Marisa LaScala
@martogo.bsky.social
Writer/editor (currently parenting/toys at Good Housekeeping, previously Parents and Working Mother). Union girlie/WGAE shop steward. She/her. Posts about moms and movies.
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I don't really want to put together the whole #StrangerThings Creel House LEGO set, but I wouldn't mind if someone gave me their Holly Wheeler minifig. (Those curls!)
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I don't really want to put together the whole #StrangerThings Creel House LEGO set, but I wouldn't mind if someone gave me their Holly Wheeler minifig. (Those curls!)
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The Testament of Mon Mothma
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The Testament of Mon Mothma
Starting off 2026 like
a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo
Alt: a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo...niamos!
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Starting off 2026 like
I think we're taking E to too many movies. She just plopped down with her lunch and said, "Let's all go around and say the worst thing about our holiday break. For me it's the AI Coca-Cola ad."
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I think we're taking E to too many movies. She just plopped down with her lunch and said, "Let's all go around and say the worst thing about our holiday break. For me it's the AI Coca-Cola ad."
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2016 / (almost) 2026
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
2016 / (almost) 2026
Stranger Things spoilery thought: Robin was right, Prince > Butthole Surfers.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Stranger Things spoilery thought: Robin was right, Prince > Butthole Surfers.
Me, E, and Dustin are ready for the #StrangerThings finale!
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Me, E, and Dustin are ready for the #StrangerThings finale!
My favorite pieces I wrote in 2025 let me go deeper into trends, especially why we buy the things we buy. Some highlights:
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My favorite pieces I wrote in 2025 let me go deeper into trends, especially why we buy the things we buy. Some highlights:
My 20 favorite movies of the year (Letterboxd username is mar_to_go).
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My 20 favorite movies of the year (Letterboxd username is mar_to_go).
The 10yo: "I'm not going to say 'Happy New Year.' I'm going to say, 'Meme reset! No more 6-7!'"
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The 10yo: "I'm not going to say 'Happy New Year.' I'm going to say, 'Meme reset! No more 6-7!'"
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My twelve-year-old daughter's Christmas haul included a cassette Walkman and a Discman, and music to play on both.
Yes, part of it is STRANGER THINGS. But part of it is the seemingly inevitable swing towards throwback tech, coupled with the current longing to be LEFT ALONE TO LISTEN TO SHIT
Yes, part of it is STRANGER THINGS. But part of it is the seemingly inevitable swing towards throwback tech, coupled with the current longing to be LEFT ALONE TO LISTEN TO SHIT
I used to think that smartphones and streaming were a mistake because giving people the illusion of access to everything all of the time would break us irreparably, but this & returns to iPods, DVDs, records, etc prove that people just want to be people, not 24/7 consumers and marketing targets.
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My twelve-year-old daughter's Christmas haul included a cassette Walkman and a Discman, and music to play on both.
Yes, part of it is STRANGER THINGS. But part of it is the seemingly inevitable swing towards throwback tech, coupled with the current longing to be LEFT ALONE TO LISTEN TO SHIT
Yes, part of it is STRANGER THINGS. But part of it is the seemingly inevitable swing towards throwback tech, coupled with the current longing to be LEFT ALONE TO LISTEN TO SHIT
I have returned from upstate and I can confirm that every young dude there has the broccoli cut.
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have returned from upstate and I can confirm that every young dude there has the broccoli cut.
I'm an army chaplain and a father to four little women. In my head, I look like Bob Odenkirk.
Geraldine Brooks, 'March.' (I'm trying to read all the Pulitzer Prize winners from this century.)
Geraldine Brooks, 'March.' (I'm trying to read all the Pulitzer Prize winners from this century.)
I'm the head magic teacher at a British boarding school.
Emily Tesh, "The Incandescent"
Emily Tesh, "The Incandescent"
December 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm an army chaplain and a father to four little women. In my head, I look like Bob Odenkirk.
