Morticia's Kid Sister

Dear Lord,
Let me not surround myself with people who would react this way to my death. I can think of no greater punishment.
Amen.

She's baaaa-aaack...

Just a very chill memoir with a very chill title 💙

The NHL advertising to me after watching #HeatedRivalry like, sir, the hockey is not what I'm watching for. 🤣

... where are the lords a-leaping? Why have men betrayed the social contract in this way? In this essay I wi--

The song "Twelve Days of Christmas" shows the fundamental disconnect in Western Culture. While birds still fulfill their traditional roles (calling, a-laying, a-swimming, being French sometimes...?) and women continue their societal roles (work: a-milking, and dancing: on TikTok, mostly) ...

The way I can watch a Benoit Blanc film and think "Yes, Daniel Craig himself probably handpicked this ensemble cast"? Crazy.

It's tough being a Rosalía girl in a Taylor world.

Relatedly, calling your spouse "my medicator" is so perfect and brutal.

In honour of Grokipedia's birth, just donated $100 to Wikipedia. Consider it a baby shower gift.

Let #WestEndGirl be the final nail in the coffin for the idea that you can do non-monogamy with a cishet man. Please.

I am very late to this Justin Trudeau/Katy Perry news, I admit.
But how perfect is it that the out-of-touch pop star who will insist she's progressive but produces the musical equivalent of reheated moderate garbage ended up with the ur-Liberal?

Overheard in a coffee shop, A+ Franglais: "Ils peuvent pick and choose ceux qu'ils veulent."

The nice thing about not paying much attention to show announcements off-season is that I can watch the latest #TheLastofUs and be pleasantly surprised by a Catherine O'Hara sighting.

You mean to tell me they're remaking Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet? With Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, and Joan Chen?? Sign me up???

Bimbo Anthology Reading List Works Cited Stripped, Christina Aguilera The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher Female Chauvinist Pigs, Ariel Levy Books Too Fat Too Sluttly Too Loud, Anne Helen Petersen Sweetlust, Asja Bakic Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino The 2000s Made Me Gay, Grace Perry Television Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story (2024) Secrets of Playboy (2022) The Most Hated Man on the Internet (2022) Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons (2022) Hot Girl Wanted (2015)

Also, like a nerd, I made a syllabus for anyone similarly obsessed with *~*gender*~* in the 2000s.

I'm in this! The essay is about Christina Aguilera, Stripped, my tweenage diary, and growing up with the sexual politics of the 2000s, and it might be the thing I'm proudest of?

Preorder: purpleinkpress.com/the-bimbo-an...

In Light of Shakira's Recent Breakup by Alyssa Favreau — In The Mood Magazine In the music video for “Objection (Tango),” the third single in Shakira’s English-language debut, betrayal marks the beginning.

I haven't been focusing as much on publishing recently, but this is the most recent piece for your reading pleasure:

YouTube video by verilybitchie 8 Ways Eurovision is Rigged for Israel

ahem

YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz The business of scanning kids faces is booming

(3/3) ... And facial recognition, digital privacy, increased surveillance in public spaces, it's all a part of that.

(2/3) ... and the government quickly started shutting down people's ability to function in society based on family history of mental illness. The lesson, so easy a child could get it, was that it was bad for those in charge to be able to track you. ...

(1/3) A propos of [gestures vaguely at the world], when I was thirteen I found a silly romance novel in the library in which everyone was getting barcode tattoos to simplify payments, cross police checkpoints, etc. The twist was that medical records were attached ...

What is socially responsible AI? On this episode, it’s all about ethics in AI! We’ll be sharing different stories about how AI is being used, what the pitfalls are, and who in the field is trying to make changes.  We chat to the n

People keep talking about AI ethics like we haven't been banging on about it for years.

REMINDER: we don't rat on our fellow workers, neighbors, or community members. When in doubt, mind your business. Our solidarity is a precious and powerful thing. We must defend and deepen it, now more than ever.

The way the iTunes to Apple Music transformation is making me manually remake my playlists is criminal.

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Relatedly, this shit is not fun and could have easily been a lot worse. Accidents happen (obviously) but if you have any risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.) I really recommend mitigating risk wherever you can.

Oooh there's lots of overlap between Kate Wagner's severe concussion and the stroke I'm currently healing from:

If you're about to put an album out, I beg of you, please have your name clearly marked across the top.
Sincerely, a record store browser