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1:24:55

You Can Never Escape The Labubu

Listen now | Episode 20 of The Review of Mess Podcast

Published on The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino • Aug 1

Petition to rename Trisha Paytas's baby Hulkamania

And what will become of the Hooters IP now?!

Jul 25 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

21:03

The Battle of Versailles - Part One!

A journey through the origins of haute couture.

Jul 23 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

I never wrote a picture in my life

But I may have caused the Beckham-Peltz family feud.

Jul 18 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Red Carpet Specials

Mess Recommends

Mess Recs: July 2025

A recap of the gluttonous month of my birth.

Aug 7 •

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Mess Recommends: June 2025

The jet lag is lagging me.

Jul 15 •

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Mess Recommends: May 2025

I've got whozits and whatzits galore!

Jun 4 •

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Mess Recommends: April 2025

A post-Gala palette cleanser.

May 15 •

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Essays

Sloppy Seconds

The last Kardashian Christmas party

And Ben Affleck's anti-JLo internet filters.

Dec 19, 2024 •

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Bald cap solidarity

Ah, to be queen of the weird Barbies.

Nov 21, 2024 •

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Machine Gun Kelly Jr.

JK their baby is definitely going to be named like Rogue Poet Warrior or something.

Nov 14, 2024 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Arrested at the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest

Much like Club Chalamet, this benefits me in ways you can't imagine.

Oct 30, 2024 •

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Mess Flix

Mess Flix: Mannequin

The newsletter in which I finally face my biggest fear......

Jun 25 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Mess Flix: What a Way to Go!

A film in which a lot of very sexy men die for their sins.

Apr 3 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Mess Flix: Barbarella

Oh my god, you guys???

Dec 3, 2024 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Mess Flix: The Fifth Element

What an absolute goddamn dream of a film.

Mar 27, 2024 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Ye Olde Mess

Ye Olde Mess: 2000 Emmy Awards

Corsages, bad tattoos, and quick wig changes.

Jan 21 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Ye Olde Mess: 2003 Kids' Choice Awards

Bring back the gifting suite.

Jan 31, 2024 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Ye Olde Mess: 2002 Grammy Awards

In which NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick befriends Coolio.

Apr 27, 2023 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Ye Olde Mess: Met Gala 2008

In which my obsession with that baby-powdered freak Karl Lagerfeld begins again in earnest.

Apr 4, 2023 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

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