coffeestainedpoems

[coffeestainedpoems]

video essays i love and think about a lot (mainly in relation to pop culture):

aaliyah, britney & the apathy of lifetime “biopics”

baby phat enterprise:  how kimora lee simmons pioneered 2000’s fashion

whiplash vs. black swan — the anatomy of the obsessed artist

born sexy yesterday

parasite ��� the power of symbols

hilary duff, lizzie mcguire, and the teen idol pigonhole

why this font is everywhere

it’s time to talk about the r@cism in dan schneider’s shows

a legally blonde fashion analysis

ghost singing: jennifer lopez’s stolen vocals and songs

the late capitalism of kpop

jennifer’s body and the horror of bad marketing

let’s get sad: a last of us video essay

video vixens got paid like rappers

how midsommar brainwashes you

beyonce’s voice is changing (part one, part two, part three)

explained: smoking and the voice

here’s what we missed on glee

how one netflix movie broke the entire internet

naughty dog’s game design is outdated

jeffree star faked everything about… well, everything

how we failed megan fox

mariah carey’s voice

token black girl: how tyra banks vs. naomi campbell was orchestrated by the industry

colorism in your favorite black sitcoms

that 80s show and the limits of nostalgia

‘us’ and the american dream: what it means

unraveling the madness of kanye west

life is strange: the worst best friend

[coffeestainedpoems]

katy perry had no business making me experience raw grief and pain when i listened to “the one that got away” especially since i’ve never been in that kind of relationship and also i was 10

[coffeestainedpoems]

recurring dreams of you

[coffeestainedpoems]

Greg Sellers, Morning of a Friend’s Death, 22 November 2020

[coffeestainedpoems]

takato yamamoto / bram stoker’s dracula

[coffeestainedpoems]

no but “plenty of surprises” along with with “i’ve already begun the re-recording process” and “not a lot going on at the moment.” i am living in a constant state of fear.

[coffeestainedpoems]

not to me. not if it’s da vinky

[coffeestainedpoems]

Hanya Yanagihara, from A Stubborn Lack of Redemption, An Interview With Hanya Yanagihara, Author of A Little Life.

[coffeestainedpoems]

smile of dawn

by Denny Bitte

[coffeestainedpoems]

“What I sometimes mistake for ecstasy is simply the absence of grief.”

— Sarah Kane, from The Complete Plays: “Crave”

[coffeestainedpoems]

[coffeestainedpoems]

[coffeestainedpoems]

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

[coffeestainedpoems]

Rina Sawayama for Nylon Japan.

[coffeestainedpoems]

when ppl talk about economic inequality it is so painfully obvious if they happen to have never been poor

[coffeestainedpoems]

Artist I Like Series

Takato Yamamoto 1960-???? a Japanese illustrator

[coffeestainedpoems]

my favorite motifs are grief, rage, and burdens