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Nadira Goffe

Brooklyn

Writer at Slate

assoc. culture writer @Slate/@SlateCulture | assoc. amateur @ life | she/her (@calllmenadira — 3Ls! — on bluesky, twt, + insta)

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Articles

  • A Beloved, Controversial Book Is Now a Netflix Series. There’s a Radical Change.

    1 week ago | slate.com | Nadira Goffe

    I have never read a Judy Blume book. I have always been a big reader, but in my 29 years, Blume’s books somehow never made their way to me, despite the reading of them being classically recognized as a rite of passage for girls navigating youth and young adulthood. This isn’t totally surprising; I am Black, and many things in the cultural canon that are considered universal—Friends, the Beach Boys, Blume—are much more familiar to white Americans than they are to me.

  • The 2025 Met Gala Has Officially Found Its Big Controversy. It Gets Dumber by the Hour.

    1 week ago | slate.com | Nadira Goffe

    Music Every first Monday in May, celebrities walk the Met Gala carpet in haute couture while we, the peanut gallery online and at home, judge to see who wore what best and who will go down in gala infamy. This year, the odds for infamy seemed much higher than usual due to the dress code, “Tailored for You,” which took inspiration from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s accompanying exhibition exploring Black dandyism, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.

  • A White Lotus Star Purportedly Wore Rosa Parks on Her Panties. The Controversy Only Got Dumber From There.

    1 week ago | flipboard.com | Nadira Goffe

    11 hours agoThe real lesson from Lisa's Met Gala 'Rosa Parks crotch' momentNew sentences are invented on the Internet every day. And Monday’s Met Gala gave us a doozy: “Is that Rosa Parks on the crotch of K-pop superstar …1 day ago'The White Lotus' star slammed for 'distasteful' Rosa Parks underwear Met Gala outfitFrom "The White Lotus" to white-hot controversy.

  • On the First Day of the Diddy Trial, There Was an Elephant in the Courtroom

    1 week ago | slate.com | Nadira Goffe

    It’s been almost eight months since hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in Manhattan on federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes that, per the prosecution, date back almost 20 years.

  • One of the Biggest Trials in Entertainment History Is Here. There Was an Elephant in the Courtroom.

    1 week ago | flipboard.com | Nadira Goffe

    3 hours agoNo One Born After 1999 Can Guess These Classic Horror Movies From A Single ScreenshotCue the creepy horror movie music. From slashers to ghost stories, the horror genre has delivered so many iconic moments (and screams!) over the years. But how well do you *really* know these terrifying films?

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21 Apr 25

RT @BenStiller: In what universe does a 60 million dollar opening for an original studio movie warrant this headline?

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20 Apr 25

RT @firagawalkwthme: It is a very interesting choice to make the head vampire Irish. Really drives the metaphor for assimilation/capitalism…

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20 Apr 25

RT @treeeenzz: EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU SKINS FOR GIVING US HORROR ICONS https://t.co/MxHQ9j5NpV