Janeen Poutre manages OZY’s purse and keeps her finger on its pulse. These are her favorite stories from 2018.

You know all those articles warning you away from office romances? Well, Janeen didn’t read any of them. She married a former colleague following an office romance, and now she and her husband get to chase 2-year-old Xander around the garden while trying to convince the tyke that a baby brother is a cool idea. No stranger to ledger sheets or IVF (she’s a fan of fertility features), Janeen is now proudly taking name suggestions for Baby No. 2, due in March. Warning: Her hubby has vetoed every suggestion thus far.

Her singular focus for the better part of the past decade has been poverty. Specifically, educating our way out of it.

Nothing is fair. Sports, politics, casinos — maybe especially casinos. Because the reality is, in lots of cases, the house wins, always has and always will, and how this sits with you has everything to do with what you might be moved to do about it.

“I’m gifted, or cursed, with an excessive amount of empathy,” says Dr. Rebecca Brown from her new office near Boston’s Dudley Square. After nearly a decade dealing with issues surrounding poverty, first as deputy director of research at Urban Strategies Council in Oakland, California, and now as CEO of Equity Focus Consulting, Brown is setting about doing for the Boston Public Schools district what most directly needs to be done to minimize the misery.

Liked Lady Bird or Get Out? Try these genre-bending options to keep feeding your moviegoer appetite.

Committing to see all nine of the Academy Awards Best Picture nominees requires an immense love of cinema — and at least 18 hours of your life. (And in my case, massive gummy bear consumption.) Then there’s the Oscar-binge aftermath, when you realize a film has reminded you of another and you have to watch it … stat. Or, as the credits roll, you’re left wanting more.

Movie fans are in luck, as each 2018 Best Picture nominee has a perfect follow-up flick. And better: The selection is from a different genre than the nominee, so all the emotions and empathetic tendencies that didn’t awaken will now get a workout. Consider this your guide to keep the movie-binge momentum going through genre-flipping.