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 Catch up on these latest weekend reads covering politics, culture, fashion, and lifestyle—perfect for a quick, insightful weekend dive! Why María Corina Machado deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. (The Atlantic – gift link) Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet. (The Guardian) Gen X men on…
Weekend Reads Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said. (Detroit Free Press) People are turning to Etsy witches to manifest their dream lives. (Dazed) Looking to invest more in their friendships, some are opening shared bank accounts. (NBC News) I will sleep easier. (Daniel Barkhuff on Substack) Tearing down the playhouse. (Men…
Back to school means back to sickness. I’m working from home guzzling water, neti potting day and night, and washing my hands obsessively while my husband and daughter are upstairs, sniffling and coughing and moaning. I feel as though I have just gotten my groove for Q4 and the last thing I want is to…
Last week, challenging myself, I made an Instagram Reel talking to the screen about leopard print sweaters. It did well, and inspired me this week to do one talking about the new sneakers I got. This video did even better and I gained well over 100 new followers from it. I have never been a…
I have been feeling low. Empty. My therapist suggested I return to what got me out of a hole I was in back in 2014: meditation and Brene Brown. I pulled up Daring Greatly from my Audible archives, horrified to find it was replaced by AI reading the book, and bought another copy. And I…
Weekend Reads Idaho’s parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth. (Idaho Capital Sun) One thousand vintage garments found in an Appalachian farmhouse. (Pre-Loved via Substack) Now we have to compete with AI models? (Glamour) Love this Magsafe battery pack for my phone. Can you guess my favorite print? Can RFK…
Weekend Reads for Leaving on a Jet Plane Minnesota Vikings show support for their male cheerleaders amid backlash. (Today) “Divine Feminine” advice on TikTok is just part of the alt-right pipeline. (Teen Vogue) Target is the latest company to keep a replaced chief executive around as an “executive chairman.” Does having two top dogs make…
I’m home from Rehoboth Beach, and even though I slathered on SPF 30 and 50, I’m a sun worshipper and I came back brown. I know it’s not healthy, and it’s not cool with my fellow Gen Xers to be tan these days, but gosh I love it. I rarely drink, I don’t smoke, my…
Each summer, I spend at least one extra-long weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with the women in my family. We started this tradition almost two decades ago with me, my sister, and our mom. When my daughter was born, she joined us. And since our mom passed in the fall of 2023, we have continued…