Oh, how I love “Who’s the Boss?”And for something that aired in the 80s, I’d say it was fairly unconventional. A successful, suburban, recently divorced, single mother and advertising exec hires a single widower/father/former pro baseball player to be her housekeeper -- it’s unlike any show from that era that I’m familiar with, mainly because of its reversal of stereotypical gender roles. Often in mainstream culture, we see, or have seen in older media, the working husband and happy housewife trope.

So this has been a running series covering different artists who aren’t technically punk but are more punk than most actual punk bands. It’s been a minute, but I decided on Kate Bush partly to shamelessly buy-in on the hype surrounding “Running Up That Hill” and the ubiquitous culture thing that shall not be named. But also, she’s been on my radar for a while as a potential punk of interest.

Q: My Butter Sponsor for my FMC is Alexis Rose from Schitt's Creek. Spoiled rotten, but likable. I want my character to start off similarly spoiled rotten, but not be unlikable. Help! I loved this question from my Universal Fantasy Course as Alexis Rose became my favorite character from Schitt’s Creek, and I now happily follow Annie Murphy, the brilliant actress who portrayed her, anywhere from Season 2 of Russian Doll to “Joan is Awful,” the episode I liked most in Black Mirror’s sixth season.

Do you value the work that makes this happen twice a week, every week…that makes you think and introduces you to new thinkers and books and just generally thinking more about the culture that surrounds you? Consider becoming a subscribing member. Your support makes this work possible and sustainable. Plus, you’d get access to this week’s really great threads — I particularly loved yesterday’s on What Are You Watching, this one on all the Spring recipes you’re cooking, and this monster thread of advice.

Dear Classical Wisdom Kids,  Did you know that all the planets are named after ancient Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses.... Except for one?  Earth is actually an old English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. The rest - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and the sometimes planet Pluto - all derive their names from ancient deities.  Now... why are the planets named after gods?