Even half a decade after the news cycle washed its hands of the matter I could still recall details with ease. Though I preferred not to.

The author of Aesthetica on stardom and online hate, conflict between feminisms, and the evergreen currency of a woman’s image.

“People tend to notice when you say, ‘I can open your front door in thirty seconds.’”

Pregnant potcakes from Belize and Cuba, foster failures from Miami-Dade, puppies found in trash bins.

On movies and rain. 

A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.