Putting Dig in at #1 and Chipotle last is all I need to trust the bowl slop rankings here

Content creators tend to think any spectacle is defensible if they can say health and safety concerns have been attended to behind the scenes, but that’s not really it imho. Mr. Beast’s whole thing is that his subjects’ desperation for cash allows him—a wealthier person—to indulge his sadism.

Woman Laughing Alone With Slop. by @calllmenadira.net slate.com/life/2025/09...

I ranked all of the popular Slop Bowls for @slate.com! Through my research, I found horror stories of customers allegedly being served severed fingers, class action lawsuits, and glorious, gooey mac and cheese. Capitalism may ruin everything, but that doesn't mean we need to abandon discernment!

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

sorry but i thought the money tracking charity bit had merits I'M SORRY

I wrote about how much I enjoyed TWINLESS, the new Dylan O'Brien vehicle. This movie gets extra points for having the best depiction of how The Sims is a perfect proxy for exploring your own grief.

Me reading posts from people at #TIFF like i'm at the Bad Apples with Good Fortune and Poetic License in Hamnet Couture watching a Roofman Wake Up a Dead Man concert

NADIRA TALKED TO DRUSKI’s MAKEUP ARTIST

this is a great get by @calllmenadira.net, spilling the secrets of the make-up trade slate.com/life/2025/09...

“I keep my fingers crossed,” says the makeup artist behind Druski’s latest “whiteface” transformation. slate.trib.al/J7yFFx3

Yeah, so @calllmenadira.net got a hold of the makeup artist tasked w/ the daunting transformation that was key in Druski's latest viral bit where he hangs out at a NASCAR race. I've never clicked on a @slate.com link so fast in my life.

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!

“She looked like she could protect a building.” slate.trib.al/2bFhTbV

can we unplug the internet for today

It’s such a relief not having to care about that lady.

give me a bag of these and you don't even have to worry about the money

a perfect quote from the owner of Sulimay’s about people threatening to boycott the restaurant because of the JD Vance mural: “If I wanted them to eat here, I’d put pictures on the menu.”

I saw the new mural in Philly that exists as an "f-- you" to JD Vance, here's how it went: slate.com/life/2025/08...

@calllmenadira.net made the only pilgrimage that matters

Did you know that the hit song from Freaky Friday, "Take Me Away," was actually written and performed by an all-girl Aussie rock band called Lash?? I spoke with the original drummer, Jaclyn Pearson, about the song's legacy! slate.com/culture/2025...

The girl band gets some credit. Sweet piece

My @slate.com colleagues are so talented! There's so much great stuff on the site right now. Aymann Ismail wrote about the Mehdi Hasan debate video from Jubilee that might be doing more harm than good:

I hate to break it to #TeamJeremiah and #TeamConrad, but both of them suck! I wrote about #TheSummerITurnedPretty and how we're losing the art of the love triangle. slate.com/culture/2025...

"Love Island USA Season 7" has drawn outsized attention. Slate magazine culture writer Nadira Goffe says that's because fans have more sway than ever.

Love Island USA Season 7 has drawn outsized attention. Slate magazine culture writer Nadira Goffe says that's because fans have more sway than ever.

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

I wish I could write about *anything* as persuasively as Nadira Goffe writes about relish: slate.com/life/2025/07.... I just added it to my grocery list.

Relish is the most underrated condiment! Argue with your mother!

I wrote about how James Gunn’s Superman alters a load-bearing piece of the character’s mythology to tell a very different kind of immigrant story.

I asked a tattoo artist whether or not the tattoos on the #LoveIslandUSA guys this season are *actually* as bad as we think they are. The answers surprised me!

this season of The Bear has an incredible episode that's a testament to the ways Black women connect with each other and uplift each other while also dealing with large conflicts, issues, and life changes. however, there's just one problem....

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...

a real testament to how little juice the vice president has in the white house that he is wasting time shitposting on a niche social media website

On today’s episode of ICYMI: Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Nadira Goffe, whose coverage of the Diddy trial has meant sharing a press room with YouTubers and streamers. https://slate.trib.al/NIfyyiy

What even is pop culture anymore? with Nadira Goffe youtu.be/_J_GXDkn_PQ

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

We have read enough bad columns about what's wrong with Bluesky that @nitishpahwa.com decided to write about what's *actually* wrong with Bluesky and how it could be fixed. Hint: More people posting about things that are not that serious slate.com/technology/2...

my latest: Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting back up into two companies, just three years after its multibillion-dollar merger. it's a disaster entirely of David Zaslav's making—yet he gets to keep Warner and HBO for himself, in an arrangement that promises to be disastrous for American culture:

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:

The one where I explain all of the changes in Disney's latest remake that has upset the entire internet. slate.com/culture/2025...

in which @calllmenadira.net reports from the courtroom on Kid Cudi's testimony slate.com/culture/2025...

Imagine a bad roommate with all the fixings: hogging the bathroom, leaving dirty dishes in the sink, not paying their fair share of a household expense. Now imagine that roommate has a passion for perpetual stew. defector.com/stewing-in-a...

Love Nadira on the pod But why did Rachelle traumatize us like this

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

My first dispatch from the Diddy Trial for @slate.com: slate.com/culture/2025...

Really grateful for (and devastated by) @alexsammon.bsky.social's latest: a report from the remote ICE facility in Louisiana where Mahmoud Khalil is being held (among many others), detailing the first moments Khalil was able to "see" his son. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Mahmoud Khalil could not even hold the photos of his newborn son because of the plexiglass between him and the person who brought them. He is being denied the most basic bits of humanity. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I spoke with Peter Craig, creator of Apple TV+'s DOPE THIEF (starring Brian Tyree Henry) about the series' big finale. We talked about the touching themes, the big reveal, and Philly (of course). Got into the nitty gritty of making a show about Black Philly, which we so rarely see onscreen!