The TueDo List: Girl Bands + Grown-Ass Advice + 🤎 for ☕️
Our first TueNighters workshop starts tonight!
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: TueNight gets a shoutout in a NYT piece on perimenopause and in the NY Post about our new community! What moving during a pandemic taught me about the meaning of home. The clothing advice I wish my mother (and I) would take. Lucy Liu on the danger of Asian stereotypes. An annotated history of “Doris.” 10 essential books by Vietnamese American writers. How racism pushed Tina Turner and other Black women artists out of America. Three women share later-in-life accomplishments.
🛒 ADD TO CART: New books by Oprah, Elizabeth Warren, and Alison Bechdel.
👀 LOOK: Drumming grandmother goes viral on TikTok. So does a new way of measuring bra size. “The Great Wall,” Judy Baca’s LA mural, is going to be extended to a full mile in length. Female and childfree, in photos. A new director’s cut of Prince's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" guitar solo.
📺 STREAM
Thursday: The Tina Fey-produced Girls5eva looks hilarious (Peacock). All six episodes of That Damn Michael Che (HBO Max). And the second season of Legendary — with Megan Thee Stallion as a judge (HBO Max).
Friday: The third and final season of Shrill. (Hulu)
Saturday: JLo and H.E.R. perform at Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World (YouTube), Verzuz with SWV and Xscape (Instagram).
Sunday: Ziwe, a new variety series from the comedian and Desus & Mero writer (Showtime) and a Mother’s Day Dionne Warwick concert (Mandolin).
(Photo: Peacock)
ADVICE: I Wake Up at 3 a.m. Every Night. How Do I Get Back to Sleep?
By Margaret Crandall
Dear TueNight,
I used to be a champion sleeper. I’d be out like a light when my head hit the pillow, unconscious for at least seven hours. Not anymore! For the last several months, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night — usually around 3 a.m. — and then I can’t get back to sleep. I’m exhausted, cranky, and way too busy for daytime naps. Oh, and sleeping pills scare the hell out of me. I’m desperate for sleep — can you help me?
⚡️ TONIGHT! Join Our Storytelling Workshop, 7 p.m. EST⚡️
If you’re a member of our brand new TueNighters community, all members receive access to Robin Gelfenbein’s 4-week course The Art of Storytelling which starts tonight at 7 p.m. (Eastern). Robin’s a storytelling pro, podcast host, and three-time Moth winner who knows what she’s talking about. Robin typically teaches this course for $400 a person, but TueNighters get access simply for the price of membership!
OBSESSED: My Secret to Happiness? Coffee Beans, Delivered
By Michelle Arnold
The last year has taught me to find happiness where I can, and that includes coffee. My Trade Coffee subscription is a continuous drip of new tastes and artful packages from the nation’s best coffee roasters.
A selection of great stories and listens from other “grown-ass lady” sites
Hey Perry: My Perimenopause Beauty Survival Kit
Jumble & Flow: Is Your Tech Career Over at 40? This 51-year-old Engineering Manager at Netflix Doesn’t Think So
Midlife Mixtape: Ep 96 Listeners’ “Still in Rotation” Albums
The Woolfer: Feeling Like a Fraud
May the, uh, fourth be with you, TueNighters, and Happy Mother’s Day!
Love the gif. Best line, ever!