Things I enjoyed in 2024
Like many people seeking an escape/distraction of some sort from…well, everything, I consumed WAY TOO MUCH pop culture and other stuff this year. I had many favorites, as you can tell from the length of the lists below.
I did not include favorite books in this roundup; I read 344 books this year; my brain is tired. (Yes, the formatting of the music list came out weird and I was unable fix it. Oops.)
Music
brat — Charli xcx
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent
Tigers Blood — Waxahatchee
Real Power — Gossip
Hit Me Hard and Soft — Billie Eilish
The Past is Still Alive — Hurray for the Riff Raff
Lives Outgrown — Beth Gibbons
Challengers original score – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé
In Concert — Diamanda Galas
What a Devastating Turn of Events – Rachel Chinouriri
Stampede — Orville Peck
Imaginal Disk — Magdalena Bay
Anniversary — Adeem the Artist
Woodland — Gillian Welch
Wild God — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild — Merce Lemon
Mahashmashana —- Father John Misty
Diving Deep Live — Tori Amos
flush (EP) — searows
Movies
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow
Love Lies Bleeding
Dune Part Two
Monkey Man
Abigail
Spermworld
The Fall Guy
Thelma
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Boy and the Heron
Problemista
Ren Faire
Alien: Romulus
Robot Dreams
Rebel Ridge
Anora
TV
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Girls 5Eva (s3)
Animal Control (s2)
Manhunt
Fallout
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Shōgun
Ripley
Hacks (s3)
The Boys (s4)
Interview With the Vampire (s2)
Abbott Elementary (s3-4)
Somebody Somewhere (s3)
What We Do in the Shadows (s6)
Silo (s2)
Other things
Best new-to-me cosmetic product: Topicals Slick Salve Glossy Lip Balm
Best dog toys, according to how much Sushi plays with them: The small Lamb Chop (he’s destroyed two of them so far), and the Zippy Burrow van
Best pants: These leggings from Pact
Best fragrances: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Sturgeon Moon 2024; Nui Cobalt’s Vampire Cat
Best tea: Tipu’s Chai
Best sparkling water: Sanzo’s Lychee
Best thing to add to water: Seedlip Garden 108
Best candle: Stockhome Chai scented candle
Best thing I didn’t need, but bought anyway: Professional photos of Sushi, shot by Sarah Zemunski
Favorite piece I had published in other outlets in 2024: No, we don’t all have the same 24 hours in the day… for the Disability Visibility Project
Favorite pieces I published via this newsletter in 2024: Interviews with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Diamanda Galas; Feminism Fails #1 on Lean In
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