I really loved Is God Is

In defense of Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance:

Honored to be a panelist for Noella's panel at NEW YORK COMIC CON! We'll be talking about the subject of her upcoming book — Misogynoir and Multiverses: A Black Girl's Guide to Fandom Culture — as part of NYCC's professional programming in partnership with NYPL! Come see us! Oct. 9 at 5pm @ NYCC!

I wrote about whether or not the Squid Game finale sticks the landing. The answer? Yeah it kinda does, but in a much more meta way than you'd think. slate.com/culture/2025...

And when I say support Black journalism, I also mean me!!

specifically, on why the change of Nani being willing to relinquish custody of Lilo has upset so many people:

Had the pleasure of being on Normal Gossip this week to be traumatized by @heyydnae.bsky.social 🧙🏽🐈‍⬛️🍜! Avail. wherever you get your pods!

Now, Black kpop fans and allies to Black kpop fans are WHACKING these Aespa stans in the replies by listing the incredibly long history of Afrofuturism/cyber in the visuals of Black popular music, from TLC to Aaliyah and, of course, Missy Elliot. (and yes, "from a Black" *is* crazy, your honor.)

When another fan pointed out that, actually, tons of Aespa's concepts come from Black culture, making Katseye more entitled to them because of Manon...mayhem ensued. Of the racist variety, of course, but also of the regular stan war variety.

Aespa is known for their edgier sound and their cosmic/supernatural/cyber/futuristic aesthetics. So, when Katseye previewed the teaser for their upcoming long-awaited comeback single, Gnarly, some Aespa fans noticed some thematic similarities.

It's come to my attention that there's not really a large #Kpop contingent on here, so let me try my best: There is currently a massive debate erupting on Twitter/X about Black cultural appropriation with one of the genre's largest girl groups: Aespa

Jalen Hurts almost shook my hand! Happy Black History Month!

Tom Brady increasingly resembles Benny the skeleton from Halloweentown

also, shout out to our art team for choosing the most cinnamon-roll-esque photo of Kendrick, who, in the photos, actually swept his grammy noms for being one of the most vicious haters the industry has ever seen

Read my work! I am neither 38 nor an Oberlin grad nor a Millennial (not squarely, anyway) — I am just fun :) And very interested in why people on the internet think certain people are hot 🥰

officially promoted to staff writer @slate.bsky.social! i promise i won't stop writing about freaks and weirdos and teen soaps and black art and the next heartthrob taking over the internet

nowadays, this is what happens when shows get renewed for multiple more seasons earlier on or at the same time. they become Season 2 part 1 and Season 2 part 2 instead of contained narratives that build on each other with *some* continuous threads. seasons used to mean something!

me when they say the situation needs more whimsy

every time I turn my head this man is living my dream and it makes me sicKK

me getting out of bed to make coffee and then getting back in bed

LIKE

me rn

the most disheartening part of the Lizzo news, beyond the allegations themselves, is seeing people use it as an opportunity to express their fatphobia. the burden of representation makes it so that only a few can be the voices for a community, but if they fall, we all fall.

there is a reason they were It Girls in school settings dressed in the hottest of Y2K fashions whose main “purpose” was seeking out identity and socialization as opposed to…wanting a “dream job,” they wanted fun, clothes, friends, and individuality anyway, shout out to my Sashas — I see y’all!

i see you animators 😏

live look at me lugging myself over to yet another social media app