Aisha Harris
@aishaharris.bsky.social
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Aisha Harris
@aishaharris.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Since the Bluesky club is now popping off, gonna reintroduce myself as an author. Last year I pubbed my first book, WANNABE. It’s about my/our relationship w/pop culture and it makes a great gift for your culture-obsessed loved ones! www.harpercollins.com/products/wan...
Not Variety mangling Kendrick's lyrics while also misquoting Sally Field 😆
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Not Variety mangling Kendrick's lyrics while also misquoting Sally Field 😆
Ok but when did a large McDonald’s french fry order get shrunk down to the size of a small fry circa 2003, while still rising in price with inflation?
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ok but when did a large McDonald’s french fry order get shrunk down to the size of a small fry circa 2003, while still rising in price with inflation?
Adopted our little monster (Liz) Lemon exactly five years ago today. She is a dog, but could also be part cat, according to her ability to jump up or down 4 feet distances with ease.
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Adopted our little monster (Liz) Lemon exactly five years ago today. She is a dog, but could also be part cat, according to her ability to jump up or down 4 feet distances with ease.
Look, I'm very good at what I do, but there are few, if any, subjects I'm more prepared to cover than this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=723R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=723R...
Michael (2026) Official Teaser - Jaafar Jackson
YouTube video by Lionsgate Movies
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Look, I'm very good at what I do, but there are few, if any, subjects I'm more prepared to cover than this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=723R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=723R...
Anywho, this is worth a read!
Billie Jean knows what she's talking about. She was the primary source for this story on anti-trans bias at NYT we ran last year.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Anywho, this is worth a read!
In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
A lot of nyt folks, me among them, believed we could change the culture and the coverage from the inside. That by working within channels, we could convince the leadership of its obligation to cover trans ppl fairly.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
Continuing on my analog creatives theme for today, I see Debra Messing has revealed herself to be the Gen X Kirstie Alley. Ya hate to see it!
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Continuing on my analog creatives theme for today, I see Debra Messing has revealed herself to be the Gen X Kirstie Alley. Ya hate to see it!
Appreciate this correction as I misspoke! To be clear: it should not be dark before 7pm, ever!
Abolish standard time, not Daylight Saving!
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Appreciate this correction as I misspoke! To be clear: it should not be dark before 7pm, ever!
There are many reasons why daylight savings must be abolished, not least of which is that fur babies can't grasp that it's not yet time for dinner or their last walk of the day at 4pm.
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There are many reasons why daylight savings must be abolished, not least of which is that fur babies can't grasp that it's not yet time for dinner or their last walk of the day at 4pm.
I had no skin in this game since it's been five years since I left NYC, but this is basically how my husband would describe himself, minus identifying as culturally Jewish. On top of that, he's black! Polls are always flawed and deal in broad strokes, so it's important to analyze beyond that.
I saw this figure, and I’m not sure where I’d be classified here. I’m culturally/ethnically Jewish, I identify as Jewish, but I have no religious practice and am an atheist. This describes a lot of Jews in NYC, but I don’t know where we are in this chart!
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I had no skin in this game since it's been five years since I left NYC, but this is basically how my husband would describe himself, minus identifying as culturally Jewish. On top of that, he's black! Polls are always flawed and deal in broad strokes, so it's important to analyze beyond that.
I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this: Ryan Murphy is the white analog for Tyler Perry (or Lee Daniels, depending on the project)
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this: Ryan Murphy is the white analog for Tyler Perry (or Lee Daniels, depending on the project)
Also: Ringo Starr, Mr. Conductor from SHINING TIME STATION
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Also: Ringo Starr, Mr. Conductor from SHINING TIME STATION
Robert Townsend, the dad from THE PARENT ‘HOOD
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Robert Townsend, the dad from THE PARENT ‘HOOD
Also known as … the nightmare before Christmas. *ba-dum-tss* 🥁
While I was watching THE OTHERS, Mariah announced that “It’s time,” and so, it’s time.
