Free & Fair Elections and All For Fall

It's officially fall, y'all! If you're interested in learning more about the best season, you'll love this month's pop culture segment in which Yaz covers pumpkin spice lattes and Christian Girl Autumn. And if being knowledgable and informed about the election process is on your fall to-do list, Majka's got your back with a politics portion that dives deep into the definition and execution of fair and free elections.

Reading

The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson 
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Watching 

Parenthood 
Say I Do (Netflix) 
Sweet Magnolias (Netflix) 

Listening

Last Seen: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen
Chasing Cosby: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/los-angeles-times-la-times-studios/chasing-cosby
S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/ 

Politics 

Help Floridians vote: https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/
Inter Parliamentary Union: https://www.ipu.org/our-impact/strong-parliaments/setting-standards/declaration-criteria-free-and-fair-elections 
Bishop and Hoeffler article: https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/doi/full/10.1177/0022343316642508
Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media/digital-election-interference 
Elections during pandemics: https://theconversation.com/how-to-hold-elections-safely-and-uphold-democracy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-145628
The Daily episode on Russian troll farms: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/podcasts/the-daily/russia-trolls-misinformation.html 
A Vox video about online voter suppression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Veo_T4a5dM 

Pop Culture 

The science behind our obsession with fall: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_n_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?guccounter=1
More of said science: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/why-are-people-so-obsessed-with-fall-experts-explain-your-love-for-autumn-18735529#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20to%20enjoy%20autumn,and%20think%20turkey%20is%20tasteless.
The pumpkin spice industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2018/10/31/inside-the-600-million-pumpkin-spice-industrial-complex/#661a54e11b95
Pumpkin spice latte facts: https://grow.acorns.com/coronavirus-spending-pumpkin-spice-lattes/
Even more pumpkin spice latte facts: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pumpkin-spice-industry_ca_5d654fb4e4b0d2fa2db1ef89
Cost of Thanksgiving: https://lendedu.com/blog/cost-of-thanksgiving/
Hot Girl Summer: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained
Christian Girl Autumn: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained