Julia Turner
@juliaturner.bsky.social
Newswoman in Los Angeles. Formerly Slate, LA Times. Co-host, Slate Culture Gabfest.
You may not know Claire McCardell's name, but if you're an American woman or know one, you know her work. She was an inventive & influential midcentury fashion designer who freed women from all kinds of strictures, social and literal. Reviewed a terrific new bio: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
It Has Pockets!
How Claire McCardell changed women’s fashion
www.theatlantic.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You may not know Claire McCardell's name, but if you're an American woman or know one, you know her work. She was an inventive & influential midcentury fashion designer who freed women from all kinds of strictures, social and literal. Reviewed a terrific new bio: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Praised be! Knobs and buttons 4-ever.
(And bring them back on washer/dryers too!)
(And bring them back on washer/dryers too!)
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars.
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...
www.wired.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Praised be! Knobs and buttons 4-ever.
(And bring them back on washer/dryers too!)
(And bring them back on washer/dryers too!)
Guess whose office WAS warned about the extreme fire risk before her trip to Ghana? www.latimes.com/california/s...
Bass aides were warned of growing fire danger before she flew to Ghana
L.A.'s mayor said she wasn't told about the wind forecast before flying to Ghana. But the city's Emergency Management Department sent weather advisories one day earlier.
www.latimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Guess whose office WAS warned about the extreme fire risk before her trip to Ghana? www.latimes.com/california/s...
Karen Bass' astonishing new line is that *no one told her about the windstorm* before she went to Ghana. www.foxla.com/news/mayor-b...
Mayor Bass opens up about trip to Ghana during LA fires: 'I felt absolutely terrible'
Mayor Bass told FOX 11 that no advance warnings were given to her about the weather and wind event prior to leaving the country.
www.foxla.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Karen Bass' astonishing new line is that *no one told her about the windstorm* before she went to Ghana. www.foxla.com/news/mayor-b...
If this week's culture podcast has one takeaway, it's "See 'One of Them Days.'" Fun gab this week: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
How Many Buddy Comedies Feature Two Black Women?
One of Them Days is a hit.
slate.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If this week's culture podcast has one takeaway, it's "See 'One of Them Days.'" Fun gab this week: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Really fun to dissect why the Dylan movie works so well and to have the whole gang back together!
On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest, we talk about Timmy Chalamet as Bobby Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown; the Amazon Prime show On Call, from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf; & the generously weird legacy of David Lynch. slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Timotheé Chalamet’s Impossible to Replicate Charisma
A Complete Unknown is a masterclass in the art of the music biopic.
slate.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Really fun to dissect why the Dylan movie works so well and to have the whole gang back together!
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WHEEEEEEEEEEE
Elf on a shelf NASA training
Elf on a shelf NASA training
December 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
WHEEEEEEEEEEE
Elf on a shelf NASA training
Elf on a shelf NASA training
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Gotta say this dialogue between a newsnation anchor and incarcerated prisoners is some of the most compelling live tv I’ve seen in a while.
Luigi Mangione’s fellow prisoners yelled “Luigi’s conditions suck” and “Free Luigi” from their cells in Pennsylvania during an interview: www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/lui...
December 12, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Gotta say this dialogue between a newsnation anchor and incarcerated prisoners is some of the most compelling live tv I’ve seen in a while.
What if the road not taken was the one leading to a life where this tissue box cover made perfect sense:
December 4, 2024 at 4:44 PM
What if the road not taken was the one leading to a life where this tissue box cover made perfect sense:
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November 2, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Me welcoming new followers & showing them around Bluesky:
November 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Me welcoming new followers & showing them around Bluesky:
Fun @SlateCultFest this week: Two movies set in the gritty NYC of the 1970s about young legends making their names. (The Apprentice has more to say on Donald Trump than Saturday Night does on Lorne Michaels.)
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Does The Apprentice Make Trump Sympathetic?
We discuss the nature of biopics – and why we can’t resist making them.
slate.com
October 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Fun @SlateCultFest this week: Two movies set in the gritty NYC of the 1970s about young legends making their names. (The Apprentice has more to say on Donald Trump than Saturday Night does on Lorne Michaels.)
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
The Substance is not very good but it is VERY fun to look at and VERY fun to talk about, and we had a blast discussing it with Wesley Morris and exploring his GOBSMACKINGLY good podcast about Stevie Wonder on this week's show: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Demi Moore Gives Substance to The Substance
Wait, does she? Maybe not. Watch this space.
slate.com
October 3, 2024 at 9:15 PM
The Substance is not very good but it is VERY fun to look at and VERY fun to talk about, and we had a blast discussing it with Wesley Morris and exploring his GOBSMACKINGLY good podcast about Stevie Wonder on this week's show: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
On this week's pod we talk PENGUIN and what exactly Farrell is doing (pirouettes!) under all that latex, plus a perfect growing-up movie that will make you want to be a cranberry farmer in Canada.
Listen here: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Listen here: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
If You’re Into Organized Crime, This Might Be the Show For You
Enter: The Penguin on Max.
slate.com
September 26, 2024 at 10:26 PM
On this week's pod we talk PENGUIN and what exactly Farrell is doing (pirouettes!) under all that latex, plus a perfect growing-up movie that will make you want to be a cranberry farmer in Canada.
Listen here: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Listen here: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Finally, a profoundly great film about the bizarre, heartbreaking, boring, dada limbo that is hospice. Vivacious @SlateCultFest this week on "His Three Daughters" and more...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Rebel Ridge’s Violent Ode to Nonviolence
Each of Aaron Pierre’s eyes deserve an Oscar nod!
slate.com
September 19, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Finally, a profoundly great film about the bizarre, heartbreaking, boring, dada limbo that is hospice. Vivacious @SlateCultFest this week on "His Three Daughters" and more...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
slate.com/podcasts/cul...
New Slate Culture Gabfest on Tim Burton getting his groove back: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Can Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Revive Tim Burton?
The grim fairy tale teller is back, along with much of the original cast.
slate.com
September 11, 2024 at 6:45 PM
New Slate Culture Gabfest on Tim Burton getting his groove back: slate.com/podcasts/cul...
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On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest we discuss the irresistible (except to Julia) The Fall Guy, the spooky/queer/inscrutable I Saw the TV Glow, & the campus protests of the war in Gaza w/ @polgreen.bsky.social, who's been on the student-protest beat for the @nytimes.com. slate.com/podcasts/cul...
The Fall Guy Is a Love Letter to Stunts
Tom Cruise-sized spoofs ensue.
slate.com
May 8, 2024 at 11:58 PM
On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest we discuss the irresistible (except to Julia) The Fall Guy, the spooky/queer/inscrutable I Saw the TV Glow, & the campus protests of the war in Gaza w/ @polgreen.bsky.social, who's been on the student-protest beat for the @nytimes.com. slate.com/podcasts/cul...