an update on TRAD and some really good books i read in 2025
It’s the time of year when everyone rolls out their accomplishment lists, and, to be honest, they’re all kind of making me want to shrink back into a hole in the ground. Because while 2024 was pretty great publishing-wise (I got an agent! I went on sub with my first book!), 2025 was decidedly…not.
Thoughts on Life of a Showgirl
Why did Taylor announce her new album on her boyfriend’s football podcast?
what writers can learn from taylor swift buying her masters back
Swifties are ecstatic that Taylor now owns all of her music. But what can we as writers learn from it?
Pop Culture Primer 12.16.24
A brief look into Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s engagement, men claiming they’ve been catfished by Sydney Sweeney and by extension all women, and why Swiftie’s antennae are going up over Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams.