Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Weekend Reads Have you been trying to find that perfect easy dress that will go from summer weekend casual to business casual office in the fall? How about if it’s on sale? Do you remember me raving about this wrap dress from Universal Standard? Well, the Tiered Twirl Wrap dress is part of the Universal…
Weekend Reads Style, like wisdom, gets better with age. (Bazaar) Why do moms tend to manage the household scheduling? (New York Times) After Roe’s repeal, CVS told pharmacists to withhold certain prescriptions. (The New Republic) The liberating power of solo travel and “microfreedoms”. (Jumble & Flow) Newspapers are dying? This digital media veteran launched one anyway….
Weekend Reads What is Juneteenth? (PBS) The Juneteenth flag, explained. (Vox) White parents rallied to chase a Black educator out of town. Then, they followed her to the next one. (ProPublica) Lizzo removes “harmful” word from her new song “Grrrls” following ableism criticism. (AV Club) I heard it was coming but now it’s official… Revlon…
Weekend Reads On May 19th, I did a webinar with ChloeDigital, a digital strategy and WordPress support company specifically for bloggers. I have been with ChloeDigital for several years and was honored to chat with Jamila Ali (my manager at CD) about my business. I got very honest talking about how I started blogging, when…
This past weekend, I filled out forms to have my daughter transfer from homeschool to middle school next year. We homeschooled her this year because we were concerned about covid. We didn’t even think about guns, even though she did regular active shooter drills in elementary school. I have nothing poignant to say after that….
Last weekend, my family and I took a quick getaway to Ocean City, Maryland. We planned it several weeks ago; our daughter had yet to visit the closest ocean beach to where we live and we figured that while it wouldn’t be warm enough to go in the ocean, it would still be warm enough…
I have been intrigued by the idea that Jo Piazza, the host of the podcast Under the Influence, is proposing to have a Woman’s Day Off the Internet on September 12th. Inspired by the women’s strike in Iceland (BBC), Piazza believes that if all women avoid social media for just one day, it would be…
Weekend Reads This week I did an Instagram Live with the cofounders of new beauty brand Flyte.70. Geared specifically for us grown-ass women, I was impressed by the products they gifted me no strings attached, and wanted to learn more about how these Gen X friends came to make the line, how they focus on…
Weekend Reads Coronavirus FAQ: I’m a one-way masker. With mask mandates going away, is that helpful? (NPR) Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine. (Washington Post) Here’s why older women need to celebrate their sexuality and why they shouldn’t be shamed. (The Ethel) Science confirms that when white people…