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 It’s your friends who break your heart. (The Atlantic) Who buys all the clothes? (Back Row) Why comedians stopped being funny. (UnHerd) InStyle magazine to end print; going digital-only. (Fashionista) If you’re looking for a well-shaped but otherwise classic sweatshirt without holes, without distressing, without a phrase about wine may I recommend this… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #187
Grown Folks Business candle from FORVR Mood (as I wrote this I got the email that my order arrived at home) | Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum from Hyper Skin (I own and think it’s great) | Blue zebra calfhair bag from Brandon Blackwood (see my Brandon Blackwood belt bag) | Gold plated dangle… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #186
Weekend Reads Mary J. Blige on navigating self-acceptance through beauty. (Elle) Finding my personal style helped me embrace my Filipina identity. (Refinery29) You do not always have to say yes. (The Atlantic) Gender-based online violence spikes after prominent media attacks. (Brookings) Welcome to invasivorism, the boldest solution to ethical eating yet. (Popular Science) The internet… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #185
Better late than never! It’s a tough month, but I’m making it. Maybe a bit delayed, maybe a bit frazzled, but I think that’s how we’re all getting through January. And we WILL get through it! Here are some interesting reads to get you through this weekend… Weekend Reads 6 ways fitness instructors can check… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #184
Weekend Reads So honored to be featured on TueNight, a community for Gen X women! (TueNight) The joys (and challenges) of sex after 70. (New York Times) The power of reclaiming my Asian name. (Washington Post Magazine) Tara Reid deserves an apology. But she doesn’t want one. (Buzzfeed) Why making friends in midlife is so… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #183
The best laid plans… my family and I rented a lake house in Virginia from the 28th to this past Wednesday, and another family we’re friends with joined us from the 29th – 2nd. The plan was that Monday and Tuesday I’d work from the lake house and then Wednesday on the drive home do… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #182