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2 weeks ago | 
pitchfork.com | Meaghan Garvey
Around the time that Addison Rae broke a million TikTok followers in the fall of 2019, the platform offered a system update for the American dream; now all that was required to claim a better, richer life was a phone, some free time, and a willingness to perform air traffic control dances with a smile.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Meaghan Garvey
2 days agoAddison Rae Strips the Sweetheart Act ... I'm a Burlesque Bombshell!!!Addison Rae ditched subtlety, and clothes -- hitting the NYC stage in barely-there nude lingerie for a jaw-dropping burlesque show that was anything …1 day agoBusiness class flights are a good investment if you're willing to splurge. Here's how 3 airlines compared. Welcome back to our Saturday edition! Are you ready to splurge on your new summer soles? Here are six shoe trends that are in, and four that are out.
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3 weeks ago | 
scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com | Meaghan Garvey
We won’t take all the credit, but have you noticed that the NBA Finals are particularly SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE-coded this year?
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1 month ago | 
pitchfork.com | Meaghan Garvey
It’s hard to say exactly what “country” means these days, but even if you can’t define it, you know it when you hear it. “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen—the biggest song of 2023, and the defining country crossover hit of the 2020s—is country to the extent that Wallen sings in a macho Tennessee accent, though its wispy fingersnap beat almost sounds like ringtone rap.
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1 month ago | 
billboard.com | Meaghan Garvey
Hunched over a paper plate piled with oysters and snow crab legs, I realized I hadn’t worn a shirt now in two days.
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1 month ago | 
scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com | Meaghan Garvey
Dear readers — it’s about that time. America’s #1 vibes-based newsletter is now welcoming your hot tips regarding any and all SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE-coded destinations within the Great Midwest. Biker bars, supper clubs, haunted lighthouses, sites of supernatural wonder or distinct abjection, you get the gist. Drop us a line by replying to this email, or hit [email protected].
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2 months ago | 
pitchfork.com | Meaghan Garvey
Along the wild western coast of Ireland’s County Galway lies Connemara. Oscar Wilde once praised the region’s “savage beauty,” a phrase you will encounter at least a dozen times reading about its rugged expanses of mountain, bog, lake, and sea, to all of which its 30,000 or so residents appear proudly subordinate.
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2 months ago | 
thesmallbow.com | Meaghan Garvey
The Small Bow is a reader-supported publication. Please financially back us and help us grow if you can. Today’s essay, from writer Meaghan Garvey, is both a recovery story and a love story. These genres typically overlap, sometimes disastrously, but her spin on them is truly delightful.
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2 months ago | 
pitchfork.com | Meaghan Garvey
There’s this window of the early 2010s that I’m obsessed with: let’s say from Flockaveli in October 2010 to when Avicii unleashed “Levels” in October 2011. The 2000s were over, but it didn’t feel as if a new decade had begun, and for a weird, autonomous stretch, a few iconoclasts attempted to invent the 2010s by throwing everything at the wall to see what stuck. At least that’s my explanation for why the music, fashion, everything from that period felt so… extra.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Meaghan Garvey
There’s this window of the early 2010s that I’m obsessed with: let’s say from Flockaveli in October 2010 to when Avicii unleashed “Levels” in October 2011. The 2000s were over, but it didn’t feel as if a new decade had begun, and for a weird, autonomous stretch, a few iconoclasts attempted to invent the 2010s by throwing everything at the wall to see what stuck. At least that’s my explanation for why the music, fashion, everything from that period felt so… extra.
