Ladies of the Class of the 1980s: Start now and still you are not as fat as you think you are
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Back in 1997, a little essay called “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young” was published in the Chicago Tribune.
It was later turned into an unlikely global hit by the one and only Baz Luhrmann and “Wear Sunscreen” became a rite of passage for an entire generation.
It was oh so wise, weirdly soothing and just the right amount of bizarre. It was the rules we ignored.
As NME put it:
“Luhrmann’s postmodern masterpiece is half pisstake, half soul-soothing brain massage and all genius… A DIY pop landmark.”
And it was.
A tune.
A moment.
A collective nudge to live better and also, wear SPF. Which obviously most of us ignored.
So what else could I do 28 years later but bring it up to date (badly). It will never be on the set list for Glasto but might bring a smile to your face.
This is my homage to that moment, this is the commencement speech for the generation as we stand today.
Not the fresh-faced graduates. But the women who (maybe) were those graduates once… and are now entering their sequel season.
Or, as I like to call it: your fck-you season.
It will never be a pop landmark, nor probably feature in any commencement speech; however...
"Ladies of the class of the 1980s, you are still not as fat as you think you are."
If I could only offer you one piece of advice for this next season of your life, it would be this.
Start now.
Don't wait for the right time, the right weight, the right level of confidence.
Just begin.
All my advice has no more basis, more reliable than my own lived in sweary experience. ; )"
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