Geraldine Brooks, 'March.' (I'm trying to read all the Pulitzer Prize winners from this century.)
Geraldine Brooks, 'March.' (I'm trying to read all the Pulitzer Prize winners from this century.)
As a holiday treat, we watched Hawkeye with the 10yo. Yelena and Kate Bishop are a really good pair. I hope the team up again (or, at the very least, I hope Marvel doesn't forget about the existence of Kate Bishop entirely).
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
As a holiday treat, we watched Hawkeye with the 10yo. Yelena and Kate Bishop are a really good pair. I hope the team up again (or, at the very least, I hope Marvel doesn't forget about the existence of Kate Bishop entirely).
Yeah, this tracks. I went through a phase this year.
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yeah, this tracks. I went through a phase this year.
Got the full biddy experience at Song Sung Blue upstate. There were quiet singers! There were loud whisperers! There were chair kickers! Couldn't have asked for a more obvious audience.
December 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Got the full biddy experience at Song Sung Blue upstate. There were quiet singers! There were loud whisperers! There were chair kickers! Couldn't have asked for a more obvious audience.
Becoming the art at the Tang museum.
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Becoming the art at the Tang museum.
Tried to leave NYC a day early to beat the snow but wound up driving straight into it? ❄️ Just staggering bad decision making over here.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tried to leave NYC a day early to beat the snow but wound up driving straight into it? ❄️ Just staggering bad decision making over here.
Once, when my daughter was a toddler, she put on my shoes, walked down the hall, and called out, "Hey Jesse, I'm taking a shower." It's the hardest I've ever been roasted.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Once, when my daughter was a toddler, she put on my shoes, walked down the hall, and called out, "Hey Jesse, I'm taking a shower." It's the hardest I've ever been roasted.
The ire my kid feels toward Wicked: For Good keeps me going.
Here it is... the 10-year-old's ranked list of the 33 new releases she saw in theaters throughout 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The ire my kid feels toward Wicked: For Good keeps me going.
Steve is just mad that Dustin chose Eddie's hairstyle over his. #StrangerThings
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Steve is just mad that Dustin chose Eddie's hairstyle over his. #StrangerThings
I am VERY proud of myself that I thought to wrap all of E's Stranger Things-themed gifts in Christmas lights paper. 🤘
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am VERY proud of myself that I thought to wrap all of E's Stranger Things-themed gifts in Christmas lights paper. 🤘
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With the holidays in full swing, we’re sharing our wish list: fair compensation, AI protections, work-life balance, better benefits, and layoff protections. We’ll need solidarity from both the public and our fellow union members to make it happen.
Happy holidays, from the Hearst Union! ❤️
Happy holidays, from the Hearst Union! ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
With the holidays in full swing, we’re sharing our wish list: fair compensation, AI protections, work-life balance, better benefits, and layoff protections. We’ll need solidarity from both the public and our fellow union members to make it happen.
Happy holidays, from the Hearst Union! ❤️
Happy holidays, from the Hearst Union! ❤️
When I tell you that bringing the 10yo to Ella McCay brought down the collective age of the audience by SO much...
December 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When I tell you that bringing the 10yo to Ella McCay brought down the collective age of the audience by SO much...
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The Testament of Ann Lee is a great Upstate New York movie (yeah yeah, filmed in Hungary, thanks tax credits and cheap Orban-ist labor laws), and easily the greatest Niskayuna film of all time
I've seen zero promo for this film outside of Searchlight's Youtube channel. I haven't even seen local interest pieces. People in the Capital Region PACKED theaters to watch The Place Beyond the Pines because they recognized the banks that were robbed.
I know Amanda Seyfried isn't going to be on top of the Sphere or anything to promote it, but The Testament of Ann Lee rules and I hope people check it out over the holiday break.
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee is a great Upstate New York movie (yeah yeah, filmed in Hungary, thanks tax credits and cheap Orban-ist labor laws), and easily the greatest Niskayuna film of all time