Weekly R.E.P.O.R.T 11/25
Last week flew by! Small life update, I started working retail at Anthropologie to save money while I figure out career job shit. Also, I think I may become an eBay warrior and expert bidder because I’ve seen some stunning pairs of jeans on there.
I haven’t been feeling particularly creative as of late, so I apologize for the lack of more interesting research-based or introspective writing pieces. Moving into next month, I want to get into the habit of doing more formal writing pieces. Feel free to hold me accountable!
Some TV show rotation updates: If anyone was curious, I stopped watching Dear White People because season 4 was a musical, which absolutely pissed me off because the show did not need a musical element addition. I also watched Cruel Intentions, the original movie, and the Cruel Intentions reboot show on Prime. I can see the cult favorite appeal of the movie, even though it’s very taboo, but it has horrible storytelling and so many untied ends. However, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillipe had memorable performances. The reboot was entertaining but lacked any sort of magic. I’m currently watching Dune Prophecy, Love Island Australia season 6, Good Times, Gossip Girl & English Teacher. The Carrie Diaries, Smallville and The Nanny have taken a back seat for the time being.
READING
Beabadoobee for Coup De Main: I think this is my favorite interview of Bea! She seems really comfortable with the interviewer and talks about how people’s assumptions of her when she first started out in the industry affected her. She also talks about her confidence as a woman, her confidence as a musician, how it’s all interconnected and ever changing. The photography and styling for this shoot is cute, and I also love the way they used design to integrate her quotes in a visually interesting way. Just overall, the creative direction for this shoot is really focused, but creative.
Finneas for Interview Magazine: Okay, I know virtually nothing about Louis Partridge but he was so charismatic and fun as an interviewer for Finneas in this, so now I’m a fan. They bounced off of each other well, and any peek into Finneas’s brain is always welcome.
Israel’s war on Palestinian culture in the West Bank: Such an important article detailing how Israeli occupation in the West Bank is impacting the expression of Palestinian culture- for those who are not dead, imprisoned or hospitalized. Cultural centers attempting to provide a sense of community and joy during this genocide are shut down without reason, with organizers being jailed indefinitely if content is deemed “violent” by IDF soldiers.
EATING
Salmon: I’ve been kind of tired of chicken lately and leaning into seafood a little more. There’s been no cooking for pleasure, experimenting with new ingredients etc. and I’ve been sticking to the same rotation of meals for the past two-ish weeks. I’m doing all of the sides for Thanksgiving this year, so hopefully that will reignite my little chef mind.
PLAYING
Crashing on Netflix: This is probably the funniest show I have ever seen. It’s written and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, alongside Jonathan Bailey who is so hysterical as his character Sam. If Jonathan Bailey and Phoebe Waller-Bridge aren’t enough to convince you to watch this six-episode short series, I implore you to watch for the strangely beautiful relationship that blossoms between Melody, the moody French woman, and Colin, an older recent divorcee. I binged it in a night, and I don’t regret a thing.
Good Times on Netflix: It’s a satirical cartoon about the dynamics of Black family including a drug dealing baby and a woke teenage daughter, amongst other entertaining characters. I was looking for a breakfast cartoon and this was such a perfect option! In one of the episodes, Elon Musk kidnaps the family and then tries to send them to Mars to repopulate the planet with the evil help of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. There’s only one season and ten episodes, so I will be on the hunt for another breakfast show soon, but in the meantime, this show is hysterical and an enjoyable way to start the mornings.
OBSESSING
Patou x Onitsuka Tiger ballet flat: Honestly, y’all should thank your lucky stars that I don’t have these because I would be so extremely insufferable about them. They’re perfect. No notes. Onitsuka knows how to make a shoe, that’s for damn sure.
RECOMMENDING
Human Cost of our AI Future: I saw this on Ayo Edibiri’s story and decided to give it a read. I thought it would be about the water usage of AI but instead, it talks about another harrowing fault of AI which is the human moderators of AI systems. One person described having to put aside their biases as a refuge of the Tigray genocide, and moderate “hate speech” of his own people to train AI models. People have to watch hundreds of hours of traumatic content, and companies such as Sama, the main focus of the article, provide inadequate mental health services to equip workers with the tools to process the heartbreaking content they are paid almost-nothing to moderate.
quote from article
TREATING
Inhaler concert tickets: I actually doubt that I’ll be in Houston in March, but if I’m still here, I’m going to have the best time! Inhaler fans are actually insane and camp out overnight even though Inhaler plays small venues. I’m not that dedicated, but I’m willing to commit to getting there in the early afternoon to get a decent view.
