TueDo List: Sleep Apps + Feminist Bodice Rippers + Juneteenth Ideas
Plus new podcasts, Black Mirror returns and flavorful new cookies
THIS WEEK
📖 READ: Roxane Gay Books is out with its debut title: And Then He Sang a Lullaby. Should you have an open relationship? Gen X grew up with affirmative action — this piece goes deep on its origins. Desiree Cooper on raising kids at 62. A fascinating piece on schadenfreude and online call-outs. What a “professional cuddler” can tell us about intimacy, skin hunger, and loneliness.
👀 LOOK: Jasper John’s upstate New York house is a dream. The Slow AF Run Club. Your first-edition cassette tapes from the ‘80s and ‘90s could be worth bank. Love Island, but middle-aged.
🎧 LISTEN: Shoshanna Hecht’s Your New Life Blend podcast is as insightful as her work as a therapist and coach. A conversation with Brooklyn’s queen of feminist romance novels. Korean Old Vinyls (iykyk). The Every Restaurant Playlist, for when you want to vibe up small plates at home.
🤣 LOL: Some truths about writing a book.
🛒 ADD TO CART: Danish cookie tins, but make them — and the cookies — Indian. A cool-looking Airigami mask to deal with smoky air. NB: It’s boot sale season! Time to stock up on massively discounted boots, on sale everywhere, for next winter.
📺 WATCH:
Wednesday. How Do You Measure a Year? A father films his daughter on her birthday for 16 years (HBO).
Thursday. Black Mirror, Season 6: The show that took dystopian future-casting and sci-fi to a whole new level (Netflix). Jagged Mind: A lesbian psychological thriller with a Black Mirror vibe (Hulu).
Friday. The Blackening: If everyone is Black, who dies first? A horror movie send-up about seven Black friends visiting a remote cabin for Juneteenth weekend (Theaters).
Saturday. Extraordinary Birder. Birder Christian Cooper takes viewers on a wild birding adventure (Nat Geo Wild).
LIST: Celebrate Juneteenth: 10 Powerful Actions to Empower and Support Black Women
By Liz Thompson
Juneteenth, a historic day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865, holds profound significance in our nation’s history. In celebration of Juneteenth, we’ve curated a collection of meaningful ways to observe this day and uplift Black women. From supporting Black-owned businesses to engaging with literature by Black authors and contributing to essential causes and organizations, we invite you to join us in taking action.
Here are 10 things TueNighters can do to support Black women on Juneteenth:
#GENXAPPROVED: Question of the Week
My kingdom for a good night’s sleep! This week TueNighter Elisa is looking for tips to unwind and zonk out. What are your favorite sleep and meditation apps — or anything (a tv show? a podcast?) that helps you fall to….zzzzzz……
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