Team Favorites: January & February 2023
Illustration by Grace Comia
At Humankind Zine, our team loves to curate a collection of our top picks each month. Though we were on hiatus during January and February, we're excited to share our favorites from that time. Our list includes a mix of new and old media, ranging from XG's latest release "Shooting Star" to the classic TV show The X-Files from 1993. Keep reading to discover more of our recommendations.
To Read
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Circe by Madeline Miller
Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Running With Lions by Julian Winters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
The Pen, the Throat, the Ear by Sarah Ghazal Ali
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin
You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
To Watch
YouTube
Jordan Theresa on Youtube
Shows
The X-Files (1993)
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Inside Job (2021)
Only Murders in the Building - Season Two (2022)
Kaleidoscope (2023)
The Last of Us (2023)
Lockwood & Co. (2023)
Movies
The Shawshank Redemption (1994), dir. Frank Darabont
The Menu (2021), dir. Mark Mylod
Don’t Look Up (2021), dir. Adam McKay
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), dir. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), dir. Joe Crawford
To Listen
Podcast
“You Are Good” hosted by Sarah Marshall and Alex Steed
Songs
"A New England" by Billy Bragg
"Blood" by The Middle East
"Carlo's Song" by Noah Kahanto
"Carnivore" by Bear Attack!
"CHRONICALLY CAUTIOUS" by Braden Bales
"Deadweight" by Beach Bunny
"Don't Go Dark" by Dreamers and Irontom
"Dreamland" by Fox Stevenson
"From Hell With Love" by Ryan Caraveo
"I Think I Like When It Rains" by WILLIS
"Kill Bill" by SZA
"Muzzle" by Destroy Boys
"riseatsunset" by Krishna Canning
"Shooting Star" by XG
"Vanished World" by Oi Va Voi
Albums
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, Caroline Polachek
I Love You Jennifer B, by Jockstrap
The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen
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