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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 8h

Well he and his two friends were probably just barely old enough to drink, and his friend started trying to talk to me, saying that this was his 2nd concert ever and offered to buy me a drink. I swiftly moved to another part of the crowd. I am, as they say, too old for this shit.

Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 10h

At a concert waiting for the show to begin and every time the DJ cues a new song (mostly old school hip hop and r&b) this dude right behind me keeps yelling in an obnoxiously loud blaccent, “THIS! MY! SONG!”

Fourth time, and I may have to stare this bro down.

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 10h

OF COURSE, HE VAPES

Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 10h

At a concert waiting for the show to begin and every time the DJ cues a new song (mostly old school hip hop and r&b) this dude right behind me keeps yelling in an obnoxiously loud blaccent, “THIS! MY! SONG!”

Fourth time, and I may have to stare this bro down.

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 10h

At a concert waiting for the show to begin and every time the DJ cues a new song (mostly old school hip hop and r&b) this dude right behind me keeps yelling in an obnoxiously loud blaccent, “THIS! MY! SONG!”

Fourth time, and I may have to stare this bro down.

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 13h

I really appreciate you taking the time to read it, and am glad you enjoyed it!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 13h

🙌🏾

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 17h

One of the articles I wrote partially inspired the first chapter of my book!

www.harpercollins.com/products/wan...

Wannabe

BEST READS OF 2023: New York Times Book Review • USA Today • The Skimm • Bookpage • St Louis Post-Dispatch / BEST HOLIDAY GIFTS 2023: Publishers Weekly / MO...

www.harpercollins.com

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 17h

One of my fave things to work on! I believe it was the brainchild of Dan Kois (though correct me if I’m wrong!) and it was inspired by 2016 being a particularly shit year for celebrity deaths (Prince, Bowie, Muhammad Ali, Gene Wilder, etc)

Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 20h

this was before my time but Slate once did a whole tribute week to Stevie Wonder with delightful entries from @aishaharris.bsky.social, @matoswk.bsky.social, @samadams.bsky.social, @thehighsign.bsky.social, and @sethstevenson.bsky.social among many others slate.com/culture/wond...

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 2d

It's little comfort to the rest of us, but sometimes, just for funsies, I look up the ages of people doing truly awful things in this world, and I'm shocked to learn that we are closer than I would've ever thought. Out here aging like it's 1949.

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 2d

Meh! Shrug! Mid(dling)!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 2d

Tonatiuh is a STAR, baby!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 2d

Can a musical succeed when practically all of the musical numbers are underwhelming? I didn't think so ... and then I saw KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN.

My review's here; PCHH episode drops next week.
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

'Kiss of the Spider Woman' works, even when the music doesn't

Jennifer Lopez is the marquee name, but this adaptation of the Kander and Ebb Tony-winning musical belongs to Tonatiuh and Diego Luna.

www.npr.org

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a lovely wedding song!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 3d

Very few artists possess Stevie's gift for making cold, shady bitterness sound so heavenly

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPH5...

Rocket Love

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 4d

Marvin Gaye made two such excellent albums, followed by a classic divorce album, all within five years. (Crucially, they were not all about the same person. He was a complicated genius!)

The album cover for Marvin Gaye's LET'S GET IT ON, a blurred photo in which he throws up his hands while wearing a red beanie and dark blue jacket

The album cover for Marvin Gaye's I WANT YOU, featuring Ernie Barnes' painting "The Sugar Shack"

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 4d

That's one movie I still need to catch up with!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 5d

I wish Judy Garland would have lived long enough to guest star on an episode of MURDER, SHE WROTE. Would’ve made for a clutch HARVEY GIRLS reunion

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Ooop! This is news to me 👀

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

FUCKING SPARKLE MEGAN LOL

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Lolol fair!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

That “pillow talk” had me sinking into the couch. He is embarrassing and I want women to want better for themselves!

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Everything about this kid is cringe, ick, boooo go home and get a therapist

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

This is more or less my take, too. Maybe he isn’t really gay or queer at all! But also: everything about him seems like a performance. And it annoys me to no end when that kind of performance manifests in low-key queerphobia

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Gender is fluid, etc etc but also…I have a strong feeling this dude is going to wind up having a midlife crisis because he’s been suppressing a part of himself for his entire life

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Lololol in the same conversation where he admits his mom once asked him if he he’s gay.

BRO.

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 7d

Not the dude who I’ve been more or less convinced is probably closeted on LOVE IS BLIND revealing that he “believes” queerness is a “fad” 🫠

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