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"Eternity" Says the After Life is Just as Messy As This One

forever? forever ever? forEVAH EVAH?!

Jan 6 • Shelli Nicole

I Remembered To Believe In Everybody But Myself

Proud Mary/Proud Shelli

Jan 6 • Shelli Nicole

WE'RE BACK! Lesbians & Lavender Marriages in Bridgerton S4

Sir Benedict is my third favorite Bridgerton but okay

Dec 27, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

Pretty Woman (1990)

There's something about hotel sheets

Dec 12, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

for the love of layaway

my mother was the princess of bi-weekly payments

Dec 1, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

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The *Definitive* Ranking of Joe Goldberg's Love Interests

Apr 23, 2025 • Gloria Alamrew

What You Did - Mahalia (feat. Ella Mai)

May 23, 2023 • Shelli Nicole

Chasing White Boys Is Pop Culture’s Fav Bad Habit

Sep 30, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

'AM I OK?' Proves You Can Be Queer and Like, Not F*ck Your Friends

Jun 6, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

Reviews

"Eternity" Says the After Life is Just as Messy As This One

forever? forever ever? forEVAH EVAH?!

Jan 6 • Shelli Nicole

Tessa Thompson is a bisexual menace to (high) society in Hedda

i just know Hedda is a Capricorn

Oct 29, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

'Sorry, Baby': For The Friends Who Stay During The Bad Things

Sometimes stealing cats is okay if you're healing

Jul 15, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

‘Emilia Pérez’ Is A Fun, Pulpy Misstep In Trans Cinematic Representation

The pop opera has panache but lacks the care it needs to make meaning out of this trans story

Oct 4, 2024 • Laya Lee

'Anora'—A Cautionary Tale On the Perils of Trusting Rich Men

“Jealousy is a disease, babe! I’m just gonna go chill in my mansion or whatevah!”

Sep 27, 2024 • Laya Lee

What's the Weather?

Protector - Beyoncé

kinda warm and a little rainy in Chicago

Jun 3, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

Black Truck - Mereba

78 Degrees and Mostly Sunny in Pilsen

May 23, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

Happy Birthday - Altered Images

53 Degrees w/ a risk of severe weather in Pilsen

May 10, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

I Wrote A Song - Mae Muller

38 Degrees and kinda wet in Chicago

Dec 5, 2023 • Shelli Nicole

The Weekly Round-Up

Pretty Woman (1990)

There's something about hotel sheets

Dec 12, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

I'll Be Your Girl For All Seasons

"The Four Seasons" will make you want to say "I Do"

Jun 12, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

Hospital Gowns & America Have A Long Way To Go

On Unexpected Hospital Stays and Blatant Racism

Nov 14, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Friendship Wishes and Inglewood Dreams in 'Insecure'

Jun 11, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

Writing Down Recipes To Make More Memories

Sweet crumbly biscuits served at my 'Soul Food' table

Apr 5, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

Xtra Xtra

I Remembered To Believe In Everybody But Myself

Proud Mary/Proud Shelli

Jan 6 • Shelli Nicole

WE'RE BACK! Lesbians & Lavender Marriages in Bridgerton S4

Sir Benedict is my third favorite Bridgerton but okay

Dec 27, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

How Did I Forget How Good 'Ungodly Hour' Was?

Went Quadruple Triple Platinum in my petite Pilsen apartment

Oct 28, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

The (S)mothering of Joe Goldberg

How One Mom Shaped TV’s Most Charming Creep

May 2, 2025 • Gloria Alamrew

The Rewatch Diaries

The Rewatch Diaries: Welcome To Flatch

Small town perfection gone too soon

Feb 24, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

The Rewatch Diaries: High Fidelity Edition

Who are you making a mixtape for?

Jul 8, 2023 • Shelli Nicole

Eye Would Like To Talk About

for the love of layaway

my mother was the princess of bi-weekly payments

Dec 1, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

substack is just another diary

run-on sentences are very important to me

Nov 19, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

It's Mean Girls Day

That wig was worth the 10K and y'all know it

Oct 3, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

Chasing White Boys Is Pop Culture’s Fav Bad Habit

The summer I got (extra) tired of this trope

Sep 30, 2025 • Shelli Nicole

Forgotten Film Fashion

Forgotten Fashion In Film: Hackers

_Y2k_Grunge _Authenticity

Nov 22, 2024 • BBKashe

Forgotten Fashion In Film: Wish Upon A Star

Alexia 'Actual Lavender Menace' Wheaton

Aug 27, 2024 • Shelli Nicole

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