The Shift With Sam Baker

The Shift With Sam Baker

Share this post

The Shift With Sam Baker
The Shift With Sam Baker
What's got my attention this week #16
The Friday Round-up

What's got my attention this week #16

Things to read, watch and listen to this weekend

sam baker
Aug 25, 2023
∙ Paid
13

Share this post

The Shift With Sam Baker
The Shift With Sam Baker
What's got my attention this week #16
9
Share

Helen Mirren, 78, graces the cover of Dujour magazine – and doesn’t look like she was AI generated!

The Shift With Sam Baker is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

SCROLLING
• “You can’t have an ego with a garden.” What Helen Mirren does, when she’s not acting.
• I think this might be the first time I’ve seen “vaginal atrophy” in a headline in a national newspaper.
• What’s so scary about being mediocre?
• “My mother said, ‘Patty, I just don’t want you to wake up at 50 and be unhappy.’ I woke up at 50 in stilettos and a thong.”
• “Cooking rekindled my appetite for life.” Love this piece by Bee Wilson.
• Can you teach a grown adult to flirt?
• The deck of cards that could solve your emotional labour disputes.
• Love this piece about New Ground, a retirement community dedicated to older women.

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 sam baker
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share