Thank God It's Friday #11
Tomato Girl Summer, Candy Crush Crocs, Birkenstocks with Socks, Desk Top Threads Roll Out & More
Headscarves at the ready à la Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus. The perfect Italian summer with the latest Tik Tok craze Tomato Girl Summer.
When on the Amalfi Coast maybe but not on the North East of England coast 🙈
Image Credit: The Guardian
A friend sent me this which was an insightful read: Believing Myths About Aging Makes Growing Old Worse. Famous psychologist, Sigmund Freud believed that anyone over fifty was so beyond their ‘sell-by-date’ { pun joy - let me know if you get it} that even therapy was impossible.
These Crocs have been in my Asos saved list this week. Right next to these Juice ones I’ve had saved all summer. I’m a magpie. I collect Jibbitz. Have done since I bought my very first pair of Disney crocs in Florida in 2008.
Don’t judge me!! 😆
I’m currently thinking as well about ways to style my beloved 5 pairs of Birkenstocks with socks this Autumn.
Just when you thought you’d heard it all …
'Brieing' is a bizarre MDMA trend among middle-aged women.
Very interesting ha! ha! More to it than the old cheese and wine get togethers, hey?
Surprise, surprise - Much of our collective panic about dwindling youth and beauty stems from a culture that glorifies being young, while rendering older women invisible.
Image Credit: Warner Bros
On the theme of an earlier post …
I found this an insightful read - What happens to male friendship in middle age?
“Social media is turning more and more of us into dopamine junkies. Midlife social media anxiety is alarmingly common. Rather than enjoying and appreciating our lot, many of us find ourselves lost in the lives of friends and strangers, continuously comparing ourselves to others.” Britain’ middles aged women are becoming addicts.
“Little girl, troubled teenager, sex object, career woman, mum, old woman waiting to die.” Is Queenager now just another ageist label?
Currently a work read but mind blowing for anyone interested in sustainability and the environmental cost of stuff, How Bad Are Bananas?: the carbon footprint of everything.
And finally, Threads starts to roll out on Desktop. How’s that going? Anyone?
Ciao for now xo