Another blast from my stint as Critical Shopper at the New York Times, containing many bon mots and yuks. On the Substacks!
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At VPL, Wispy Clothes for Your Inner Ballerina
Cintra Wilson has been writing professionally for nearly 40 years, and therefore is poor as fuck.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Another blast from my stint as Critical Shopper at the New York Times, containing many bon mots and yuks. On the Substacks!
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Played by Daniel Kaluuya (very good and suitably charismatic, if a bit old) in Shaka King's excellent JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021), worth a watch if you haven't seen it. Also features LaKeith Stanfield and Jesse Plemons.
Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, drugged and murdered by law enforcement in 1969, age 21.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Played by Daniel Kaluuya (very good and suitably charismatic, if a bit old) in Shaka King's excellent JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2021), worth a watch if you haven't seen it. Also features LaKeith Stanfield and Jesse Plemons.
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
A scathingly personal, raw but optimistic new essay about my fucked up life, for your year-end enjoyment. Plus a new painting!
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BEWARE THE WIRE MONKEYS
Not to get all Emo on you, but...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A scathingly personal, raw but optimistic new essay about my fucked up life, for your year-end enjoyment. Plus a new painting!
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Hahaha. I so hate Fucker Carlson and his 12 pound nougat head.
Ben Shapiro on Tucker Carlson: "If you host a Hitler-apologist, Nazi-loving, anti-American piece of refuse like Nick Fuentes…and you proceed to glaze him, you ought to own it."
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hahaha. I so hate Fucker Carlson and his 12 pound nougat head.
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THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY
some @cintra.bsky.social for your holiday cheer
some @cintra.bsky.social for your holiday cheer
THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY
An exegesis of the Canadian series
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December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY
some @cintra.bsky.social for your holiday cheer
some @cintra.bsky.social for your holiday cheer
A post so nice I accidentally made it twice! Get your Letterkenny on here. If you haven’t gotten your Letterkenny on before, rectify this immediately.
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THE BRUTALLY FUNNY, RADICALLY MORAL WORLD OF LETTERKENNY
An exegesis of the Canadian series
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December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A post so nice I accidentally made it twice! Get your Letterkenny on here. If you haven’t gotten your Letterkenny on before, rectify this immediately.
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I thought people would be less assholic on here because they're liberals, but guess again.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I thought people would be less assholic on here because they're liberals, but guess again.
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Someone should ask Rep. McCaul why he doesn’t speak out about ICE abducting children and separating families on US soil…
Republican Rep.Michael McCaul of Texas:
The Russia has abducted at least 20,000 [Ukrainian]children.That is the number we can verify.But every expert I’ve spoken with believes the true figure is far,far higher…
As a father of five,I can’t imagine any of my children being kidnapped
The Russia has abducted at least 20,000 [Ukrainian]children.That is the number we can verify.But every expert I’ve spoken with believes the true figure is far,far higher…
As a father of five,I can’t imagine any of my children being kidnapped
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Someone should ask Rep. McCaul why he doesn’t speak out about ICE abducting children and separating families on US soil…
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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK
When working a night club door
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December 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
i should have titled it "Why not to wear a skimask unless you are Pussy Riot"
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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK
When working a night club door
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December 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
i should have titled it "Why not to wear a skimask unless you are Pussy Riot"
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Hot off my lap. True stories of the harrowing 1989 variety. We only came out at night. We liked motorcycles. We were: NIGHTCLUB EMPLOYEES. The photo below is real, by Dan Gingold.
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WHY NOT TO WEAR A SKIMASK
When working a night club door
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December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hot off my lap. True stories of the harrowing 1989 variety. We only came out at night. We liked motorcycles. We were: NIGHTCLUB EMPLOYEES. The photo below is real, by Dan Gingold.
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I have found the Excalibur of magnetic chalkboard manufacturers.
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have found the Excalibur of magnetic chalkboard manufacturers.
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
I am teaching a new essay workshop starting THIS MONDAY, NOV. 24. This class is magic. Your words will glow with power. Contact me quick, only 2 slots left!
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I am teaching a new essay workshop starting THIS MONDAY, NOV. 24. This class is magic. Your words will glow with power. Contact me quick, only 2 slots left!
You could call an AK spraydown an heuristic approach to murder.
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
You could call an AK spraydown an heuristic approach to murder.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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I wonder why that could be. Oh, old white men want to be in control of their vaginas.
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I wonder why that could be. Oh, old white men want to be in control of their vaginas.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Looking east near the summit of Parkfield Grade. Hardly a road or building in sight.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Looking east near the summit of Parkfield Grade. Hardly a road or building in sight.
Sound hauntingly familiar?
18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs is sent to jail for a third time as Kremlin mounts a no-limits crackdown on any signs of dissent or opposition in Russia
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November 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sound hauntingly familiar?
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Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.
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Here is an essay on sucking vs. not sucking — onstage, at your job, anywhere. I’ve sucked before….not sucking is better. Here’s how.
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STAGE FRIGHT
The Art of Not Sucking
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November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here is an essay on sucking vs. not sucking — onstage, at your job, anywhere. I’ve sucked before….not sucking is better. Here’s how.
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