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I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I would reach down into that dark place of the Model Minority Myth and pull[…]
“So put on your coat / Give them a show / Make them all desperate to be you” – HURTS, “Beautiful Ones” I am struggling to find the place I[…]
Um, you guys. Last night over dinner, my mom told me all about Aparna Sen’s amazing-looking new film Sonata, so yes now I am properly annoyed with the entirety of[…]
I know there are desis who love Queen Priyanka and think of her as life goals (hi, it’s me Rohin and I am one such desi!), and there are desis[…]
A few days ago, Bollywood’s other queen of the silver screen (hey, a film industry can have multiple queens of the silver screen, okay?) Deepika Padukone attended a press conference[…]
Merry Christmas to all of you lovely, beautiful, wonderful piles of flesh, meat, fat, muscle, bone, and churning, burning organs. We’re all tiny miracles of biology when you get right down[…]
Look: The future of America may be a mess because Russia installed an animated jack-o-lantern as our next commander-in-chief and nobody seems to be doing anything about it. And trust[…]
There is apparently a new Usher album out and if you go to TIDAL, you can stream it; it honestly sounds like it might be worthwhile. Maura Johnston at Rolling Stone reports:[…]
Growing Up I have a memory of walking through Yonkers when I moved to the outskirts of New York City a decade ago to attend graduate school. I walked past a car[…]
If we’re being honest, I stopped watching RuPaul’s Drag Race eons ago after LaTrice Royale unfairly lost out to Sharon Needles as that season’s winner. But centuries have passed since then,[…]
