The TueDo List: Devo Clothes + Comic Nurse + January Blues
And what to say (and not say) to a grown-ass woman
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: Remembering Ronnie Spector's heroic swagger. How to make friends as an adult. Christina Ricci knew the spiky roles were coming. 20 ways to cope with January blues. I celebrated my 50th birthday alone (and gained much-needed clarity). A new comprehensive collection of Zora Neale Hurston’s essays, criticism, and articles.
👀 LOOK: An Illinois museum is planning an exhibit on Generation X. We can help by taking their survey and possibly lending them our old Trapper Keepers. 59 years of The Bell Jar book covers. How did we miss Andy Warhol guest starring on The Love Boat? A capsule collection of Devo-inspired clothes.
🤣 LOL: Wirecutter recommends: the best partner – complete with “budget” and “upgrade” options.
📺 WATCH
Now: Avenue of Dreams: Reclaiming MLK Boulevards. (Comcast NBCUniversal)
Friday: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+) and season 4 of Ozark (Netflix).
Monday: Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon in The Gilded Age. Think Downton Abbey, but in New York. (HBO)
STORY: Don’t Stand So Close to Me. Especially at the Grocery Store.
By Laurie White
My un-meditative self left the store clutching my neck, unable to comprehend the basic difference between these two types of humans — those who will stand right on top of you without blinking, and people like me, who need to stand a few inches apart from others to conduct business. Just a few, please, and then we will be on our way. We might even wave and smile.
TUENIGHT 10: MK Czerwiec, aka “Comic Nurse”
Age: 55
Basic bio: MK is a nurse, cartoonist, and educator. She created the graphic memoir Taking Turns, Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 and edited the Eisner-Award winning anthology, Menopause: A Comic Treatment.
Beyond the bio: MK strongly believes that hot flashes are give-a-shits burning off.
What makes you a grown-ass lady? I’m currently building a house.
Her TueNight 10:
On the nightstand: Dying for Attention: A Graphic Memoir of Nursing Home Care by Susan Macleod
Can't stop/won't stop: Reading comics.
Jam of the minute: Young queer music is amazing right now: PVRIS, the Aces, girl in red, Phoebe Bridgers, King Princess, Clairo, and more. Playlists from my niece are on constant repeat.
Thing I miss: The casual socializing of pre-COVID.
‘80s crush: Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees.
Current crush: My wife.
Latest fave find: The podcast Tig and Cheryl: True Story.
Last thing you lost: Probably a password.
Best thing that happened recently: Online boxing and yoga workouts with two treasured friends.
Looking forward to: Being able to casually socialize again.
Better After 50: Forget the 5 Pounds, I Have Other Priorities Now
Two Old Bitches Podcast: Screen Bitches — Why We Love Hacks
GenX Woman: The Rise of the Middle-Aged Woman — Can You Feel It?
Pause Me Not: List of Words and Phrases Related to Menopause
Forever 35 Podcast: Mini-Ep 269: Most Likely To Fight The Patriarchy
You look great TueNighters!
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