The Sunday Digest 120
"Under the billboards, out of the heat."
Welcome to The Sunday Digest — a free Sunday newsletter featuring long (and some short) reads, original columns, things I’ve saved over the last week, relaxing playlists, episodes releases, exclusive product drops, and more. Yes, you can reply to this email. I’d love to hear from you. Or, if podcasts are more your speed on Sundays, we’ve got that too.
Shop Now: New Crewnecks
In case you missed it on Friday, we released some new crewnecks. There are still some Extra Smalls and Smalls available in the shop, so head over before they get shipped out this week. Note that these do fit a bit oversized, so an extra-small will fit more like a small, with a small fitting more like a medium.
Sunday Read › What Is Your Outfit Telling Your Therapist?
by Misty White Sidell for The New York Times
My therapist tells me that she’s never taken in any Sunday Scaries content, and I’m inclined to believe her because I don’t love the idea of living in a world where I think my therapist is lying to me.
When I first started seeing her, it was 2019 and it was mainly just pre-marital counseling. But I liked it! I liked being able to tell someone my problems or concerns or random thoughts and have them answer me in a way that no on else really does. But never did I even think that she may be judging me based on what I’m wearing.
This week’s Sunday Read tackles just that. And as you’ll see from the excerpt below, they’re not just assuming you’re depressed because you wore sweatpants that one time.
Isa Toledo, a 34-year-old artist living in Lisbon, broke up with her therapist partly because of a seemingly offhand comment about something she was wearing.
One day, she arrived at therapy in a cherished vintage wool coat. Her therapist complimented the garment and asked if she had purchased it at Desigual, a fast-fashion chain. “I was very taken aback,” Ms. Toledo said. “I didn’t want the compliment and was stunned she thought it was Desigual, I’ve never been in their stores.”
Ms. Toledo is part of the cohort of people who dress up for sessions. She assembles her therapy looks as if “I have a crush and I am going to run into them. I don’t have a crush on my therapist, but there is something analogous there.”
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku: “Don’t Cry, Shopgirl”
On the razor’s edge
between laughing and crying
watching You’ve Got Mail.
New Episode › Retail Therapy 105: Romance Novels & Hotel Bars
This week, Sally fills in for Barrett to talk all things romance novels, discuss whether or not we need to lay off the hotel bars a little bit, Sally's five current favorite products, Snail Girl Spring, Aime Leon Dore's first Spring 2025 release, and more.
Listen to Retail Therapy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube (see above), and anywhere else podcasts are found. And a reminder to follow Retail Therapy on Substack!
Things I Saved This Week
“How can I support Sunday Scaries?”
Buy our zine, Scenes of Note.
Listen to Retail Therapy.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to all Washed Media Podcasts.
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