Best of the Internet 06/08/16

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Jared Leto wearing Gucci. Picture / Getty


1. "Sorry for killing your meme," Jared Leto tells Vanity Fair. The actor is a fan of Gucci and the brand's designer Alessandro Michele, attending the show at Westminster Abbey in June - where a photo of him with a look of pure delight as a model walked past in a neon green coat soon went viral. But, he tells Vanity Fair after wearing the same coat to a premiere, the photo isn't what it seems.

2. Barack Obama writes personally about feminism and its impact on him and his teenage daughters Malia and Sasha, in the Glamour magazine essay This Is What a Feminist Looks Like. Writing that the most important people in his life have always been women, the US president comments about his daughters: "It's important that their dad is a feminist, because now that's what they expect of all men".

3. Team USA's gymnastics team may have hit "peak crystal" at the Rio 2016 Olympics, finds Vanessa Friedman in the New York Times. She examines the history of gymnast uniforms - and the rising level of sparkles - in the The Bedazzling of the American Gymnast.

4. "Girls are often socialised to be people-pleasers; perhaps it is the diffidence of the cat, its refusal to play nice, that strikes their fancy," writes Christine Smallwood in a charming New Yorker essay reflecting on childhood memories of Cats the musical.

5. Funny, thought provoking and inspiring words of wisdom from everyone from Sylvia Plath to Serena Williams feature in The Cut's story, 30 Famous Women on Heartbreak.

6. Architectural Digest goes inside the "impeccably composed and curated" New York townhouse of fashion designer Marc Jacobs, and his "Insta-Famous" Bull Terrier Neville Jacobs.

7. As anticipation builds for Frank Ocean's album release, the Guardian looks at why Frank Ocean's style matters - describing the singer's anti-peacock take on pop culture and style as an original and political stance.

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