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

17

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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

11

2

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

11

May 2025

The Ballad of Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet

On the hot couple of the moment

May 30 • 

Xtina

11

1

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

9

4

March 2025

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

Let's make a show!

Mar 11 • 

Xtina

11

4

February 2025

Tate McRae does Pussycat Pop, Selena Gomez does The Shins

Two musical touch points of this low vibrational February.

Feb 26 • 

Xtina

11

1

January 2025

Is Barron Trump an Annoying Blonde?

A brief but urgent Annoying Blondes investigation.

Jan 24 • 

Xtina

12

6

December 2024

Great Taste 2024: My Year in Books/Other stuff

The theme is DELUSION ILLUSION

Dec 11, 2024 • 

Xtina

8

November 2024

Everything is Wicked (including BRAT)

The grass is green and the sky is pink and getttt me out of here please

Nov 19, 2024 • 

Xtina

10

11

August 2024

Basement House Party Vibes at the DNC

my analysis of how the Dems became "cool" at the most desperate moment of all time

Aug 21, 2024 • 

Xtina

9

1

May 2024

The Tortured Poets Department: Holy Writ

featuring Khalid bin Ya'qūb

May 15, 2024 • 

Xtina

 and 

Khalid ibn Yaʿqūb

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