Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: Girls, Queens, and Adam Driver
Even though we’re deep in blockbuster reality season — with American Idol, Survivor, and the just-wrapped The Bachelor all filling the airwaves with hypercompetitive, catfighting, backstabbing energy — the Girls in Hoodies would rather talk about the feel-good phenomenon RuPaul’s Drag Race, which may just be the most positive reality show on television. All the […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: Why Do They Even Bother Letting the Guys Sing?
Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. Well, maybe a little bit broken. One How come Nicki has ditched her wigs and wardrobe? She was wearing a hoodie last night, for crying out […]
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Dear Internet: Stop Trying to Make the Tina Fey–Taylor Swift Feud Happen
This is the full text of an article that was posted by E! Online today. It was accompanied by a picture of Taylor Swift making her way out of a vehicle. (Interpretive annotations are my own.) Taylor Swift was spotted in Los Angeles on Wednesday as she made her way out of a vehicle. [Tell me […]
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Girls in Hoodies Podcast: We Need to Talk About Taylor
This week, Molly, Tess, and Emily try to get inside the mysterious mind of Taylor Swift, in light of some of the more problematic moments of her recent Vanity Fair interview. Are we all being played by Swift’s elaborate music/lyrics/tabloids game? We then move on to discuss the new Bravo reality show L.A. Shrinks, which […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: The Brave New World of the SuperVote
Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. This week: Has the enchantment of an unexpectedly strong season finally worn off? One Is the thrill gone? Kang: The freak show just got sad and […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko, ‘Stay’
Weeks on Chart: 3 Peak: No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, this week Current Radio Play Frequency: No. 7 on KIIS-FM’s Playlist YouTube Hit Count: 48,069,296 at time of publication
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The Saddest Thing That Happened on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Last Night: Infinity Bag
It’s been a difficult couple of days. Kim is quickly learning that Paris is a very stressful city. Ducks get beheaded for sport, and there’s always a rumbling Mercedes passenger van waiting outside that she somehow always manages to be the last to board. Now the ladies are all supposed to unwind with some shopping, […]
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The Top 10 Reasons You Didn’t Watch Enlightened
[Edited to add: Spoilers of last night’s season finale ahead — proceed with caution.] Here are some reasons you might not have watched Enlightened: 1. The word “Enlightened,” which brings to mind health food store bulletin boards and white Buddhists, and we all know that nothing’s less funny than yogis trying to be funny. 2. […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: Can a Woman Finally Win This Thing?
Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. Join them as they continue to ponder the ineffable mysteries of Vegas Week. One Who was your favorite from the girls group?
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Baauer, ‘Harlem Shake’
Weeks on Chart: 1 Peak: No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, this week Current Radio Play Frequency: N/A YouTube Hit Count: 7,360,592 at time of publication, innumerable video reinterpretations The revamping of the Hot 100 to include YouTube traffic in its algorithm means that “Harlem Shake,” a sputtery bedroom trap track by Mad Decent artist Baauer, has landed seemingly out […]
