By: Victoria Edel
My lovely friend Meg Hashem decided to do an end of the year in and out list, inspired by the savage queen bee Massie Block from The Clique book series (real ones know). She graciously let me copy this idea. So here's what's in and what's out for 2021, according to me, a person with perfect taste.
Out: Not having to make student loan payments
In: Hating Joe Biden
Out: Sunday Scaries
In: The same concept but we don't call it that anymore
Out: The Real Housewives of New York City
In: The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Out: Calling things post-pandemic
In: Admitting all concepts of time are social constructs and refusing to acknowledge them
Out: Red (Taylor's Version)
In: 1989 (Taylor's Version) (I pray)
Out: Still doing Harry Potter stuff
In: Disinvesting from JK Rowling! Fuck transphobes!
Out: Saying that coffee isn't good at hydrating you
In: Finding out that coffee actually doesn't dehydrate you and telling everyone you know until they tell you to stop
Out: Working overtime
In: Labor unions
Out: Lin-Manuel Miranda jump scare cameos in movie musicals
In: Lin-Manuel Miranda jump scare cameos in horror films
Out: Saying I have a novel manuscript
In: Actually finishing my novel manuscript
Out: Air fryers
In: Convection ovens
Out: Posting photos on Instagram and then saying in the caption that everyone took rapid tests and was super safe and you promise you wore masks when you weren't taking the photo
In: Posting a selfie with a mask on! We all know what your face looks like, it's OK.
Out: The Co-Star app
In: Mobile games you get weird ads for and then you download them and it's nothing like the ad but now you're obsessed
Out: Dating apps
In: DMing me to tell me you have a crush on me
Out: Those weird Instagram graphic slide shows people make when something bad is in the news
In: Just like reading a book? And some articles? Getting a library card? You can do this.
Out: Calling Timothée Chalamet a sex symbol
In: Feeding Timothée Chalamet a little bowl of soup and some bread with butter
Out: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
In: Jennifer Garner dating a woman (this is not true I just wish it was)
Out: Using TikTok as an adjective — TikTok pasta, TikTok leggings, etc.
In: Liking TikTok videos about babies and toddlers and then feeling weird that the parents are exploiting their children for content
Out: The Ellen show
In: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Out: Celebrity blind items
In: Celebrities coming out of the closet
Out: Paul Hollywood and Matt Lucas
In: Jürgen and Giuseppe
Out: Wife guys
In: Not cheating on your wife or fiancé in large and dramatic ways that turn into multiple days of Twitter and/or TikTok discourse
Out: The big spending New York Yankees
In: The big spending New York Mets
Out: Chris Pratt
In: Seth Rogen
Out: Noah Centineo
In: Toheeb Jimoh
Out: Nick Kroll
In: Brett Goldstein
Out: Teens in movies going to NYU
In: Teens in real life not going to NYU
Out: Reboots
In: Romance novel adaptations that honestly aren't even that good but you want Hollywood to make more of them so you watch them anyway
Out: Hulu, Netflix
In: Peacock, HBO Max
Out: Prequel movies
In: Enemies-to-lovers romantic comedies
Out: Celebrity book deals
In: Me and all my friends getting book deals
Out: Cynicism
In: Cautious optimism
Out: Having a crush on Nicholas Braun