Whitney Friedlander
@whitneyfriedlander.com
Animal and snack enthusiast. TV writer (the kind who writes about it; not for it) https://www.chatwithcharley.org/
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Do you think Meryl Streep’s parents could tell when she was faking sick when she was six?
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you think Meryl Streep’s parents could tell when she was faking sick when she was six?
Paste TV (and @amyamatangelo.bsky.social) was one of the first outlets to take a chance on me when I began freelancing full time. This feels like a personal attack.
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Paste TV (and @amyamatangelo.bsky.social) was one of the first outlets to take a chance on me when I began freelancing full time. This feels like a personal attack.
The incompetence of the CVS pharmacy’s “virtual assistant” phone system is truly the death nail of the American medical system.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The incompetence of the CVS pharmacy’s “virtual assistant” phone system is truly the death nail of the American medical system.
I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of clicking on the article. But I am here for all of your hot takes.
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of clicking on the article. But I am here for all of your hot takes.
The moment of panic that I might not have gotten the Anthropologie birthday discount email ...
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The moment of panic that I might not have gotten the Anthropologie birthday discount email ...
Odd thing to have your neighborhood power grid go out while watching Pluribus. 🙂🙂🙂
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Odd thing to have your neighborhood power grid go out while watching Pluribus. 🙂🙂🙂
Today in Netflix reinvents the wheel: Supermarket Sweep, but a whole mall.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today in Netflix reinvents the wheel: Supermarket Sweep, but a whole mall.
Me: the cat looks depressed
6yo, the budding therapist: yeah. She likes to be depressed
6yo, the budding therapist: yeah. She likes to be depressed
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Me: the cat looks depressed
6yo, the budding therapist: yeah. She likes to be depressed
6yo, the budding therapist: yeah. She likes to be depressed
This photo and Sandwich Guy in the same day? Dayenu
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This photo and Sandwich Guy in the same day? Dayenu
Please don't let any other news happen today. Newsrooms around the world are busy trying to top themselves with sandwich guy headlines.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Please don't let any other news happen today. Newsrooms around the world are busy trying to top themselves with sandwich guy headlines.
Wrote about HBO's new John & Yoko doc that is actually very rarely about John & Yoko and why that's cool. variety.com/2025/film/mu...
‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Draws Stark Similarities Between Political and Social Unrest in the ‘70s With That of Today
‘One to One: John & Yoko’ illustrates that ‘woke’ celebrities are not a 21st century phenomenan
variety.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote about HBO's new John & Yoko doc that is actually very rarely about John & Yoko and why that's cool. variety.com/2025/film/mu...
Feel every part of @klawls.bsky.social's All Her Fault review. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
What Sarah Snook crime drama 'All Her Fault' gets so right about modern motherhood
Crime drama "All Her Fault" is ostensibly a show about a kidnapping, but it has a bigger point to make about motherhood and marriage.
www.usatoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Feel every part of @klawls.bsky.social's All Her Fault review. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Yup
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yup
You can tell how much I like a source by how wiling I am to cut out their "likes" and "ums."
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You can tell how much I like a source by how wiling I am to cut out their "likes" and "ums."
No one gaslights quite like a cat who "forgot" she's been fed.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
No one gaslights quite like a cat who "forgot" she's been fed.
Prolly should have followed the memes and titled this "I hate teen drama Halloween. What do you mean you're Dan Palladino's byline?"
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Prolly should have followed the memes and titled this "I hate teen drama Halloween. What do you mean you're Dan Palladino's byline?"
Name a scarier Halloween costume. I dare you.
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Name a scarier Halloween costume. I dare you.
Turned my cats into Derpy Tiger and Sussie with as little effort on their part as possible
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Turned my cats into Derpy Tiger and Sussie with as little effort on their part as possible
The feeling of thinking you have to transcribe another interview only to realize that you already transcribed that interview
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The feeling of thinking you have to transcribe another interview only to realize that you already transcribed that interview
I'll gladly pay you Sunday for an extra hour of sleep today.
a black and white cartoon of a man eating a hamburger in front of a sign that says ham .
ALT: a black and white cartoon of a man eating a hamburger in front of a sign that says ham .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I'll gladly pay you Sunday for an extra hour of sleep today.
Seems like just yesterday I was promoting this story
Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Why is Gen Z wistful for the late 2000s already?
Nostalgia has a way of coming for us all. Between 'Twilight's' return to theaters and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' reunion concert, have we ever been this interested in pop culture and information from suc...
www.latimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Seems like just yesterday I was promoting this story
Reposted by Whitney Friedlander
when I was a kid nostalgia was better
Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Why is Gen Z wistful for the late 2000s already?
Nostalgia has a way of coming for us all. Between 'Twilight's' return to theaters and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' reunion concert, have we ever been this interested in pop culture and information from suc...
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
when I was a kid nostalgia was better
Reposted by Whitney Friedlander
It's not just Gen Z. I, too, long for some of these things and for the ambition and passion I still had back then.
Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Why is Gen Z wistful for the late 2000s already?
Nostalgia has a way of coming for us all. Between 'Twilight's' return to theaters and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' reunion concert, have we ever been this interested in pop culture and information from suc...
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's not just Gen Z. I, too, long for some of these things and for the ambition and passion I still had back then.
When you're 45 and wearing the sweater your 10-year-old outgrew last year ... you are doomed to be the shortest person in your house.
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When you're 45 and wearing the sweater your 10-year-old outgrew last year ... you are doomed to be the shortest person in your house.
Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Why is Gen Z wistful for the late 2000s already?
Nostalgia has a way of coming for us all. Between 'Twilight's' return to theaters and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' reunion concert, have we ever been this interested in pop culture and information from suc...
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...