SHORT:
When I grow up,
I’ll teach my kids
not to b lesbian
so they won’t get distracted
while watching
the Billy On The Street Bros promo video
because they know
all the lesbians in the background.
MEDIUM:
Yaaaaa I started this newsletter off with a reference to the movie Bros that’s coming out on the 30th and noooo this newsletter isn’t sponsored by the film and yaaa I cried while watching the “extended trailer” after listening to an interview with Eichner on how his parents died before seeing his career take off.
Shoutout to my friends Gara and Justin who r in the movie.
And extra shoutout to Justin who wore an amazing gold tie on the red carpet.
GOLD TIE!
Ya don’t see THAT everyday!
And THAT’s why it’s FASHION!
Isn’t it so interesting that fashion is based on the idea that you “don’t see something like ‘it’ everyday” …
but it’s also simultaneously about trends and seeing things repeated/everyday?
Does that make sense?
I’m not high I promise. I haven’t smoked weed since 2019 when I thought my teeth were socks.
Comment below if you get what I’m saying about fashion
(and then go ahead and tell ur fashion friends this is a “fashion newsletter” and have ‘em subscribe).
LONG:
School is sorta kicking my butt right now...
And not even in the fun way where ur like “yes! kick my butt! that feels amazing!”
It’s kicking my butt in the way that’s like, “wait can you stop doing that for one second so I can sleep!!!??? Please!??? I’d like to sleep but I can’t because ur smashing ur heel and toes into my REAR END?!”
^ lotta rump-stuff in the newsletter today. First the caption of the header pic and now this? I don’t usually do rump-comedy (I’m lying)… must b the change in the weather…
Somehow, despite being busy, I managed to allot 3/4ths of this week to watching extended cuts of the little-orthodox-jewish-boy-show-choir that’s going viral on TikTok.
The clips are from 2008, and can only be described as: electric.
There’s shimmying. There’s posing. There’s a separate mic for every one of the 20+ kids. There’s people on TikTok calling them “The New One Direction” even though the clip is fully from the year 2008.
The Jewish Day School Kid in me is both thrilled and sort of horrified at the niche TikTok explosion.
People are ranking the singers. Downloading the songs on Spotify. Contacting the now-married members of the group and asking them to do a reunion.
But…
Are the thousands (if not millions) of TikTok viewers and commenters seriously in love with these kids?
Or are they making fun of them?
Or a little of both?
TikTok users are talking about how “this is doing a lot to combat anti-semitism”, but I’m not sure 1. how they’re ‘tracking’ that and 2. that the adoration for the boys is genuine?
It just feels like a big joke to me.
But hey. Ironic-internet-love is still… love?
Maybe I’m being cynical. But something about it isn’t sitting right.
Nevertheless, (much like the way I consume dairy), I continued to indulge.
Also,
A lot of the comments are like, “I wish I knew what they were saying.”
And I didn’t officially translate them (using google or a friend), but from my loose-understanding, most of the songs are about like…. god & Jerusalem… and have a big tinge of Zionism to them.
So… don’t love that.
On that note…
Happy Jewish New Year.
Free Palestine.
Thank you Great British Bake Off for inspiring me to make a vegan challah from scratch.
The recipe was written by a woman named Sarah Sullivan which also happens to be the name of my very-Catholic aunt.
Everything is ironic and funny but also atrocious and scary and all we have to survive it all is each other!!
what a way to end it, Reid
C U Next Tuesday.
Thank you for subscribing. If this is your first time reading the newsletter, read the archives. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s not – it’s very much like when people slip on ice.
Sincerely,
Reid
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