The TueDo List: Gen-X TikTok + '80s Workout Jams + Stirrup Pants
And a new s*x toy no one asked for
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: “Leslie Jones may now Olympic-tweet to her heart’s content.” Learn Black history in five minutes a day with 28 Days of Black History, from the people behind the Anti-Racism Daily. Hollywood (finally) discovers the middle-aged woman. How the Gee’s Bend quilters are doing a year after joining Etsy. David Lee Roth’s profound effect on Debbie Millman. I divorced my husband, but I kept my mother-in-law. The rebirth of the Ebony Test Kitchen.
👀 LOOK: The weather – but in emojis. Write a letter to your future self. Nice work, whoever named some of these glasses frames. Click to relax.
🎧 LISTEN: "Do Women Dare?", a 1969 panel discussion with Shirley Chisholm, Gloria Steinem, and Jacqueline Grenin Wexler. Chuck D’s new podcast, Songs That Shook the Planet.
🛒 ADD TO CART: Madam C.J. Walker’s new hair care line. LEGO roses.
🎨 MAKE: #The100DayProject starts on Sunday. Are you doing a project? Tell us about it in the comments!
🤣 LOL: Hit songs on Yoda's home planet. Janet Yellen surveys warehouse of topless women sorting U.S. Treasury cash. Fashionista asks, “How do I style stirrup leggings?” and somehow leaves out “with a match and some gasoline.” A vibrator that looks like a pickle.
📺 WATCH
Bookmark: TVLine’s calendar of everything you can watch in February to celebrate Black History Month.
Now: Dark comedy This is Going to Hurt, about life as a doctor. (AMC+)
Thursday: Steven Soderbergh's Kimi, starring Zoë Kravitz, looks utterly terrifying. (HBO Max)
Friday: Julia Garner in Inventing Anna (Netflix) and J.Lo and Sarah Silverman in Marry Me (Theaters, Peacock).
Sunday: Bel-Air, the “reboot” of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – but as a dramatic series. (Peacock)
Monday: Ali Wong returns on Valentine’s Day with Don Wong. (Netflix)
STORY: Songs We Worked Out To in the ’80s (If We Worked Out At All)
By Margit Detweiler
Back in the 1980s, working out wasn't inextricably linked to music, the way it is today. There weren't Zumba songs or "Jock Jams" (that was the 90s, people). We didn't listen to playlists oriented by BPMs. We didn't have little white wireless speakers jutting out of our ears. Yes, we had our Sony Walkmans, but I had nightmares of trying to "jog" with that thing affixed to nylon shorts and watch it crash to the ground.
While the ’80s saw the advent of aerobics, and Jane, and Olivia, of course, we did our jumping jacks to whatever music was bouncy. I remember taking a “dance fitness” class in 8th grade and my young teacher playing the Moody Blues “Tuesday Afternoon,” which we thought was the coolest thing ever, if completely inappropriate for Jazzercise.
So here at TueNight we conducted a purely unscientific poll of friends, asking people what music they worked out to back in the ’80s, and found a wide range of tunes — from the obvious to the obscure.
We say, whatever moves you…
TUENIGHT 10: Corrbette Pasko
Age: 47
Basic bio: If you’re on Gen-X TikTok, you’re probably already familiar with Corrbette Pasko’s hilarious Gen-X updates and rants from her “rage desk.” Turns out our she-ro is also a writer, actor, singer, producer, “professional swearer” and “your mom’s favorite.” Her latest release is Corri and Sara Are Famous, which we can’t wait to watch.
Beyond the bio: Re: midlife: “At first, we’re consumed with everything hurting,” says Corrbette. “But then you find out how to work with your body. You learn how resilient it is. You learn that you’re really pissing someone off if you love yourself… and wow that’s so goddamned sexy.”
What makes you a grown-ass lady? No one is going to give you anything, you hear me? You have to take it. Do not wait for someone to recognize your greatness. YOU HAVE TO BE THE FIRST. Sorry. I’m yelling. But it’s fucking important.
Here’s her TueNight 10:
On the nightstand: Water (bitch, stay hydrated), a basket of necessities (lip balm, hand lotion, foot fixers, vape pen), books.
Can't stop/won't stop: Swearing. Wearing ginormous earrings.
Jam of the minute: Don’t Owe You A Thang by Gary Clark Jr.
Thing I miss: Chicago food. Goddamnit I was so spoiled.
'80s crush: Eric. Stoltz. My god.
Current crush: This is too hard. Um. Idris. No. Aaron Paul. Oscar Isaac. Helena Bonham Carter. My husband.
Latest fav find: The community on TikTok is amazingly supportive. And a good gel eyeliner.
Last thing you lost: My sanity? No? My last fuck? No. My coffee was just here a minute ago…
Best thing that happened recently: The premiere of Corri and Sara Are Famous. We filmed it in 2019 and were finally able to share it!
Looking forward to: Write Club in Chicago and hugging folks, and coming back and squeezing the bejeezus out of my family.
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