Kim Baldwin
@theblondemule.bsky.social
I write about books, pop culture and nostalgia at theblondemule.com. Read my newsletter and find me other places here: linktr.ee/theblondemule. Previous: @nashvillescene.com, @parnassusbooks.bsky.social, Joy the Baker, Ladyland Podcast.
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Frankly, if I can be honest for a brief moment on main, I think almost everybody is out of their ever loving mind.
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Frankly, if I can be honest for a brief moment on main, I think almost everybody is out of their ever loving mind.
In light of the Howard Stern reel going viral today, I'd like to remind you that I spent two months of my one wild and precious life reading Private Parts. I wrote about it back in November.
Kim Explain Things To Me: Howard Stern
Why I read 'Private Parts' and why you shouldn't
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December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In light of the Howard Stern reel going viral today, I'd like to remind you that I spent two months of my one wild and precious life reading Private Parts. I wrote about it back in November.
The turkeys are out and they are HUGE. I suspect country turkeys are built different.
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The turkeys are out and they are HUGE. I suspect country turkeys are built different.
A workout index, good neighboring, high-anxiety comfort watches and more in this month’s recommendation roundup.
Recommendation Roundup
A workout index, good neighboring and high-anxiety comfort watches
theblondemule.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A workout index, good neighboring, high-anxiety comfort watches and more in this month’s recommendation roundup.
So help me, if these mfs put gyms in the airports instead of making seats bigger.
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So help me, if these mfs put gyms in the airports instead of making seats bigger.
What a fucking bummer.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What a fucking bummer.
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Nothing says happy Thanksgiving like seeing Shaggy sing “It Wasn’t Me” from atop a huge turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nothing says happy Thanksgiving like seeing Shaggy sing “It Wasn’t Me” from atop a huge turkey.
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Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
‘This piggy won’t be quiet’: The women who spent two nights on a bus to protest the president
Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of fellow women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Days after President Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip to Washington to fight for regime change.
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Silence! Of the Lambs
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Silence! Of the Lambs
Read Kamala Harris and Liz Gilbert in the same month. Go big or go home!
October Reading Roundup
Recapping the six books I read in October
theblondemule.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Read Kamala Harris and Liz Gilbert in the same month. Go big or go home!
Jesus christ
A trickle of GOP spending against Democrat Aftyn Behn turned into a flood on Tuesday evening as national Republicans cut checks to safeguard against an upset in Tennessee's 7th.
Trump, GOP Target Behn in Spending Spree
A trickle of GOP spending against Democrat Aftyn Behn turned into a flood on Tuesday evening as national Republicans cut checks to avoid another embarrassing election night.
www.nashvillescene.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Jesus christ
I didn't get to meet her, but I did get to see a lot of women crying as they came out of the meet and greet, and honestly, that was just as cool.
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I didn't get to meet her, but I did get to see a lot of women crying as they came out of the meet and greet, and honestly, that was just as cool.
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I swear to god I just want to live to see a world where nobody’s talking about Bill Clinton’s penis
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I swear to god I just want to live to see a world where nobody’s talking about Bill Clinton’s penis
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It's that time of year when Halloween decorations haven't all come down, and Christmas decorations are about to start going up. We're in...the Tim Burton Zone.
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's that time of year when Halloween decorations haven't all come down, and Christmas decorations are about to start going up. We're in...the Tim Burton Zone.
I’ve been keeping a secret. I’m Stern-pilled. Today I’m explaining why I read Private Parts, and why you shouldn’t. Amy Silverberg, my DMs are open.
Kim Explain Things To Me: Howard Stern
Why I read 'Private Parts' and why you shouldn't
theblondemule.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ve been keeping a secret. I’m Stern-pilled. Today I’m explaining why I read Private Parts, and why you shouldn’t. Amy Silverberg, my DMs are open.
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everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
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With Zohran Mamdani on the verge of winning the NYC mayoral race, after Cuomo and so many others leaned on post-9/11 era Islamophobia to discredit him, it feels cosmic that Dick Cheney died today. The arc of empire bends toward reckoning.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
With Zohran Mamdani on the verge of winning the NYC mayoral race, after Cuomo and so many others leaned on post-9/11 era Islamophobia to discredit him, it feels cosmic that Dick Cheney died today. The arc of empire bends toward reckoning.
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I would love to see more rich and famous people funding literary culture (they could still do something big with their names on it!) rather than pretending that they can write fiction.
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I would love to see more rich and famous people funding literary culture (they could still do something big with their names on it!) rather than pretending that they can write fiction.
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This lioness concerns herself with actually a lot of things unfortunately
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This lioness concerns herself with actually a lot of things unfortunately
Hit me up with that link when someone makes the "under-babied" tote bag.
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hit me up with that link when someone makes the "under-babied" tote bag.
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Da Vinci’s Last Supper
October 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Da Vinci’s Last Supper
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Should have been Woody Allen.
October 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Should have been Woody Allen.
Diane Keaton. Damn. 💔
October 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Diane Keaton. Damn. 💔
Recapping the seven books I read in September, including Kaplan’s Plot (my @parnassusbooks.bsky.social staff rec), Dominion and The Compound.
September Reading Roundup
Recapping the seven books I read in September
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Recapping the seven books I read in September, including Kaplan’s Plot (my @parnassusbooks.bsky.social staff rec), Dominion and The Compound.
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I know Dolly Parton cussed her sister smooth the fuck out, lol.
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I know Dolly Parton cussed her sister smooth the fuck out, lol.