? 

I just finished Traitors, Season 2 (Peacock). I’m late to the game, but it’s all I want to talk about! Shahs of Sunset is one of my fave reality shows of all time. To see MJ in her glory sent me, and gave me BIG FEELINGS about the outcome. I need to discuss this with someone!

I didn’t know Cleopatra had a sister named Arsinoe. Shoutout to ancientstuffgirl2.0 for the education. (TikTok)

Rajiv Visits the MET. Love this TikTok!

@metmuseumDo you know the story or history behind your favorite garment?   Go behind the scenes at The Costume Institute for a little 19th-century GRWM moment with perpetually-best-dressed-art-lover @Rajiv Surendra and The Met’s Marci Morimoto.   #CostumeInstitute #FashionHistory #LearnOnTikTok

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Watch a very well-dressed Rajiv talk to the equally stylish Marci Morimoto (the MET’s Assistant Collections Manager) about a women’s cycling suit from 1896-1898. I love early 20th-century women’s cycling culture.