Time for a quickie!
Overwhelmed with the world right now? Struggling with this ruddy '100 year cold'? Crone Marina Abramovic's (77) Desert Island Discs were a real tonic. 👊🏽
From the snot of my sickbed this week,
Marina Abramovic's Desert Island Discs lifted my spirits. So I thought I’d share them with you as a quick ‘in-betweeny’, in case you need a crone lift too.
And oh to be a fly-on-a-hotdog at Bjork’s BBQ 😳
Viva La Vulva!
Much love, cronage and sisterhood.
Juzza G, Crone M.C. xxx
A few other links
Marina has taken over various institutions across London the last few months, and you can still can catch her at:
👉 Royal Academy retrospective (until 1 Jan).
👉 A rare live performance ‘An invitation to love unconditionally’ at the Royal Academy (11 Dec).
🇺🇸 For our U.S crones, in January 2024, she’s appearing in New York discussing her book.
👊🏽 If this stuff is your bag, you might also enjoy this radio discussion about Women, Art and Activism. Includes: Brixton Black Women’s Group, eco-feminist Monica Sjöö (1938-2005), Naomi Paxton, academics Sophie Oliver and Ana Baeza Ruiz, Alona Pardo curator of the Re/sisters exhibition at the Barbican, and Marlene Smith, a member of the BLK art group in Britain, who helped pull together the Tate show.
👉 As Marina reminds us at the end of her Desert Island Discs “Solitude to an artist is an absolute necessity.” Need a gentle reminder about the importance of holding space for Solitude as a woman? Check out Tits to the Wind Issue 2 - SheSheds for Solitude.
💚 Know a crone or crone-in-training who deserves a free place on Steph’s women’s retreat in beautiful North Wales? Nominate a woman you love on Bodlondeb’s Instagram here or in the comments below.
🤶🏽 Looking for a Crone Christmas/Crone Crowning frock? (Apparently ‘also suitable for board meetings, hospital appointments, school pick-ups and gym inductions’ 😂). Drop Twisted Twee a line on Insta.
🎁 Looking for a last minute Crone Crimbo prezzie? In the unlikely event you move in the deprived echelons of Rishi, Farage et al, you can get the Marina ‘Spirit Doesn’t Burn’ print from the Royal Academy shop for a mere FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS 😳
Meanwhile, back on earth, Crone Club’s ‘The Most Expensive Tea Towel You Will NEVER Need’ suddenly doesn’t seem quite so expensive. You can buy one from the Crone Club shop here.
And finally…
Have a great Christmas everyone. Thank you so much for your support and a special HUGE thanks to paid subscribers and supporters and helpers. We’ve just hit 50 paid subscribers!!! 🥳 🥳 so I’ve just put the heating on! 🥰 🙏 😘 xxxxx
As a thank you…for the first 5 paid subscribers to DM me your address, there’s a limited edition Crone Club pin badge with your name on. (For fellow autistic peeps, it doesn’t actually have your name on). DM me your details if you’re a paid subscriber and you’d like one. 😘
Or why not gift an annual subscription to TTTW for the woman you love?!