Traci Mosser Alai
tracimosser.bsky.social
Traci Mosser Alai
@tracimosser.bsky.social
Writer, editor, and consumer of culture -- low, high, and pop.
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giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This is freaking incredible
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The NYT piece about the Edelman documentary from last fall. What could have been. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/m...
The Prince We Never Knew
A revealing new documentary could redefine our understanding of the pop icon. But you will probably never get to see it.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Everyone knows my tied-for-first favorite YouTuber is a Boho French-Canadian emotional & tender about fragrance; anyway, he had emergency surgery this week & smelled a perfume late that night & mused on the fragility of life & I’m a mess. A MESS.

youtu.be/5Vykk1CnCxo?...
Impressions of Bois Corsé by Diptyque & Updates
YouTube video by Sebastian Furtado
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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I made a starter pack.

You’re welcome. You looked like you needed a win.
November 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Haven’t seen Zone of Interest yet but the astonishing and beautifully written essay mentioned here has given me a map for engaging with it.
I was really surprised by how many reviewers seemed to misunderstand this! If you haven’t already read it, I really appreciated @garthgreenwell.bsky.social’s take.
An Unquiet House
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
garthgreenwell.substack.com
March 16, 2024 at 10:58 AM
My 8-year-old just asked me the difference between Original and Adapted Screenplay and I thought I had explained it well till she asked, “Wait, so Barbie was based on a book?!”
March 10, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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A thing that might not be obvious about why Fast Car means so much to those of us who got to see Tracy Chapman’s rise is that getting out of our small towns was *such* a life or death motivation that giving it voice felt like a little bit of hope. …
February 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM