Libby Watson

Nov 25, 2024 | defector.com | Libby Watson

Welcome to Perfectly Fine Dinner Party Club, a cooking and hosting column from Libby Watson, who likes to throw dinner parties but is normal about it. A quick thank-you to people who emailed me about bo ssam! I would especially like to shout out Jerry, who said the post inspired him to invite new neighbors over for dinner, which is just the most lovely thing I've ever heard.

Jun 3, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Toby Jaffe |Libby Watson

You can trace the liberalizing contours of the American public’s relationship to drugs by way of the last few presidents’ consumption habits. Clinton famously didn’t inhale, only willing to admit to touching reefer in England. Before his religious reawakening at forty, Bush the younger by all accounts led a wild life.

Apr 30, 2024 | thecut.com | Libby Watson

Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photos Getty Images On a recent Sunday, I had a migraine headache. I’d felt pretty good that morning. I cleaned the kitchen and did a crossword puzzle with my husband. It promised to be a productive day. Then, at about 1 p.m., it struck out of nowhere.

Apr 1, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Hubert Adjei-Kontoh |Libby Watson |J.w. McCormack

“Let’s look at the stats, I’ve got the facts / My money like Lizzo, my pockets are fat!” Boy-rat hybrid Ben Shapiro’s recent foray into the political rap arena was as insipid as it was wrongheaded, but the wild idea that music can and should be used for political interventions is not contained to the right. In 2020, there was a spate of cash-grab releases that were supposed to deal with the murder of George Floyd and the racial reckoning that followed.

Apr 1, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Libby Watson |J.w. McCormack

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