annoying blondes

Blonde Affairs: Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun

Winter essential, plus the lip balm I've been using since 2007

21 hrs ago • Xtina

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November 2025

Blonde Affairs: Garden State (2004)

On the only living boy in "New York"

Nov 29 • Xtina

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The Life of a Showgirl: An Autopsy

Part 1: THE FATE OF OPHELIA through RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP

Nov 19 • Xtina and Khalid ibn Yaʿqūb

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Blonde Affairs: Olivia Nuzzi

She loved his eyes, “blue as the flame.”

Nov 15 • Xtina

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SPOOKY SCARY WORLD

Amazon slop, Philip Roth, Kelly Reichardt, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, AND.... Zohran Mamdani's One Misstep (Taylor Swift related)

Nov 1 • Xtina

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September 2025

BRING BACK BERNIE BARDI

Were Cardi B's politics the drama? Also: why I'm dreading the new Taylor album, and some movies I saw at Telluride, reviewed

Sep 30 • Xtina

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Big Ds, Engagement Yurts, and is Cardi B a Rapper?

Taylor Swift retirement, Cardi Nicki cold war, and living in a reality TV world

Sep 3 • Xtina

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July 2025

July Smörgåsbord: Nicki Minaj, the HAIM album, and a couple of green peppers

Roc Nation drama, the book that's been haunting me, and the perfect summer salad

Jul 17 • Xtina

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June 2025

It's Frisson Summer! An Interview with Darrow Farr, author of THE BOMBSHELL

"My favorite reading experiences are the ones that make me want to put the book down and go live life."

Jun 24 • Xtina

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May 2025

The Ballad of Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet

On the hot couple of the moment

May 30 • Xtina

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April 2025

Imagine you're a walker-talker stomping around NYC in 2008... or that you're Lorde, in her new music video

An essay on TELEPHONES!

Apr 30 • Xtina

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March 2025

Why does "With Love, Meghan" feel like Propaganda?

Let's make a show!

Mar 11 • Xtina

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