The Enthusiast

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And Now, More New Rules for Everyone (vol. 107)

Can't get enough modern etiquette? Here are 10 more "New Rules" for Real Life that I think need to be a little more mainstream.

music

Black History Month: Give Them Their Flowers NOW.

In case you actually NEED recommendations for Black History Month, here are some new jams, iconic classics, and deep cuts to enjoy all year long.

tv

Time Machine of Love: 1993

Journey back in time with me, to a golden age when movies were movies, music was horny but earnest, and cult TV reigned supreme...

tv

Playlists: The Sixth Love Language

Get into today's best sitcom, better living through playlists, and finding new heroes as an adult. Bonus: therapeutic haircuts and the return of the Going-Out Top!

calendars

New Year, New Loves

Welcome to 2023, my loves! Let's talk goals > resolutions, leaning into Tarot archetypes, and a trifecta of spiky, fascinating ladies to get things started!

links

A Farewell to Vibes: 2022 Recap Linkstravaganza

One last hurrah for 2022—a month-by-month recap of the year in links.

movies

The 2022 Multiverse of Love

Yep, it's another 2022 Best of List with my favorite movies, books, TV, and music of the year!

essay

Winter Solstice: A Holiday from The Holidays™️

Every year, after we fall back from the end of Daylight Savings, I find myself suddenly exhausted. I say suddenly only because I become…

trends

A Magenta Kind of Love

2022 is (finally) almost over, so please enjoy a true athletic legend on ice and any other surface, weird crushes on color concepts, nostalgic country-pop Christmas specials, a meal for the ages, and much more!

holidays

Krampus Loves You, and So Do I

Slowly getting into my holiday groove with a little help from my favorite Pre-Christian Holiday Demon, funky festive jams, classic graphic memoirs, and more!

cats

December is for (Cat) Lovers

It's Cat Lovers' Month, but there's a lot to love this week, too: holiday misfit movies & couples, expansive indie rock albums, terrifying TV about work, and more!

activism

Traditions to be Thankful For

It's a holiday week and what have I been up to? Oh, not much, just questioning my relationship to "traditions" as an adult living in a constant state of apocalypse-adjacent anxiety. It’s a Hierophant year for me, which means you either lean into tradition or

politics

Voting + Tacos = Love

We made it through Election Week, y'all. Let's talk tacos, democracy, American literature, and not-so-secretly good tacky prestige TV dramas, shall we?

halloween

Post-Halloween Potpourri Love

Recover from your Halloween hangover and your DST dismay with giant worms, gentle exfoliation, generational rediscovery, and much more!

horror

Loving Beyond the Veil

It's a Halloweekend 2022 Enthusiast Extravaganza of movies, books, shows and more to keep the vibes spooky through Monday and beyond!

travel

Amado en Mexico

Came home from Cancun this weekend, so let's get bougie in first class, embarrass ourselves in front of celebs, drink the best Mexican coffee, and much more!

travel

Loving in the Lou

I spent the weekend back in my adolescent stomping grounds, so here's a rundown of my favorite spots in Louisville, Ky.

throwback

7 Things I Love From 1984

For my birthday weekend, I'm throwing it back to 1984 with some of my favorite iconic books, music, and movies from the year I was born.

travel

Stuff I Loved in San Diego

Just got back from San Diego, so here are some of my faves from the *other* city by the bay, and much more for 10/1!

libra

Loving for Libra Season

For 9/24(ish), let's feel some Libra love, get spooky, be aware, and much more!

yoga

Loving Now: You Take the Yin, You Take the Yang

For 9/17, we've got cats, music, pens, yoga, and makeup, cool late summer breezes and some actual good takes on the whole work/life/whatever thing. Relax and dig in!

cats

Loving to the Nines for 9/9

It's the first weekend of September, and I'm loving a line of feline shirt designs, a meme that knows the vibes, celebs in drag, beer and cream puffs with a side of Chicken Dancing, no-makeup makeup for nails, and more!

essay

Your “Quiet Quitting” is Quietly Killing Your Co-Workers

You know that, right…?

music

Loving for Labor Day: Return of a 20 Year-Old Obscure R&B Remix

For LDW, I'm loving a now-streaming obscure R&B remix, grown & sexy fudge pops, bike shorts, dirtbag do-gooding, and the only 4-hr pro-wrestling event worth your day off on Monday.

television

Loving Now: The First “One Weird Trick” That Actually Works

August 26: a fantastic show about Native teens, natural deodorant that doesn't stink, vulnerable but powerful alt-pop, the miracle of a clean carafe, and a horror ode to teen girl friendships.