9*25*21 – that’s how she became the nanny… London, United Kingdom
This past week was lovely for so many reasons. Firstly, I got married. My husband and I traveled to the country and looked at bee hives & fields of wildflowers. I got to feel the intense love of my friends/family surrounding us. I got a little break from work, which reminded me how much I love what I do and how excited I am to share what I’ve been making with you in 2022. I say this because over the years, I’ve shared many challenges with you and these moments of joy had me thinking that we should admit when we’re happy too- it’s not a crime. But all of this safety made me forget, for a moment, why I’ve created such intense boundaries with the internet over the past few years. It’s a little too easy to feel the glow of support and forget about the cesspool lurking behind it- so I took a peek, and saw some gnarly shit, most not worth responding to or even sharing with you. But one narrative I take issue with, largely because it’s a story I don’t want other women, other people, to get lodged in their heads is that I should somehow be ashamed because my body has changed since I was last on television. Firstly “did Lena eat the cast of Girls” just isn’t a very good joke- I could punch that up for the Tweeter. Secondly, it’s ironic to have my body compared to a body that was also the subject of public scorn- an echo chamber of body shaming. But lastly, when will we learn to stop equating thinness with health/happiness? Of course weight loss can be the result of positive change in habits, but guess what? So can weight gain. The pics I’m being compared to are from when I was in active addiction with undiagnosed illness. In the 4 years since I’ve gotten sober and begun my life as someone who aspires toward health and not just achievement. These changes have allowed me to be the kind of sister/friend/daughter that I want to be and yes- meet my husband (who, by the way, doesn’t recognize me in those old photos because he sees how dimmed my light was.) I say this for any other person whose appearance has been changed with time, illness or circumstance-it’s okay to live in your present body without treating it as transitional. I am, and I’m really enjoying it. Love you all.
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.” – Nora Ephron (I’m 35, but hey, I’ve always a been a late bloomer)
The shyest extrovert, the most dramatic comedian, the most humble icon. You had lived enough life to know that a TV show was just a TV show, but also to appreciate just what it meant to be allowed to play pretend for a living- and you never let us forget that this job was a privilege. I remember when you came back from doing a production of the Music Man somewhere- the theater had basically been a barn, there had been no WiFi and you had no understudy- and you were as grateful and delighted as you were when you were nominated for an Emmy. You bragged nonstop about your kids, you had the best stories- like when you did Circus of the Stars and “that’s when I learned to walk a tightrope, there’s not much to it”- and when we told you that you would be coming out of the closet on the show you said “thank you, you can trust me with this.” Becky Ann and I loved every second of playing your family and I couldn’t have been raised up by a better TV “papa.” Thank you, Scolari, for every chat between set ups, every hug onscreen and off and every “Oh, Jeez.” We will miss you so much.
The shyest extrovert, the most dramatic comedian, the most humble icon. You had lived enough life to know that a TV show was just a TV show, but also to appreciate just what it meant to be allowed to play pretend for a living- and you never let us forget that this job was a privilege. I remember when you came back from doing a production of the Music Man somewhere- the theater had basically been a barn, there had been no WiFi and you had no understudy- and you were as grateful and delighted as you were when you were nominated for an Emmy. You bragged nonstop about your kids, you had the best stories- like when you did Circus of the Stars and “that’s when I learned to walk a tightrope, there’s not much to it”- and when we told you that you would be coming out of the closet on the show you said “thank you, you can trust me with this.” Becky Ann and I loved every second of playing your family and I couldn’t have been raised up by a better TV “papa.” Thank you, Scolari, for every chat between set ups, every hug onscreen and off and every “Oh, Jeez.” We will miss you so much.
The shyest extrovert, the most dramatic comedian, the most humble icon. You had lived enough life to know that a TV show was just a TV show, but also to appreciate just what it meant to be allowed to play pretend for a living- and you never let us forget that this job was a privilege. I remember when you came back from doing a production of the Music Man somewhere- the theater had basically been a barn, there had been no WiFi and you had no understudy- and you were as grateful and delighted as you were when you were nominated for an Emmy. You bragged nonstop about your kids, you had the best stories- like when you did Circus of the Stars and “that’s when I learned to walk a tightrope, there’s not much to it”- and when we told you that you would be coming out of the closet on the show you said “thank you, you can trust me with this.” Becky Ann and I loved every second of playing your family and I couldn’t have been raised up by a better TV “papa.” Thank you, Scolari, for every chat between set ups, every hug onscreen and off and every “Oh, Jeez.” We will miss you so much.
The shyest extrovert, the most dramatic comedian, the most humble icon. You had lived enough life to know that a TV show was just a TV show, but also to appreciate just what it meant to be allowed to play pretend for a living- and you never let us forget that this job was a privilege. I remember when you came back from doing a production of the Music Man somewhere- the theater had basically been a barn, there had been no WiFi and you had no understudy- and you were as grateful and delighted as you were when you were nominated for an Emmy. You bragged nonstop about your kids, you had the best stories- like when you did Circus of the Stars and “that’s when I learned to walk a tightrope, there’s not much to it”- and when we told you that you would be coming out of the closet on the show you said “thank you, you can trust me with this.” Becky Ann and I loved every second of playing your family and I couldn’t have been raised up by a better TV “papa.” Thank you, Scolari, for every chat between set ups, every hug onscreen and off and every “Oh, Jeez.” We will miss you so much.
