Soundcheck: The 13 Best Music Releases Of The Week

Dani Okon, NYLON's associate creative director of video, sat down with her great-aunt, May Okon, to talk about their shared experiences—despite vastly different time frames—living as queer women in New York City. Prior to retirement, May was a journalist for the New York Daily News, having first entered the male-dominated workforce when"the boys were all at war." And, of course, she absolutely killed it.

Upon retiring, she moved out to the Hamptons with her partner and bought a home. If she had to do it all over, May says"there are a lot of things I wouldn't do," but she still considers herself"one of the luckiest kids on the face of the earth." Get to know May in the video, above. Check out the other videos in our series where we placed queer people from different generations in conversation with one another:Ashlee Marie Preston and Devan DiazMarlene Colburn, one of the founders of the Dyke March, and Naima Green, an artist currently working on a project and archive called Pur·suit, which will document queer people of all identities, agree that it's really hard to find lesbian spaces that aren't bars.

Check out the other videos in our series where we placed queer people from different generations in conversation with one another: Ashlee Marie Preston and Devan DiazEdited by Charlotte Prager Travel can be tough. Sure, there are definitely the exciting aspects to it, especially when it means we're going on vacation, but if it involves traveling to different time zones, then we have to deal with jet lag, which is... not fun at all.Emotions ran high amongst early '00s reality television fans yesterday on Twitter when it appeared that The Simple Life would be returning once more.

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