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Time for the Baby Jane Alert?
In what universe is this appropriate footwear for a 64-year-old?
File this under the heading of When TF Are You Going to Act Your Age?! (Does never work for you?)
Way back when I was only 61, I was fussing over this dumb-ass issue with a friend. Here we are three years later and still no Baby Jane Alert from Joanne, so I guess I’m in the clear to wear the brightly colored sneakers I bought at Lot Less for $8. And I guess I’m in the clear to wear them with skinny black jeans or comfy black trousers made of parachute fabric. My call.
The option of shaving my head completely bald again is still on the table. So is not shaving my head completely bald.
My call.
And I also guess going to see Janis Ian perform at the New York Society for Ethical Culture — which was my partner’s call, btw — was a pretty good move. Thank goodness no one in her circle has given her the Baby Jane Alert! The woman may be tiny but she’s still a force of nature with the voice and stage presence that would make Olivier silently jealous (silent, I suppose, because he’s dead but even the dead would wish for that voice and that presence).
