Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza is the latest person to get the Pangram-and- Atlantic -think piece ...

Hi, hello. It’s a long weekend, so this week’s newsletter is mostly a list of recommendations for things to read, watch and listen to. But the world feels especially wild right now, so I definitely ...

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Hip-hop credentials (“You not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of bеing accepted”) Plastic surgery allegations (“Yeah, my first one like my last one / It’s a classic, you don’t have one ...

Trigger warning: this newsletter contains references to sexual assault and abuse against children and adults. Me: “The West is being controlled by a serial child rapist human trafficking cabal that ...

My X feed has been the site of a really fascinating—and also slightly unhinged—discourse for days now, and I really want to talk about it. So: last Sunday, Teyana Taylor took home the Golden Globe for ...

So, I would like to be living my softest life, right? (Ignore the fact that I consistently make professional decisions that are totally at odds with that goal, please and thank you. I am an elder ...

I like how Brooklyn Beckham spent 8 long paragraphs airing his famous family’s drama in detail and then ended it with “all we want is privacy” like that is divalicious To be fair, I actually don’t ...

Content warning: This newsletter contains descriptions of antisemitism, Islamophobia, sexual violence, war and death. This week, I’ve been posting a lot about Israel and Palestine on Instagram, and as ...

While it can sting to win the box office but not take home the gold, your millions of fans love you. Meanwhile, a best actress nod for Greta Lee would be meaningful not just because of the work she ...

It’s not every day the perfect storm of corporate greed, celebrity ignorance and a general disrespect for current social movements come together to create one of the most widely hated commercials of ...

Content warning: this newsletter contains references to sexual assault and anti-Asian violence. As Monica Kim wrote last year in a powerful essay about learning to love her monolids, “technically ...