“Creative director” is not a real job and the people who do that “work” are appropriating the word “creative”
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Creative director” is not a real job and the people who do that “work” are appropriating the word “creative”
Sorry I know this is absolutely not the point… but the level of pedantic prick you have to be to put an umlaut on the word “reenters” is insane… and I would know
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sorry I know this is absolutely not the point… but the level of pedantic prick you have to be to put an umlaut on the word “reenters” is insane… and I would know
had a setback in my recovery from oesophagus surgery yesterday and choked/hiccuped/retched in the street, it was so humiliating… but it was also kind of giving:
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
had a setback in my recovery from oesophagus surgery yesterday and choked/hiccuped/retched in the street, it was so humiliating… but it was also kind of giving:
Good take imho
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Good take imho
I have finished reading Frankenstein and I don’t think I have ever hated a character more than the titular Dr. Pathetic worm!
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have finished reading Frankenstein and I don’t think I have ever hated a character more than the titular Dr. Pathetic worm!
this can’t be how you spell “bollocksed”
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
this can’t be how you spell “bollocksed”
will I understand Wicked: For Good if I haven’t seen Wicked: Three Good, or Wicked: Too Good?
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
will I understand Wicked: For Good if I haven’t seen Wicked: Three Good, or Wicked: Too Good?
me when I love a perfect mirror: 1 star
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
me when I love a perfect mirror: 1 star
Reposted by Nico de Benito
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Me 🤝 Tom Lehrer 🤝 Joni Mitchell
🤝
hating Bob Dylan
🤝
hating Bob Dylan
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Me 🤝 Tom Lehrer 🤝 Joni Mitchell
🤝
hating Bob Dylan
🤝
hating Bob Dylan
I never believed that mercury in retrograde was real, but after moving house and everything going slightly wrong, I am now a paid-up firm believer in Big Retrograde
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I never believed that mercury in retrograde was real, but after moving house and everything going slightly wrong, I am now a paid-up firm believer in Big Retrograde
Reposted by Nico de Benito
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
In our old flat I was often woken by the sound of the baby downstairs, crying. The floor was so thin that it sounded like a ghost baby crying directly in our bedroom (terrifying, haunting). In our new place I have been woken by the (white) guy who lives next door saying “bloodclart”, loudly, at 5am.
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In our old flat I was often woken by the sound of the baby downstairs, crying. The floor was so thin that it sounded like a ghost baby crying directly in our bedroom (terrifying, haunting). In our new place I have been woken by the (white) guy who lives next door saying “bloodclart”, loudly, at 5am.
my grandfather came to this country as a holocaust refugee so you can imagine how I feel about labour’s vile proposed new policies for asylum seekers (apoplectic feels inadequate)
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
my grandfather came to this country as a holocaust refugee so you can imagine how I feel about labour’s vile proposed new policies for asylum seekers (apoplectic feels inadequate)
my entire life is packed into boxes and I feel the most stressed that anyone has ever felt, even though everything is completely fine
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
my entire life is packed into boxes and I feel the most stressed that anyone has ever felt, even though everything is completely fine
friends fear I’ll never get the L word theme song out of my head
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
friends fear I’ll never get the L word theme song out of my head
They could never make me hate Joyce x
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They could never make me hate Joyce x
my body reacts to packing for moving house by flooding my nervous system with cortisol at levels high enough that you might be mistaken for thinking i was being hunted for sport
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
my body reacts to packing for moving house by flooding my nervous system with cortisol at levels high enough that you might be mistaken for thinking i was being hunted for sport
the phrase “squeaky bum time” has the same effect on me that sunlight would have on a vampire
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
the phrase “squeaky bum time” has the same effect on me that sunlight would have on a vampire
my new tattoo is at the unbearably itchy stage so if you catch me gently slapping the skin around it, mind your business
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
my new tattoo is at the unbearably itchy stage so if you catch me gently slapping the skin around it, mind your business
R*isín M*rphy now a generational example of someone fumbling the bag: on the eve of the release of what would have been her most critically acclaimed album, an artist whose entire fanbase is LGBT, decides to come out as transphobic… then, worse, she doubles down!!! Incredible scenes.
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
R*isín M*rphy now a generational example of someone fumbling the bag: on the eve of the release of what would have been her most critically acclaimed album, an artist whose entire fanbase is LGBT, decides to come out as transphobic… then, worse, she doubles down!!! Incredible scenes.
you don’t realise you’re a hoarder until you have to move and then suddenly there’s a folder full of every birthday card you’ve received since age 14 at the back of a bookcase
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
you don’t realise you’re a hoarder until you have to move and then suddenly there’s a folder full of every birthday card you’ve received since age 14 at the back of a bookcase
truth coming out of her well to shame mankind
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
truth coming out of her well to shame mankind
Don’t forget the Oscar he won for playing a trans woman 😬
A cascade of protagonist flops and embarrassments punctuated by “wait he was in that?” journeyman supporting roles
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Don’t forget the Oscar he won for playing a trans woman 😬