I spent this past week in my favorite state in this wretched country: Florida. It’s an embarrassing truth to admit for a long list of reasons, most of which would get my writing banned in said state if I were to speak truthfully about them. But high on the list of reasons to love Florida are its beautiful beaches, which provide me with ample opportunity to live out my true calling in this life: collecting sea shells. Over the last few days, I didn't gaze out at the soothing Gulf Coast horizon or... Читать дальше...
Welcome back to Barf Bag. The Joe Rogan-loving, "do your own research" men in your life got a huge gift this week when it was reported that the conspiracy theorist and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had reached out to injured Jets quarterback and anti-vaxxer Aaron Rodgers (along with a few other wackos) about becoming his running mate. Rodgers has what is presumably a full-time job and is expected to be the starting QB next season; one would think that campaigning for... Читать дальше...
On Sunday, a slew of celebrities like Billie Eilish, Ramy Youssef, and Ava DuVernay showed up to the Oscars sporting pins made by Artists4Ceasefire, a coalition of artists and advocates in opposition to the humanitarian crisis "unfolding in Israel and Palestine." For some watching at home, the red pins might've been a welcome sight amidst a sea of others who've either been silent, offered middling condemnations of violence on social media, or staunchly supported Israel's sins. For others, though... Читать дальше...
There may not be a writer alive whose self-consciousness and writerly anxieties prove more generative than Leslie Jamison’s. To read the best-selling essayist (and Columbia University writing teacher) is to experience the electricity of open nerves, to feel the thrill in how confidently she presents her own ambivalence and self-doubts, to see art made out of the turning cogs themselves. In her work—which includes The Recovering, an addiction memoir spliced with an examination of the recovery narrative... Читать дальше...
When the Barbie press tour began last summer, Margot Robbie gave an interview to Vogue about how she couldn’t believe their script actually got made. “A certain joke on page one sent their jaws to the floor,” the magazine said of Robbie and Tom Acklerey's (her co-producer and husband) reaction to the very first draft of the script. “I think the first thing I said to Tom was, ‘This is so genius,’” Robbie told Vogue. “‘It is such a shame that we’re never going to be able to get this movie made.’” Well... Читать дальше...
On Thursday, Meghan Markle revealed that she is returning to her tastemaker roots (remember The Tig?) with a new website and Instagram account for what has all the markings of...yet another celebrity lifestyle brand. It's name? American Riviera Orchard, which sounds like a chain restaurant off an exurban highway exit with a shockingly respectable spinach and artichoke dip. And I've never turned my nose up at one of those before so why start now... Currently, the brand's website and Instagram account... Читать дальше...
