it would never even occur to me to have an opinion on historical figures’ breakups let alone one that politicizes something that’s ultimately personal and essentially unknowable to us in the present. this is not radical historiography this is pathetic parasocial straw-grasping
Jodie Foster reveals new details about her initial reaction after obsessed fan John Hinckley Jr. shot President Reagan in 1981: “Truth be told, I was a little impressed.”
my hot take is that high 5 / low 6 figure email jobs where you basically never have to be there and do almost nothing but bounce correspondence around and pass the buck as often as possible are in fact a form of de facto universal basic income for people with college degrees
Sorry not sorry not going to care about the fire island chicken tender twink bc I grew up with an alcoholic, abusive father in constant state of distress and worry about the future.
Hearing the key in the door every evening was my own “fire island chicken tender” for 20 years
i’ve never been to basement because i’m a simple middle aged shopkeep with pet rodents to take care of but i will say that i too would not let them into my club dressed like sophomore sorority girls on their way to a mixer at a 3rd tier frat
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last year i went to a bachelor party in denver for new jersey wedding and by the 4th new build brewery in a converted factory i was like this is great and all but why didn’t we just go to the hudson valley or whatever like why did we all fly to denver…
the I’m babyification of millennialism must be stopped. cheddy mac?? noodles gooder??? everywhere I look full grown adults are calling sandwiches “sammys.” stop it
i am so emotionally attached to my 80gb backwards compatible PS3 that i got for hanukkah in 2006 i cannot believe it still works perfectly i’ve never even been tempted to buy a new console lol
its actually not productive to flatten people to their phenotypic categories in order to draw half-assed “gotcha” conclusions that are ultimately projections of/based on, like, idk- the toxic machinations of your college friend group lol
me at age 17: don’t worry mom and dad I’m still ur son I’m not gonna become a stereotypical gay man as seen in media portrayals
me at age 27: roadtripping to Ithaca ny with my bf to see david sedaris and have group sex with an old friend from college and his new bf
bk 🚬s think they’re living in some sort of critically acclaimed series that everyone else is watching with insufferable envy...millions of queer people live fulfilling happy lives without ever having shoved a dirty key up their nose in the rosemont bathroom, grow up
so cool how i was absolutely terrified of coming out in high school and now every high achieving straight girl from my graduating class added she/they to their ig bios bought a house with their heterosexual partners and posts about being neurodivergent queer non-binary bisexuals
every time i see this video i try desperately to wrap my mind around an era in which susan sontag and camille paglia are being quoted in entertainment weekly and interviewed on television. i always fail
The feud between Susan Sontag and Camille Paglia captured on camera here in 1993 (on public TV) is so painfully entertaining it's impossible to look away.
dude just told me that i left my underwear at his dorm when we fucked nearly ten years ago and he coveted them for a long time after that and even tho he went on to storm the capitol i am still deeply flattered by this information 🦁 ♌️
thinking about the time someone dropped off a gigantic order of like 35 rolls and we undercharged by about 8 so we sent an apology note with an invoice for the balance with a generous discount and he replied the next day at 7am with a multi-paragraph email including death threats
i officiated a wedding today and my speech made like 50% of the audience cry and even the caterer came up teary eyed and was like “woah”. which is to say—being a writer sucks because u never get to see ur words hit people in real time. so im becoming a rabbi to see ppl cry more.