EJ Dickson

Oct 1, 2024 | rollingstone.com | EJ Dickson

A few years ago, I was talking to the host of a popular Disney-theme-park podcast when the conversation invariably led to where it always does between two Disney adults: Why do we love Disney so much, when everything it does seems tailor-made to piss us off? This was in 2022, in the midst of a particularly brutal public-relations war sparked by the so-called Don’t Say Gay bill, Florida Gov.

Sep 24, 2024 | thecut.com | EJ Dickson

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Westend61/Getty Images Last Thursday, CNN reported that the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, has allegedly spent years moonlighting as minisoldr, a commenter on a porn website’s message board.

Sep 12, 2024 | rollingstone.com | EJ Dickson

T he only thing that has kept me alive is that I’m a petty bitch,” says Stormy Daniels. “There would be too many people happy if I died. I’m alive because of spite.” Daniels is sitting on the back porch of an undisclosed domicile, in an undisclosed city in an undisclosed state. There’s a gun on the table beside her, which, she says, she carries wherever she goes — “but never in a state where it’s illegal,” she quickly adds.

Sep 4, 2024 | rollingstone.com | EJ Dickson

September 4, 2024 Anna Delvey is seen arriving at court on May 16, 2024 in New York, New York.

Sep 3, 2024 | rollingstone.com | EJ Dickson

September 3, 2024 Shanin Blake/TikTok “I’ve been chilling in the mountains of Peru/Drinking ayahuasca with the shamans too/Cup of San Pedro to shift the mood,” Shanin Blake croons over a smooth, R&B-inflected groove. She’s got a giant mass of platinum blonde dreads and she’s wearing a white crocheted bikini top, a wide-brimmed hat, and an assortment of beaded necklaces; in short, she looks exactly like the type of person you’d expect to write a song about drinking ayahuasca in Peru. In the...