Amy McCarthy
@aemccarthy.bsky.social
food, culture, & music journalist. texan by way of louisiana. formerly a reporter at eater, currently pondering a life of crime. WGA East member forever. she/her. // email: amyemccarthy@gmail.com.
My absolute favorite christmas tradition is nigh: the midnight Waffle House trip after a long winter’s nap and a gummy
December 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
My absolute favorite christmas tradition is nigh: the midnight Waffle House trip after a long winter’s nap and a gummy
wish I had known in college that I could’ve just written “i 💜 god” on all of the homework I hastily slapped together and either gotten an A or at the very least had the professor fired when they failed to appreciate my work
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
wish I had known in college that I could’ve just written “i 💜 god” on all of the homework I hastily slapped together and either gotten an A or at the very least had the professor fired when they failed to appreciate my work
I would fight god for a Diet Coke right now but probably not get dressed to go to the store to get my own in case you’re wondering where I’m mentally at
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I would fight god for a Diet Coke right now but probably not get dressed to go to the store to get my own in case you’re wondering where I’m mentally at
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
also as this era is making abundantly clear: not all of us are good at making videos! there are so many bad videos now and why do they need to exist???
Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
also as this era is making abundantly clear: not all of us are good at making videos! there are so many bad videos now and why do they need to exist???
love to spend hours of my life unwinding the consequences of a single typo fed into the maw of the american healthcare system
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
love to spend hours of my life unwinding the consequences of a single typo fed into the maw of the american healthcare system
I’m sure it’s a great reflection on society that every movie right now is just 2 hours and 30 minutes of pure amygdala crushing anxiety
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I’m sure it’s a great reflection on society that every movie right now is just 2 hours and 30 minutes of pure amygdala crushing anxiety
good thing I opened the bad news machine, that has certainly improved my sunday dread
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
good thing I opened the bad news machine, that has certainly improved my sunday dread
uniting my southern and Irish heritages today by making a dinner of various vegetables cooked all day on the stove
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
uniting my southern and Irish heritages today by making a dinner of various vegetables cooked all day on the stove
I hit my yearly reading goal which means I can now proceed to rot my brain with bravo like the good lord intended
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I hit my yearly reading goal which means I can now proceed to rot my brain with bravo like the good lord intended
would someone please for the love of god get ryan lizza an editor, are there simply no editors left on this earth???
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
would someone please for the love of god get ryan lizza an editor, are there simply no editors left on this earth???
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
"This Christmas" is one of the all time great Christmas songs which is fortunate for me because i have had it stuck in my head for about a week now
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"This Christmas" is one of the all time great Christmas songs which is fortunate for me because i have had it stuck in my head for about a week now
Imagine being over 30 years old and still everyone around you feels the need to infantilize you because of your terminal inability to stop fucking up your own life
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Imagine being over 30 years old and still everyone around you feels the need to infantilize you because of your terminal inability to stop fucking up your own life
I try to keep faith in humanity but goddamn Costco in December will take it right out of you
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I try to keep faith in humanity but goddamn Costco in December will take it right out of you
what did dallas do to deserve this punishing eternity of mediocrity, i wondered, tripping over vulture banks and defense contractors along the way
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
what did dallas do to deserve this punishing eternity of mediocrity, i wondered, tripping over vulture banks and defense contractors along the way
on one hand, stop talking about that goofy broad’s book
on the other, give me every dunk
on the other, give me every dunk
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
on one hand, stop talking about that goofy broad’s book
on the other, give me every dunk
on the other, give me every dunk
I got a Santa hat for my puppy and turned a photo of that into a sticker, maybe technology isn’t so bad after all
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I got a Santa hat for my puppy and turned a photo of that into a sticker, maybe technology isn’t so bad after all
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the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
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Regardless of what happens tonight, the South matters a lot more than you think
Yes. Important to realize that Tennessee sent 2 Dems to Congress until very recently. This seat was rigged with the explicit intent of not being anywhere near winnable. The fact that the Reps had to sweat it is VERY bad for them.
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Regardless of what happens tonight, the South matters a lot more than you think
wondering how all these "i love daddy trump so much, xoxo" john cornyn ads are gonna age for him in about ~9 months
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
wondering how all these "i love daddy trump so much, xoxo" john cornyn ads are gonna age for him in about ~9 months
i will never not be frustrated by the ways in which certain ubiquitous "rural" iconography -- big $100,000 trucks and pricey boots, etc etc -- is really just suburban and exurbanites doing cowboy cosplay
i will always be amazed at how many c-suite dudes have cowboy fantasies
i will always be amazed at how many c-suite dudes have cowboy fantasies
I think we lost it in editing but I talked about that very thing. Real rural life is virtually invisible — no art for dollar stores and meth clinics. And its racial diversity is erased. Actual rural people, especially poor ones, cannot access its aesthetic power
This is really important, because it is also about who can access the rural aesthetic. It's not always rural residents!
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
i will never not be frustrated by the ways in which certain ubiquitous "rural" iconography -- big $100,000 trucks and pricey boots, etc etc -- is really just suburban and exurbanites doing cowboy cosplay
i will always be amazed at how many c-suite dudes have cowboy fantasies
i will always be amazed at how many c-suite dudes have cowboy fantasies
idea: someone gives me a fancy job at a prestige media outlet where i do nothing. i write a shitty book. i am given one million dollars per year for this work.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
idea: someone gives me a fancy job at a prestige media outlet where i do nothing. i write a shitty book. i am given one million dollars per year for this work.
also it's just very funny to me to watch these publications who are so far behind the 8 ball they're not even in the same zip code, make a token effort at video.
girl we can tell you spent two dollars and half an intern on your video strategy
girl we can tell you spent two dollars and half an intern on your video strategy
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
also it's just very funny to me to watch these publications who are so far behind the 8 ball they're not even in the same zip code, make a token effort at video.
girl we can tell you spent two dollars and half an intern on your video strategy
girl we can tell you spent two dollars and half an intern on your video strategy
a consequence of every writer/journalist/reporter being shoved into doing video content is that a lot of videos fucking suck now
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
a consequence of every writer/journalist/reporter being shoved into doing video content is that a lot of videos fucking suck now