brat girl summer, glizzy gate and more

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Hello!

Welcome back — it’s been a solid week with beach days and deli visits.

This weekend I’m seeing Something Corporate at the Philly Met and reliving my Punk Rock Princess™ glory days. Our friends Glazed are also in town so if you’re local and don’t have plans, you should go see them.

Enough pleasantries, I wrote a lot of things so let’s dive into that now.

Exciting things I’ve written lately

A fake Charli XCX ‘Brat’ Erewhon smoothie went viral thanks to a Pop Crave tweet and a spoof TikTok
A fake Charli XCX 'Brat' smoothie collab with Erewhon went viral after the aggregator Pop Crave tweeted about it. It illustrates a larger trend regarding how young people are getting their news.

Sabrina Carpenter’s barista shift marks the latest celebrity ‘customer service cosplay’
Sabrina Carpenter worked a shift as a barista at a London coffee shop to promote her single, “Espresso.” Not everyone loved the gimmick.

Glizzy Gate: Phillies game hot dogs come in new plastic packages, and some fans are upset
Did the Phillies sacrifice the sanctity of their hot dogs in exchange for a good season? It’s possible.

The hottest drink among conservative influencers? Raw milk.
Turning Point USA, the youth conservative messaging organization, is promoting consumption of raw milk with T-shirts and Instagram posts.

And now, a note from our sponsors (sort of)

I’m delighted to share not one but two promo codes with you for 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.

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. My current flavor fixation is grapefruit. 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: the smoked trout hoagie from Breezy’s (specifically on the beach)

☕ drinking: crisp frizzantes in friends’ patios

📘 reading: I finished “The Glow” and am between reads!

🎶 listening to: Glazed <3 go see them

byeeeee

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