Posts by Emily Yoshida
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‘Frozen’ and the Eternal Lure of Princess Culture
Diving into Frozen mania and the unkillable empire of the Disney Princesses.
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Rich Australian Person Wants You to Ride Steerage on His Replica of the ‘Titanic’
OK, I am apparently just now getting to this developing news story, so please bear with me while I express my fresh horror and delight upon learning that Australian Parliament member/mining tycoon Clive Palmer is planning the construction and voyage of an exact replica of the RMS Titanic, just in time for kids who were in junior […]
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‘Justified’ Season 6 Will Be Its Last
FX CEO John Landgraf confirmed today that Raylan Givens will be riding off into the sunset at the end of the show’s next season.
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The ‘Girls’ Season 3 Premiere: Tacos, Pregnancy Scares, and Oversize Frog Shirts
Chatting about last night’s double-episode season premiere
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Molly Lambert, Emily Yoshida, and Tess Lynch
The girls catch up on all the pop culture they missed over the winter break, most notably ‘The Millionaire Matchmaker,’ ‘The Bachelor,’ dating apps, and ‘American Hustle.’
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Millionaire Matchmaker, Plastic Surgery, Online Dating, and American Hustle
The girls return from their winter hiatus ready to dive deep into all the important culture they took in over the break — obviously Millionaire Matchmaker, The Bachelor, and the Channel 4 documentary Secrets of the Living Dolls. (We’ll get to all that awards season fluff next week.) It gets us thinking about beauty standards […]
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8 Questions About This News Story About Cormac McCarthy’s Ex-Wife Pulling a Gun Out of Her Vagina During a Fight About Aliens
From The Smoking Gun: JANUARY 8–A domestic dispute over space aliens escalated Saturday morning when a lingerie-clad New Mexico woman allegedly pointed a silver handgun at her boyfriend, a weapon she retrieved from her vagina, where it had been placed while the accused was performing a sex act, police allege. To make matters more strange, […]
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Sasheer Zamata Is the New Black Female SNL Cast Member
After a strikingly pallid crop of new cast members in 2013, followed by a loud public outcry, followed by a few self-deprecating jokes and a Kerry Washington hosting spot, ultimately leading to solid rumors of a midseason ethno-specific casting hunt, Saturday Night Live has finally found its new black female cast member. We did it! […]
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Shia LaBeouf’s Defense of His Blatant Plagiarism and Disingenuous Skywriting, in His Own Words
Two Shia LaBeouf posts in one day? 2014 is off to some kind of start! Following yesterday’s facepalm-inducing skywriting antics, a fantastically insincere “apology” by LaBeouf for shamelessly ripping off comics author Dan Clowes’s story Justin M. Damiano in his short film HowardCantour.com, the artist formerly known as Sam Witwicky was reached via email by Bleeding […]
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The Year in Insanity: Kanye, Sinead, Gaga, and the Looming Specter of Amanda Bynes
On Thursday, October 3, I was sitting in a doctor’s office, idly checking Twitter while I waited for my name to be called. No matter what you’re there for, going to the doctor is always a vulnerable place to be — you’re temporarily removed from all your usual stimulations and distractions, sitting among fellow humans […]
