THIS WEEK
📖 READ: ‘90s nostalgia brought back claw clips, but it could be worse (ahem: banana clips). One hundred things we’ve lost to the internet. This woman still drives the ‘57 Chevy she bought in ‘57. The new Botox tagline is “Still you,” but it could be “Still here.” The reluctant traveler’s guide to surviving the holidays. How an old photo helped me realize who I have become. Pee-wee Herman: Radio DJ.
👀 LOOK: The ultimate supercut of almost every guest star on The Love Boat. Somebody finally fixed the ending of The Giving Tree. A quiz that helps you identify your creative type.
🎧 LISTEN: The story behind Blondie’s “Rapture.” Six companion podcasts for the Succession-obsessed.
🎁 GIFTS:
Books: For Pogues fans, Spike Lee fans, and midcentury modernistas.
Ornaments: Bowie, Converse, Freddy Mercury, Prozac, and a mixtape.
KISS-branded gin and rum? Sure why not.
🤣 LOL: Birds with people arms. The worst holiday gifts people have received. Wait, but have you tried—? This tweet.
📺 WATCH
Thursday: Chaka Khan and Stephanie Mills in the next Verzuz battle (Instagram Live) and Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max)
Friday: Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson (FX and Hulu), King Richard (theaters and HBO Max), and Gillian Anderson in the second season of The Great (Hulu)
STORY: How I Came to Believe I Deserved More
By Abby West
"I am a grown-ass woman. And I was a grown-ass woman a few years back when I received a job offer that thrilled me to no end — but also made me challenge my whole concept of what I’m capable of.”
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