Madonna & Child. This one goes out to all the ladies treatin’ their dogs like kids and their kids like dogs (📷/🧑🎨 by @isywod) The National Gallery
Madonna & Child. This one goes out to all the ladies treatin’ their dogs like kids and their kids like dogs (📷/🧑🎨 by @isywod) The National Gallery
Madonna & Child. This one goes out to all the ladies treatin’ their dogs like kids and their kids like dogs (📷/🧑🎨 by @isywod) The National Gallery
Madonna & Child. This one goes out to all the ladies treatin’ their dogs like kids and their kids like dogs (📷/🧑🎨 by @isywod) The National Gallery
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
Got the glorious chance to see my 😍 performing at All Points East Festival today. Thrilling watching you do what you were born to do @attawalpa. (Venturing out, mask on, in my @walesbonner tracksuit.)
It makes sense that @arnoldfriend6 and I have made more than 50 episodes of a podcast about women considered crazy by “the culture” because at various moments both of us have worn the label and now we are boring old biddies who talk from morning til night about the fact that history is just finely aged gossip. I wish every woman, every human, had a friend of Alissa’s intimidating intellectual caliber who is also obsessed with both Celebrity Rehab and Intervention- that’s the combo that keeps it fresh daily. She’s the Thelma to my Louise, the Patsy to my Edina. I have two options for life: end up happy with a garden and a hairless pet rescue or end up in a flop house sharing a single bed with Alissa 🚨 🌺🎈which sounds fab too. So go to @hearluminary or @applepodcasts and binge our thoughts on Amy Winehouse, Marie Antoinette (a 2 parter baby) and Nancy Spungen. The season is full of madness, mayhem and re-contextualized truths about misogyny! Much like my twenties 😉 Link in bio to listen
It makes sense that @arnoldfriend6 and I have made more than 50 episodes of a podcast about women considered crazy by “the culture” because at various moments both of us have worn the label and now we are boring old biddies who talk from morning til night about the fact that history is just finely aged gossip. I wish every woman, every human, had a friend of Alissa’s intimidating intellectual caliber who is also obsessed with both Celebrity Rehab and Intervention- that’s the combo that keeps it fresh daily. She’s the Thelma to my Louise, the Patsy to my Edina. I have two options for life: end up happy with a garden and a hairless pet rescue or end up in a flop house sharing a single bed with Alissa 🚨 🌺🎈which sounds fab too. So go to @hearluminary or @applepodcasts and binge our thoughts on Amy Winehouse, Marie Antoinette (a 2 parter baby) and Nancy Spungen. The season is full of madness, mayhem and re-contextualized truths about misogyny! Much like my twenties 😉 Link in bio to listen
It makes sense that @arnoldfriend6 and I have made more than 50 episodes of a podcast about women considered crazy by “the culture” because at various moments both of us have worn the label and now we are boring old biddies who talk from morning til night about the fact that history is just finely aged gossip. I wish every woman, every human, had a friend of Alissa’s intimidating intellectual caliber who is also obsessed with both Celebrity Rehab and Intervention- that’s the combo that keeps it fresh daily. She’s the Thelma to my Louise, the Patsy to my Edina. I have two options for life: end up happy with a garden and a hairless pet rescue or end up in a flop house sharing a single bed with Alissa 🚨 🌺🎈which sounds fab too. So go to @hearluminary or @applepodcasts and binge our thoughts on Amy Winehouse, Marie Antoinette (a 2 parter baby) and Nancy Spungen. The season is full of madness, mayhem and re-contextualized truths about misogyny! Much like my twenties 😉 Link in bio to listen
It makes sense that @arnoldfriend6 and I have made more than 50 episodes of a podcast about women considered crazy by “the culture” because at various moments both of us have worn the label and now we are boring old biddies who talk from morning til night about the fact that history is just finely aged gossip. I wish every woman, every human, had a friend of Alissa’s intimidating intellectual caliber who is also obsessed with both Celebrity Rehab and Intervention- that’s the combo that keeps it fresh daily. She’s the Thelma to my Louise, the Patsy to my Edina. I have two options for life: end up happy with a garden and a hairless pet rescue or end up in a flop house sharing a single bed with Alissa 🚨 🌺🎈which sounds fab too. So go to @hearluminary or @applepodcasts and binge our thoughts on Amy Winehouse, Marie Antoinette (a 2 parter baby) and Nancy Spungen. The season is full of madness, mayhem and re-contextualized truths about misogyny! Much like my twenties 😉 Link in bio to listen
It makes sense that @arnoldfriend6 and I have made more than 50 episodes of a podcast about women considered crazy by “the culture” because at various moments both of us have worn the label and now we are boring old biddies who talk from morning til night about the fact that history is just finely aged gossip. I wish every woman, every human, had a friend of Alissa’s intimidating intellectual caliber who is also obsessed with both Celebrity Rehab and Intervention- that’s the combo that keeps it fresh daily. She’s the Thelma to my Louise, the Patsy to my Edina. I have two options for life: end up happy with a garden and a hairless pet rescue or end up in a flop house sharing a single bed with Alissa 🚨 🌺🎈which sounds fab too. So go to @hearluminary or @applepodcasts and binge our thoughts on Amy Winehouse, Marie Antoinette (a 2 parter baby) and Nancy Spungen. The season is full of madness, mayhem and re-contextualized truths about misogyny! Much like my twenties 😉 Link in bio to listen