It was both a good interview, and not a real interview. Both of these things can be true at the same time.

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I think it was absolutely brilliant for the Harris campaign to go on Call Her Daddy, the biggest podcast for women in the country right now. It was also amazing for Alex Cooper's brand as the Gen Z Oprah. Both came off great. It was a win. But it also...wasn't a real interview.

I have some news! After 5 and a half years, yesterday was my last day at @RollingStone. I have a ton of Big Feelings and people to thank for this incredible job — the best I’ve ever had in media — but first, some stories I’m particularly proud of. @RollingStone While I was a freelancer I broke the story of the sexual assault allegations against Ron Jeremy. I worked months on this when my son was an infant w/ @lizgp and @andreamarks and to this day it is one of my proudest achievements. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

I just had a v frustrating day and I’m at the airport and started It Ends With Us and I’m just sitting here shrieking. The incorrect use of “prodigious” and “erratic,” the jarring intro of the “homeless guy,” the ID “the most revered teaching assistant in Plethora, Maine.” What Three paragraphs over the high quality material of the chair

I've done a lot of research on trad wives and LDS momfluencers, and this incredible Ballerina Farm profile by @MeganAgnew is super consistent w/ what I've learned about their lives, their work, & the way they proselytize to their audiences🧵: thetimes.com/magazines/the-… If you haven't read the piece, you should. Basically it paints Hannah Neeleman, aka Ballerina Farm, a tradwife influencer & mom of 8, as a woman driven by thwarted artistic ambition (she was a Julliard ballerina), controlled by a fundamentalist husband thetimes.com/magazines/the-…

In honor of Donald Duck’s 90th birthday, I’m going to explain how I learned that Italians are obsessed with him and don’t give a shit about Mickey Mouse, and it’s going to be a thread 🧵: So my husband is Italian and the last time we were visiting his family in Italy I noticed that Donald Duck was EVERYWHERE. He was in ads, on day care centers, in toy store windows. And Mickey was nowhere to be seen.

EXCLUSIVE: Four women have spoken to Rolling Stone alleging emotional & physical abuse against Ben Kissel, cohost of Last Podcast on the Left. They're raising Qs about how long the alleged misconduct has been going on — and whether his cohosts knew. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… Last Podcast on the Left is one of the most popular true crime podcasts in the country, racking up more than a billion listens. It's known for fusing together grisly recountings of crimes with ribald humor and victim advocacy. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

NEW from me: I wrote about the epidemic of fake Karen videos on TikTok, which are getting millions and millions of views despite clearly being staged, and how media literacy is so horrible right now that absolutely no one notices or cares rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… I think a lot of this has to do with lack of media literacy, but also with the fact that it's so normalized to film strangers melting down in public, despite the obvious ethical issues involved, that we just dont question any of it anymore rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

NEW from me: the right and the media have embraced a study about SSRIs and depression as proof antidepressants don’t work. But the study’s author has promoted fringe views about mental illness for years, as well as campaigned against vaccine mandates. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… First thing to note:the study isnt *really* about antidepressants. It refutes the serotonin hypothesis, the claim that depression is caused by low levels of serotonin. It has long been consensus among MDs that the causes of depression are far more complex vice.com/en/article/88q…

NEW from me: Jonathan Hillman wrote a kids' book about a child who does drag to make LGBTQ kids feel less "small." Instead, he got death threats after ending up in the midst of the most recent anti-LGBTQ "grooming" panic (which also involved...Pizza Hut): rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… It all started when Pizza Hut suggested @jhillmanbooks' 'Big Wig' as part of its Book It literacy program for a Pride Month initiative. Libs of TikTok saw the book recommended, and instantly accused Pizza Hut of grooming kids to be drag queens: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

NEW from me: I spoke to DV survivors & victims’ advocates about the Depp/Heard verdict. According to one advocate, “hundreds” of survivors have already retracted victim statements & pulled out from court cases as a result of watching the trial. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… Survivors tell me they’ve spent the past few weeks having PTSD flashbacks. “This case is my worst fear playing out on a public stage,” one says. “[It] tells me that [my ex] was right. If he chose to, he could destroy and humiliate me beyond repair.” rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Taylor Dooley, aka Lavagirl from The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, is one of many right-wing influencers currently protesting outside Disney’s HQ. She’s accusing Disney of “indoctrinating” and “sexualizing” children. “This is where we take back the family,” she wrote. Here’s footage she posted protesting outside Disney’s Burbank HQ just now. In its post promoting the event, Hold the Line, the events organizer, encouraged parents to bring their kids (remember, this is ostensibly a protest against pedophiles and child groomers)

NEW: A Target gift card that appears to show Mickey Mouse holding a penis is going viral, fueling ongoing far-right, anti-gay attacks on Disney, including claims that it’s full of “pedophiles” grooming” children. My latest for @RollingStone: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… The wildly anti-LGBTQ attacks started out in response to Disney flip flopping on The Dont Say Gay bill, prompting Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Fox News to go after the company. But the far right has targeted Disney for much longer than that. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…