The TueDo List: House Party + Tunics R Us + Missy Elliott
Plus Squishmallows, Gabi Fresh and Just Say Yes.
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: Jennifer Aniston on her IVF struggles, and peace at 53. Roxane Gay says don’t blame your millennial colleagues (this time.) US Army Vet Archuleta Chisolm on Black womens’ essential military service. Great excerpt from Paulina Porizkova’s new memoir. Do I really need Joan Didion’s stuff?
👀 LOOK: Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford in Yellowstone spinoff. Does revenge fashion really want to hurt you? How a preacher mobilized Pennsylvania voters.
🎧 LISTEN: Rihanna drops Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s “Born Again.” New Bruce says only the strong survive. 20 years of Missy Elliot’s “Under Construction”.
🤣 LOL: Explaining the Twitter implosion to someone who doesn’t want to know. My kid’s school thinks I’m a freelance neurosurgeon.
🛒 ADD TO CART: Wendi Aarons is Wearing Tunics Now. Etsy editors pick gifts under $30. Gabifresh drops her plus-size fall lewks. This beautiful, beaded Choice bracelet.
📺 WATCH
Wednesday: Afghanistan's youngest female mayor in the In Her Hands doc. (Netflix).
Thursday: Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini rise again in Dead to Me. (Netflix)
Friday: Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan break #MeToo for the NYT in She Said. (Theaters).
Sunday: Jennifer Beals is back as Bette in The L Word: Generation Q. (Showtime)
LIVE EVENT! Heck Yeah We’re Hosting a House Party…
It’s been FOREVAH, since we’ve done a proper TueNight Live event, but the wait is over. Tuesday, December 13, we’re going coast-to-coast with a handful of fabulous storytellers, to be announced shortly.
Our theme this edition is #1 Daughter. You know, the one responsible for everything. The trusted decision maker. Advice giver. The one who cares for the parents. The go-to. If you’re reading this and nodding along, do yourself a favor and snag your ticket now. Bonus: Everyone that signs up is automatically entered to win a fab gift box of hand-picked TueNight favorites valued at over $250!
STORY: Embarking on My Own Year of Yes
By Taiaa Smart-Young
I’ll allow Shonda Rhimes to take credit for inventing the year of yes (YOY). This TV titan did make it famous, but let the record show that I invented the concept before Rhimes’ book with the same name became an instant bestseller…
OBSESSED: When All Else Fails, There are Squishmallows
Look. I’m an adult woman, but no one warned me about a possible stuffed animal phase. If you had told me I’d still have my favorite Betty Bear that my father bought me when I was 5, I wouldn’t blink an eye (though I’d have to admit I finally gave her away a few years ago). No, this is a whole new obsession that has nothing to do with childhood sentimentality…
Yes, Thanksgiving is somehow next week!
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