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Podcast

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Bon Iver's Tinned Fish with Josh Gondelman

Listen now | Episode 15 of The Review of Mess Podcast

Apr 21 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

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, and

The Truth About Butter Biscuit Blondes

Listen now | Episode 14 of The Review of Mess Podcast

Apr 4 •

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1:12:10

The Death of Personal Style with Liz Goldwyn

Listen now | Episode 13 of The Review of Mess Podcast

Mar 14 •

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Adult Babies Incoming

Listen now | Episode 12 of The Review of Mess Podcast

Feb 28 •

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Recent posts

Putting the "Ass" in Astronaut

Did you know they're technically not even astronauts?

Apr 18 •

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Without Mulholland Drive, there would be no Hannah Montana

I love when prestige TV casts feud via Instagram.

Apr 11 •

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The Death of Celebrity Aura

Some vague, half-baked musings about Walter Benjamin, Ways of Seeing, and why famous people feel especially lame right now.

Apr 10 •

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Get me to God's country

And by "God's country," I obviously mean this newsletter.

Apr 4 •

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Red Carpet Specials

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Essays

The Death of Celebrity Aura

Some vague, half-baked musings about Walter Benjamin, Ways of Seeing, and why famous people feel especially lame right now.

Apr 10 •

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Burn the Tabloid

It's time to give up the ghost.

Jan 28 •

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Welcome to the Build-A-Body Era

A harrowing exploration of why celebrities are suddenly constructing exaggerated curves via their outfits.

Jan 3 •

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Chain Mail as Pre-Capitalist Yearning

Or how we found ourselves in the midst of a good ol' fashioned Renaissance Fayre Fall.

Oct 24, 2024 •

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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 •

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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: What a Way to Go!

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

Apr 3 •

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Mess Flix: Barbarella

Oh my god, you guys???

Dec 3, 2024 •

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Mess Flix: The Fifth Element

What an absolute goddamn dream of a film.

Mar 27, 2024 •

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Mess Flix: Troop Beverly Hills

For once, a newsletter filled with authentically stunning fashions.

Dec 20, 2023 •

Emily Kirkpatrick

Ye Olde Mess

Ye Olde Mess: 2000 Emmy Awards

Corsages, bad tattoos, and quick wig changes.

Jan 21 •

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Ye Olde Mess: 2003 Kids' Choice Awards

Bring back the gifting suite.

Jan 31, 2024 •

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Ye Olde Mess: 2002 Grammy Awards

In which NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick befriends Coolio.

Apr 27, 2023 •

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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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