What's got my attention this week
Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend #110
Below the paywall today: the burden of maintenance sex; the heroine of the hula hoop; the last of the abuelas; why we’re over self-optimizing; gorgeous interviews with Jamaica Kincaid and Ava Du Vernay; the triple-peak trap of modern work; leaning into your strange; the book everyone’s talking about and much more.
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• Pamela Anderson is quietly revolutionary in The Naked Gun.
• Fascinating conversation between Decca Aitkenhead and Victoria Derbyshire on how breast cancer changed them. (£)
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• ’s piece, who’s going to be there for me when I’m old? has sparked a conversation. And on the same theme, let me introduce you to The Birds Nest: 11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and no guys). (Gift link)
• What I learned from returning to my teen clubbing days.