TueDo List: Hannah Gadsby + Career Burnout + Sleeping Apart
And justice for E. Jean Carroll.
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: Alexandra Auder’s bonkers memoir about growing up the daughter of Andy Warhol superstar Viva. The Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo García, by Laura Tillmans. (And also: Ultra-processed foods are sketch and lead to anxiety, depression and cognitive decline.) Why you should consider hearing aids even if you’re not a senior. “Thank you to ALL survivors who helped lead to the verdict today” — good thread on the E. Jean verdict. Now would be a good time to subscribe to
👀 LOOK: The oral history of BuzzFeed News. How Jezebel started a media revolution.
🎧 LISTEN: “Nosebleeds,” by the MisterWives, brings back that 20-teens indie noise. Hong Kong Mandopop royalty Leah Dou’s tunes are insanely catchy, even if you don’t know all three languages she sings in.
🤣 LOL: We are not beneath a good fart joke. Happy Teacher Appreciation week!
🛒 ADD TO CART: A superfake handbag, maybe? Native plants, to garden for wildlife.
📺 WATCH:
Tonight: Hannah Gadsby: Something Special. A feel-good special, filmed at the Sydney Opera House, from the comedian famed for her biting Nanette. (Netflix)
Friday: City on Fire. Based on the 2015 novel by Garth Risk Hallberg. (Apple TV+)
Monday. Blackberry. The true story of the meteoric rise and eventual crash of the company that made your first smartphone. (Theaters)
STORY: How Burnout Made Me Quit Everything
By Sabrina McCormick
When we think of climate change effects, we often imagine hurricanes, heat waves, and wildfires — all the massive ecological manifestations of a world overcommitted to consumption and fossil fuel emissions. I’ve worked to change that perception for 20 years as a climate change expert and filmmaker drawing attention to the human effects: to lives lost in heat waves, novel illnesses conveyed by deadly mosquitoes, and the mental health burdens of living through unanticipated, extreme events.
It took those two decades for me to realize that there was another, critical effect of climate change going unnoticed: the intense mental, emotional burden on the people fighting against it.
Eventually, I would be forced to confront how working myself into a state of burnout was connected to the burning out of the planet, the tie between the Earth’s atmosphere and the personal one I created in my life…
TUENIGHT 10: Maryjane Fahey, Glorious Broad
Your Age: 72
Basic bio: Maryjane Fahey is a creative content director, writer and the founder of Glorious Broads, which celebrates fierce, unconventional women over 50. Her mission is to inspire older women to live full authentic lives with no limitations and younger women to live free of the fear of getting older.
Beyond the bio: I’ve never been as on fire as I am right now: Working on a TV show about (mostly hot) midlife sex, and a theater monologue about the unexpected liberation of caring less about nonsense.
STORY: How Sleeping in Separate Beds Saved My Marriage
By Gabrielle Moss
There are two things you learn about me immediately upon setting foot inside my home:
I have a pathological fondness for leopard print.
My husband and I sleep in separate beds. They’re the centerpiece of our small New York City apartment: two twin beds pushed together, as if we are teenagers trying to comfortably have sex in an empty summer camp cabin…
This story has been syndicated from Adulted. Learn more.
#GENXAPPROVED: Question of the Week
This week TueNighter Liz is looking for a one-piece swimsuit that's comfortable and offers full coverage:
Happy almost Mom’s Day TueNighters — to all who celebrate.
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