Hello! I’m here!
As it turns out, launching a newsletter during an election year was an ambitious idea.
But I’m feeling energized and ready to share some recent clips with y’all.
As far as recent life happenings, Mark and I saw Waxahatchee perform last week and it was a life-altering experience. We’ve also committed to hosting Jags watch parties in Philly alllll season long so that should be… something!
Exciting things I’ve written lately
Donald Trump reacts to Taylor Swift’s endorsement for Kamala Harris: ‘She’ll probably pay a price’
Whatever that means.
Delaware native Aubrey Plaza plays off Taylor Swift’s ‘childless cat lady’ post with her own Harris-Walz endorsement
Move over, Taylor Swift: There’s a new “childless cat lady” endorsement for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign from “Delaware’s most famous person.”
SNL drafts internet personality with Philly ties Jane Wickline
Internet personality and comedian Jane Wickline, best known for her sketches on TikTok, has been cast in the upcoming season of 'Saturday Night Live.' Wickline has Philadelphia ties.
This is different
While so much of my internet and trending news coverage means I get to write about silly things, I also still look at serious national trends.
Last week was one of those moments.
I wrote about how 18 years after the Amish schoolhouse massacre that made national news took place in rural Pennsylvania, a survivor who was left with severe brain damage died last week.
I want to express my appreciation to members of the Amish community who were willing to speak with me — both on and off the record — for the reporting of this piece.
And now, a note from our sponsors (sort of)
I’m re-upping these promo codes for a couple of brands I adore and believe in.
🎀 Room Shop 🎀
If you’re not familiar with this boutique shop, you should be. The cuties behind these silky bows, purses, and rosettes — as seen on my peer Calla Kessler at the literal Met Gala — were gracious enough to give me a code for your future shopping endeavors. They’re doing some amazing bag charms right now!
You can use EMDRUMS10 or visit this link for 10% off your whole order — they don’t do sales often so this is exciting! If you’re in Philly you can do local pickup from one of their incredibly Y2K decorated lockers.
💧 Liquid IV 💧
Besties, it’s hot out there. You can fuel up with my fave electrolyte drink. I’ve been savoring the bomb pop flavor as a final ode to summer. I first linked up with LIV years back when I discovered I was always dehydrated and used their product on the go to help with headaches. I’m much better at hydrating now, but I still rely on this stuff for post-workout, beach days, heat waves, etc. They’ve also been kind enough to send samples for Lady Skate Day camps and other endeavors. No auto-link right now, so make sure to manually enter EMDRUMS for 20% off (and sometimes free shipping).
Culture vulture
A few shoutouts and recos RE: what I’m…
🍴eating: We’ve been back our home cooking grind and really enjoyed this shrimp recipe over rice
☕ drinking: Papua New Guinea coffee beans roasted by Coffee Lab Roasters
📘 reading: The Inquirer, duh
🎶 listening to: Waxahatchee because I still can’t get over how good they are live
Thanks for being here! xx