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Recently, I’ve been listening to or watching Joan Rivers standup and red carpet demolitions. She is so damn funny. I love her shockingly harsh comedic approach and roasting. My brain seems to be wired similarly to hers; mostly in her blatant honesty. She used to really speak her mind on red carpet critiques…Today everyone treads around on eggshells, it’s all so celebratory, confirming, and inclusive when it comes to fashion critiques. She was so real and hysterical as a commentator and told it like it is. I don’t think it will ever be the same again and hasn’t been since she died. I recently found a reality show she did with her daughter Melissa, called ‘Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best’ from 2005 on the E network, and it's just phenomenal.
Mar 13, 2024
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Bethenny Frankel is the true queen of the Real Housewives, and her TikTok is just as good as Bravo. Mostly it’s Bethenny looking hot and reviewing beauty products with profanity and gusto, but lately, for whatever reason, she’s also started reviewing things like… fast food coffee and cans of tuna? It’s brilliant and batshit. Sometimes she shares her thoughts on the culture, which are the best, such as her thoughts on Harry and Meghan. I don’t like them either. But I love Bethenny.
Jan 23, 2023
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I'm rewatching Teen Mom 2 from the beginning because I miss the days of reality TV when the reality TV stars didn't understand what a social image was or how to act/not act, in front of the camera. There are few scenes as great in reality TV as Janelle Evans's lawyer telling her that she needed to go to jail on August 8th for 14 days. Janelle had concert tickets for a Ke$ha concert on August 9th and explained to her lawyer that she couldn't miss it because Ke$ha was her idol, and she had gotten feathers in her hair for it. She expected the judge to make an exception for her which is wild to me. What's more, Janelle does end up going to jail on August 8th and bails herself out with enough time to make it to her concert. So there was no lesson learned here anyway.
I have never found Ke$ha's music particularly moving, and at the time of filming, we didn't know about all of the Dr. Luke stuff that had been going on. I've never felt this strongly about anything except for, perhaps, my disdain for Angel Soft toilet paper. I suppose, if Angel Soft were the only toilet paper offered in jail, I too, would ask the judge to make an exception. I imagine that jail toilet paper is probably 1-ply and the judge would think I should be grateful for Angel Soft vs 1-ply toilet paper but I have a vendetta against Angel Soft so I would prefer to stick with the 1-ply.
I digress.
Janelle Evans felt more passionately about going to a Ke$ha concert than taking care of her 1-year-old child and getting her life straight and it is TV gold.
Feb 24, 2025
not for any political reason, just because I think as an individual she’s funny as hell and not real
Jun 1, 2024
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Working in my field I just love a funky sock. I get my socks from one man, and one man only…That man is Sock Man on St. Marks. It’s a classic East Village staple - When you get there, don’t rush, comb the entirety of their selection and keep an open mind. In my early years in New York as an intern and stylist assistant I always picked up socks for my bosses there, and then when I had days off I would go and get socks for myself. I never leave without a minimum of 10 new pairs of socks and at least a 5 minute conversation with owner Marty, who is a cool, village grunge who loves Japanese socks.
Mar 13, 2024
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My grandfather, who is my hero, has one of the firmest handshakes in a powerful but not squeezing way. I love handshakes.. I hug my friends but otherwise when I meet someone I like to shake.. I feel like it's such a great way to gage someone basically immediately - I really admire people who look you in the eyes and shake your hand with confidence. The way you shake hands is very telling of what type of person you are, deadfish shakes really scare me.
Mar 13, 2024
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Gallerist and curator Cy Schnabel started his first gallery in the Basque Country in Northern coastal Spain. Whenever I want to draw inspiration from art I turn to Cy. I also find it both bold and important that he chose to bring art and artists from all over the world to the basque Country in Spain. This part of the country has vied for its independence since the Spanish Civil War. I respect Cy for doing it there rather than somewhere with the Catholic right-wing rigor entrenching the rest of Spain. His curation is always so different and the way he presents his exhibition’s in a one of a kind space is unlike any other gallery.
Mar 13, 2024