On Tuesday morning, the sun and Mercury both move into social and curious Gemini. Can you feel your thoughts beginning to shake themselves free, to lift off the ground? If you have a question, you can ask it; if you have something to say, you can say it out loud. The whole bright universe has […]
One of the most reliable sources of humor in my life these days comes from misreading things. Like when I misread the coffee-machine label at my local coffee shop as “grindmother” rather than “grindmaster.” Or when I thought that a story titled, “Why is it such a turnoff when someone truly, really, actually wants to […]
Proposal: From now on, instead of paying hefty fees for celebrity commencement speakers, colleges should just pick the one with the most generous debt-forgiveness plan for outgoing students. Based on what unfolded over the weekend at Morehouse College’s commencement ceremony, it would be a very popular policy indeed. On Sunday, commencement speaker and billionaire several […]
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp finalized their contentious divorce in 2017, amid allegations that he abused her. (Heard donated the $7 million divorce settlement she received to a children’s hospital and the domestic violence unit of the American Civil Liberties Union.) Depp has since filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Heard, and in a […]
The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is known for its drama, but that generally comes in the form of leg slits, trains, and capes. However, Elle Fanning took the assignment (drama, Black Tie) and made it her own. In a beyond-feminine Dior outfit, she looked straight out of the ’50s. And wow, is the effect […]
Alison Stewart started her career at the epicenter of cool in the ’90s: MTV. She was a political correspondent at a time when the network was viewed as revolutionary, shaking up the status quo for a new generation. From there, she went on to report for variety of news programs at CBS, ABC, NPR, and […]
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, noted Ulysses fan, was nice enough to indulge the ladies of The View with his forearms (and husband) to secure the country’s coveted Mom Vote. Too bad all they want to do is ask their new honorary nephew to fix their phones and talk about pretty much anything but policy, which […]
On Tuesday morning, the sun and Mercury both move into social and curious Gemini. Can you feel your thoughts beginning to shake themselves free, to lift off the ground? If you have a question, you can ask it; if you have something to say, you can say it out loud. The whole bright universe has […]
During the final episode of Game of Thrones on Sunday night, there was a brief moment when it looked like all Seven Kingdoms had finally figured out how to work together. Samwell “Samuel Adams” Tarly invented the idea of representative democracy, and everyone laughed, but they did agree to elect Bran the Broken as their […]
I Think About This a Lot is a series dedicated to private memes: images, videos, and other random trivia we are doomed to play forever on loop in our minds. Evan Dando, a Black Flag beanie atop his beautiful head, was staring at me, dead-eyed and I was transfixed. This was the coolest guy I had […]