Celebrating freedom without understanding sacrifice, or solidarity, cannot be what the 4th of July is all about – not anymore. I mean, really, Bay Area? More than 20 fires last night, all because you could not simply chill. That is some willful, stubborn ignorance…. Will some of y’all ever learn?
Tag: The Thing
The Thing About TV Right Now
The thing about TV right now is…there is so much TV right now. Good thing so much of it is so fucking good, and, I guess, 💁🏽♂️good thing that we’re on the other side of the initial worst of a global pandemic…and still taking it easy and staying healthy and out of the fucking way, […]
The Thing About Bad Bunny
It was so good to see and hear Bad Bunny encourage the Class of 2020 this evening. Twenty-five years ago I would go to my French school every day, then, after class and stuff at home, I’d watch a ton of American TV. The same shows y’all probably watched back then. It helped me pick up […]
The Thing About Our Planet
The thing about our planet, about Earth, is that it’s not only ours. It’s not only for us. As sentient beings, as the smartest species roaming the lands, though, we are the better equipped to manage matters ’round the world – but we own nothing. Animals live here, too. Above us, under us, next to […]
The Thing About L.A.
The thing about L.A. is the first time I visited, everyone was mesmerized, stupefied by Heidi Montag’s recent body renovation. I can still see the blond bad girl from The Hills on the cover of that mid-January 2010 People, showcasing the Housewivestastic results of “10 PROCEDURES IN 1 DAY” as the magazine teased, looking 23, yet […]
The Thing About the Met Gala
The thing about that most well-chronicled of American pop traditions, the Met Gala, or the Met Ball, is I used to write about it on my Movie Martin blog, filing under “Fashion” because, in my estimation, the soirée was and remains a fashion event about fashion. It exists for fashion, in the service of fashion, because of […]
Urgh…. The Thing About Biden & Bernie
Listening to the former vice president and to the senator yak about immigration, and how we immigrants should be able to find an available pathway for immigration into and, I should presume, toward citizenship in the United States of America, it’s like, what do they know. Like, really: What do Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders […]
The Thing About Pete Davidson
The thing about Pete Davidson is his new Netflix special, Alive from New York, made me wish the streamer’s rating system would include an “It’s OK” button. Like, I thought that the special was fine, but also that it found its legs only toward the end, when the SNL-er’s stories got more deeply personal and […]
The Thing About Maluma, Baby
The thing about Maluma is he made it OK to be a pretty boy. When I was kid, this tall freckled ginger monster one or two years older than me in school – who went on to become a teen mom (I’m pretty sure my memory serves…or rumor had it, at the very least) and […]
The Thing About Camila Cabello
The thing about Camila Cabello is I like her just fine, except when she’s co-opting “Llaman a la Puerta” from Peruvian-reggae pioneers Pochi Marambio y Tierra Sur for her reductive new single, “My Oh My,” featuring DaBaby, and giving zero credit for it. Don’t believe me? Have a listen. The OG: The entitled version: I’m […]
