THIS WEEK
READ: Margit smashes postmenopause taboos. Adventuring with my disabled mom healed me, too. When I lived across the hall from Sid Vicious. Roxane Gay on the importance of elders in the queer community. Soledad O'Brien’s new series on actual solutions to systemic injustice. Bad reputation: An oral history of the Freaks and Geeks soundtrack.
ENJOY: Jiggy’s puzzle of the month features 100 iconic women. Needledrop lets you visualize your favorite song on vinyl. Just paste in a YouTube link. “Some day our feminist overlords will show us how it's done.” 12 things I’d like immunity to along with Covid-19. Two stunning new murals in Washington, DC.
ICYMI: Spoiler alert: We’re recapping The Real World Homecoming every week! TueNighters Deesha Philyaw and Tamara Winfrey-Harris on the Black woman’s gaze.
STREAM
Friday: A Love Letter to Liza Minnelli on her 75th birthday.
Saturday: Margaret Cho joins Bawdy Storytelling for their “Happy Accidents” lovestream.
Tuesday morning: I Am A Cliché, the documentary about Poly Styrene, debuts at SXSW.
Until March 24: Make time to watch Mr. Soul! and thank us later. (Here’s a great interview with the director.)
(Image: Jiggy)
STORY: Skills I've Lost — and Gained — in Quarantine
“Wine! It’s not just for weekends anymore!”
In this week’s story, Diane di Costanzo shares how her yoga practice and social skills may have left the building, but she’s gotten better at crosswords, captions, and — perhaps most importantly — doing nothing at all.
NEXT FOR X: Health Hacks & Peri Tips
This week in Next For X we wander boldly into the mysteries of aging, checking in on what happens to both women and men as we round the bend on less-young-than-we-used to be. Spoiler alert: there might be more questions than answers, but we’re doing a bang-up job of trying to get to the bottom of things:
Turns out 2 in 5 women over 50 don’t know what to expect from perimenopause and menopause. That’s why We Have 5 Questions... on Menopause, and a wise expert to answer them.
Is it predictable that Joe Rogan, George Foreman, and Tony Stark/Iron Man all seem to have a role in The Gen X Male’s Science-Mad Plan to Beat Aging?
And: Why Healing Touch is Better than a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Anyone going to debate that? We didn’t think so.
Next For X is sponsored by #disruptaging
OBSESSED: Tumbling Blocks Needlepoint
By Fran Mason
“Everybody in my mother's family is an amateur artisan. We have quilters, decorators, huck-weavers, furniture restorers, and more — but the arts-and-crafts gene passed me by.” Until now!
“Spring forward,” TueNighters!