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Also known as … the nightmare before Christmas. *ba-dum-tss* 🥁
While I was watching THE OTHERS, Mariah announced that “It’s time,” and so, it’s time.
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
While I was watching THE OTHERS, Mariah announced that “It’s time,” and so, it’s time.
A-fucking-men, Odie. I was exhausted by much of the OBAA discourse (and suggestions that I was somehow reading it "wrong" by questioning how PTA wrote his black women characters) in week one. And I'll probably be damn sick of it by the time Oscar night wraps up. 🫠
I've noticed that White film critics are notorious for doing this, most commonly chastising non-White people who see movies differently than the interpretation White critics have. See the comments about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER for the latest example of this bullshit. Yeah, I said it.
There is more than one way to look at a film. And if a film is about ideas that directly connect personally to people's lives, demanding that they ignore that seems to not understand that art will always be seen from different perspectives.
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A-fucking-men, Odie. I was exhausted by much of the OBAA discourse (and suggestions that I was somehow reading it "wrong" by questioning how PTA wrote his black women characters) in week one. And I'll probably be damn sick of it by the time Oscar night wraps up. 🫠
Growing up, I had three aunts (my parents' siblings) and then an untold number of "aunts" (mom's close friends) because I grew up black lol
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Growing up, I had three aunts (my parents' siblings) and then an untold number of "aunts" (mom's close friends) because I grew up black lol
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In the Times today there’s an op-ed saying that childless women may have legitimate “private” reasons for declining to give birth. But one reason I have is not private but explicitly political: I want my life to serve as a rebuke to the notion that childbearing is women’s highest or truest calling.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In the Times today there’s an op-ed saying that childless women may have legitimate “private” reasons for declining to give birth. But one reason I have is not private but explicitly political: I want my life to serve as a rebuke to the notion that childbearing is women’s highest or truest calling.
It probably should not come as a shock to anyone that the “Native American” Halloween costume is still alive and well in 2025. Humans are trash.
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It probably should not come as a shock to anyone that the “Native American” Halloween costume is still alive and well in 2025. Humans are trash.
Had this VHS and remember this preview vividly. I also remember the promo for LION KING that was on another Disney VHS, but I can’t remember which one (might’ve been ALADDIN?)
no joke, i can probably trace my entire life as a cinephile back to this behind-the-scenes preview of Beauty and the Beast from the Jungle Book VHS
October 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Had this VHS and remember this preview vividly. I also remember the promo for LION KING that was on another Disney VHS, but I can’t remember which one (might’ve been ALADDIN?)
I fell for HEDDA at TIFF last month, and then I watched it again and I love it more. It's doing something really special and it confirmed my belief that I will watch any period piece starring Tessa Thompson. (See also: SYLVIE'S LOVE & PASSING)
Here's my review:
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Here's my review:
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
This is not your grandmother's 'Hedda'
Tessa Thompson schemes, manipulates and awes in Nia DaCosta's dazzling adaptation of Hedda Gabler.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I fell for HEDDA at TIFF last month, and then I watched it again and I love it more. It's doing something really special and it confirmed my belief that I will watch any period piece starring Tessa Thompson. (See also: SYLVIE'S LOVE & PASSING)
Here's my review:
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Here's my review:
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
Featuring An AI Pimp Named Slickback
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Featuring An AI Pimp Named Slickback
Reposted by Aisha Harris
I was going through all my writing about Guillermo del Toro movies and I totally forgot that I did this great Pop Culture Happy Hour episode on NIGHTMARE ALLEY with @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social and @aishaharris.bsky.social!
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🔊 Listen Now: Nightmare Alley
Pop Culture Happy Hour on NPR One | 16:32
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October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I was going through all my writing about Guillermo del Toro movies and I totally forgot that I did this great Pop Culture Happy Hour episode on NIGHTMARE ALLEY with @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social and @aishaharris.bsky.social!
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one.npr.org?sharedMediaI...
Too many repeat viewings of AMERICAN HISTORY X, I suppose
Today I have been informed that every boy has a Nazi phase!
i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Too many repeat viewings of AMERICAN HISTORY X, I suppose