These are all the things I’m obsessed with and for good reason. More on my Substack, Holding Court.
CREATORS
Emily Sundberg, Feed Me
Mackenzie Thomas, I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT
Lia Haberman, ICYMI
Recho Omndi, The Cutting Room Floor
Jaclyn, @lolfashiondump
Nadia, @grapejuicenads
Hunter Prosper, @hunterprosper
Jenna Lu, @itsjennalu
Henry Smith, @henryhenryhenryhenryhenry
Trackstar Show, @trackstarshow
MEDIA
Album Review of Red by Taylor Swift, Pitchfork
“The Eternal Sunshine of Harry Styles” by Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone
“On Succession,” Jeremy Strong Doesn’t Get the Joke”, New Yorker
“Seth Rogen and the year that went to pot”, GQ UK
“Who is Zack Bia"?” by Samuel Hine, GQ
“I was Caroline Calloway” by Natalie Beech, The Cut
Honorable Mention (because I’m quoted):
“Ambition is Out” by Jamie Ducharme, TIME Magazine
“There’s More To The Dolly Parton Challenge Than A Fun Meme” by De Elizabeth, MTV
“What it’s like to be BH’s Assistant”, The Daily Orange
REQUIRED LISTENING
(Albums that would be on my personal class syllabus)
Harry’s House- Harry Styles
Tapestry — Carole King
Songs in A Minor — Alicia Keys
Speak Now (Deluxe)- Taylor Swift
On Your Side — A Rocket To The Moon
Melodrama — Lorde
Fine Line — Harry Styles
Self-Titled — The 1975
Heard It In a Past Life — Maggie Rogers
Self- Titled — MUNA
brat- Charli XCX
MANDATORY READING
“I’ll Tell You In Person”— Chloe Caldwell
“Tiny Beautiful Things” — Cheryl Strayed
“Notes To Self” — Emilie Pine
“Modern Tarot” — Michelle Tea
“Tonight I’m Someone Else": Essays”— Chelsea Hodson
“Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York” — Edited by Sari Botton
“Bird By Bird” - Anne Lamott
“Community: The Female Search For Love”- bell hooks
“Slow Days, Fast Company”- Eve Babitz