Happy holidays from #MadePossibleByPopCulture! This roundtable episode dives into #FindingMrChristmas #MerryChristmasTedCooper #WithLoveMeghan and #HeatedRivalry w/ @meggoinc.bsky.social @quinciwho.bsky.social & Philiana Ng. Out now on podcast platforms and YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpcM...

It's Halloween this week, which means another themed roundtable episode of #MadePossibleByPopCulture! This time I'm diving into the works & adaptations of Stephen King w/ @haynerland.com @lizshannonmiller.com @quinciwho.bsky.social. Out on podcast platforms & YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPwM...

rewatching ‘Younger’ and this show’s like a tribute to the iPad mini as an e-reader (the real ones know 🥲)

!Save this to read if you don't want spoilers about Sinners! This movie had me going through all the emotions 🥺 I love how @quinciwho.bsky.social put the thoughts I had into such great words. #Sinners offers a brilliant take on how music reminds & binds. www.marieclaire.com/culture/movi...

Congratulations to all my fellow entertainment journalists for reaching the end of another awards season. Now, we sleep. 😴

wait it would've been sick to see the Nosferatu dress on stage (and in full bright light) 🥺

If anyone else started sobbing at Cynthia's "Home" and wants to read about the legacy of The Wiz, I spoke with the cast and creatives behind last year's production: www.marieclaire.com/culture/the-...

“Woke just means you give a damn about other people.” Jane Fonda #SAGAwards

"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

“Looks like a cinnamon roll, could kill you”

The word of the day is discernment 😭😭😭

The woman who owns that hand knows my spirit. Really, that image sums up anything I ever have to say about Kendrick Lamar (for now).

if i text you this just know you’re cooked

My mom just sent me the perfect morning text “I do not like Bruno’s new song with that red person.”

In March 2020 I had a gig writing up a local newspaper’s man-on-the-street section, which I promptly gave up once lockdown orders came. I was lucky enough to be living with my mom and surviving on no income for a month or two before I found remote work,

Traded in staring at the Johns Hopkins COVID graphs for Watch Duty. Spending this decade staring at screens like each household is a command center, so we can pretend we have the power to do anything except try to save ourselves.

🎶It’s the most seasonaldepressionfilled tiiiime of the year🎶

Spent the last day of the year catching up on awards season. So far Nickel Boys (rewatch), I Saw the TV Glow, Anora, and Queer have altered my brain chemistry

who are the flag/colorguard girlies from #BeyonceBowl so I can follow them? 🥹

Let’s try a Bluesky version of an end-of-year recap

Let’s try a Bluesky version of an end-of-year recap

we're hitting new years resolutions and I have a few percolating, but the thing that really strikes me across them is how much I want LESS. I want fewer inputs, and to do fewer things but to do them well and deeply. Wanting LESS in a culture that constantly pressures us to desire more feels wild.

This is such a good story, and at its core is something that I think the scale of online shopping often hides from us in plain sight: So much of the abundance it promises is just a lot of disappointing sameness in the end

oh big ellie, the elegendphant that you are

Did irreversible damage

BUT YOUR HONOR I AM LIKE US!

Suing Kendrick for having a superior diss track is something Kendrick would say Drake does in a diss track

“It’s understandable to want to retreat, to find solace where we can, but we cannot afford to look away.” A wise reminder from Joel Grey. Gift link

"How many times must I personally vote for someone who does not offer anything besides an alternative to hell, in order to save democracy?" this is a real banger from @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social defector.com/the-american...

Every person should have a copy of @margareteby.bsky.social’s book waiting for them when they movie into their first apartment (or when you’re in danger of bankrupting yourself on delivery 🫠) bookshop.org/p/books/you-...

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

Past Lives is as good as the hype, straight up the best movie of the year so far. For Marie Claire, I spoke with the lovely Greta Lee about her visceral reaction to the script and her first Korean-speaking role. https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/greta-lee-past-lives-interview/

right now the Twitter/Bleusky divide kind of feels like when you’re moving and there’s overlap on your leases. Like I still have a bunch of stuff back there but keep my laptop and toothbrush over here now.

Truly wasted five hours of my life on this show

Starting off the Black Music Month Tiny Desks strong 🥰 https://youtu.be/J3jUEB7qmt8

For Vanity Fair, I wrote about the emerging concerns about Bluesky's content moderation approach. People want the app to be an refuge from Twitter, but they wonder if the company has learned from its predecessors. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/bluesky-social-twitter-content-moderation

Today I learned there’s an English-language Death Note musical 😳🤨🤔

journalists of color roll call (add to this please!) starting with those I invited: @jeongpark.bsky.social @andytruc.bsky.social @webjournalist.bsky.social @katstafford.bsky.social @wmorris.bsky.social @richardsima.bsky.social @aliciak2010.bsky.social @jintakhan.com @halophoenix.bsky.social