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The Bachelor S23E6: Colton Knows the Tea Is Brewing

February 14, 2019 Susan & Emily
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Susan: I’m back, Bachelor bitches! Let’s get this recap show on the road.

Emily: I have to say, I loved having Kelli guest, but it’s good to have the OG Bachelor team back together. Welcome back, Susan! Tell us what we saw here at the start of the show.

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In Blog Tags The Bachelor, Susan posts, Group posts, Recaps, Bachelor Franchise, Emily posts, Television
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Riverdale Recap! S3E12: Bizarrodale

February 10, 2019 Mary, Kelli, & Gabriella
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As Jughead says, Riverdale is a bizzaro place, where candy drugs and murder are the norm. Welcome! This week’s episode is all about legacy—who has one, who wants one, and who’s willing to steal theirs from their dad. Let’s get into it!

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In Blog Tags Riverdale, Kelli posts, Mary posts, Group posts, Guest posts, Recaps, Television
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The Bachelor S23E5: I’m not spreading rumors. I literally told him something I was told.

February 7, 2019 Kelli & Emily
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Emily: Hello Kelli, and welcome back for another week of recapping this BS.

Kelli: Hello. Glad to be back.

Emily: We open up this episode with a graphic of the girls flying from Singapore to Thailand. Demi says that Singapore was a very sexy city. Meanwhile, Colton is showering because basically that’s all he does in his free time. Just showering, playing with big heavy sports ropes, and then showering again.

Kelli: I’m really growing tired of the showers. Do you think they’re doing this to counter the grossness of the fact that Colton doesn’t wear underwear? Like, it’s okay because his junk is clean? It’s not okay, Colton.

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In Blog Tags The Bachelor, Group posts, Kelli posts, Recaps, Bachelor Franchise, Emily posts, Television
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YA Book Club: Children of Blood and Bone

February 4, 2019 Mary & Emily
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WELCOME BACK to YA Book Club. This month, Mary and Emily discuss Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, a YA fantasy novel with a huge scope—and maybe even a movie in the works. Read on for our chat-style conversation!

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In Blog Tags Young Adult Lit, Books, Mary posts, Harry Potter, Fantasy, Emily posts
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Riverdale Recap! S3E11: The Red Dahlia

February 3, 2019 Mary, Kelli, & Gabriella
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Good evening, Riverdalians.

This week, we’re pulling out our typewriters and putting on our strangely-shaped hats as we recap “Chapter Forty-Six: The Red Dahlia,” or as I’m going to call it, “Chapter Forty-Six: Jughead Experiments With Film Noir Narration.” Grab your magnifying glass and join us for another excessively wild ride.

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In Blog Tags Riverdale, Group posts, Mary posts, Kelli posts, Guest posts, Recaps, Television
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How Dare You Do that to Bradley?: 3 Snubs of the 2019 Oscars

February 2, 2019 Matthew Germenis
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The 2019 Oscar ceremony is going to be a joke for many reasons.

No one wants to host the damn thing. The back and forth of how many nominees for Best Original Song are going to perform. The fact that Bohemian Rhapsody is up for Best Picture. And more! But what follows is a list of things that I expected to be certainties. Instead, what I heard on the morning the nominations were televised was nothing but disappointment. Here are a few of those disappointments.

(Spoilers ahead for A Star is Born.)

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The Bachelor S23E4: She is the Cancer of the House

January 30, 2019 Kelli & Emily
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Well.. this week was quite a rollercoaster of emotions everyone. We had some high highs and some low lows, so rather than belaboring that point, let’s just get right into it!

Emily: Nǐ hǎo, Bachelor Nation. While Susan is on her very own overseas date in Europe with her boy toy, my friend and yours Kelli will be filling in. Let’s give her a warm welcome.

Kelli: Hello, everyone. It’s me, Kelli, resident Bachelor Nation Newb filling in for Susan while she gallavants through Europe like a real-life Bachelor contestant. There are a lot of things I’m still figuring out about this show, and I have a lot of questions about the things that went down in this episode, but my first question is: can we award Chris Harrison any points? Because he definitely deserves some for calling Hannah B(ama) “Caelynn” in front of this entire group of women. Truly devastating.

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RENT: 525,600 Times Yes!

January 29, 2019 Mary & Emily
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When Mary asked Emily if they could do a blog post about RENT, LIVE! (ok it wasn’t totally live but we’ll discuss that) together, Emily said, “525,600 times yes!” So here they are, discussing Rent, their love for Rent, and their discussion about how this whole FOX spectacle came together. And how it didn’t. So without further ado and before we start bursting into song, let’s get into it, shall we? After all, no day but today! Sorry. I’m sorry.

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Riverdale Recap! S3E10: The Stranger

January 27, 2019 Mary, Kelli, & Gabriella
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Gabriella: I’ve left the sunny shores of Puerto Morelos for dreary Riverdale and I can’t say I’m glad to be back. This episode had a bunch of shocks and reveals — were y’all as surprised as I was? Maybe all the margaritas have gone to my head but I think Hal is my new favorite character…

Anyway, vamonos!

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My Latest Obsession is a YouTube Series About The Sims

January 25, 2019 Emily
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The title just about sums it up. My job here is done.

Oh wait, you want to hear more? Okay, fine. I’m going to be totally honest with you. I’ve been in a dark place lately. I’m in graduate school, so I’m familiar with dark places. Comprehensive exams are looming, dissertation deadlines are quickly approaching, and I’ve needed a bit of help getting through this end-of-school slump. After all, I don’t think you can call it Senioritis anymore when you’re, like, in 100th grade.

So how have I been dealing with the darkness? By indulging in a little YouTube show called Single Girl Tries the 100-Baby Challenge in the Sims 4. Catchy title, I know.

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