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Ending: Here for It, #218

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! In high school, I was in a short play called Happy Ending by Douglas Turner Ward, a boundary-breaking Black playwright who was one of the founders of the Negro Ensemble Company which produced The River Niger and A Soldier’

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Wed. thread: In which we dress up to stay in

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Tomorrow: Here for It, #217

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! In the middle of last spring, I started writing a series for ELLE.com [https://www.elle.com/remote-rewind/] where I rewatched some of my favorite films and wrote about them through the lens of our collective quarantine situation.

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Wed. thread: In which I refresh my browsing

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Dogs: Here for It, #216

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! The minute I sat down to write this newsletter I received a push notification from my NextDoor app. Now, you, me, and Gladys Kravitz know that I do love me some NextDoor app shenanigans, where a post about a

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Wed. thread: In which we wear 101 WIGS

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Flirtydelphia: Here for It #215

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Wishing a Happy Valentine’s Day specifically and exclusively to Robin Roberts and Daniel Kaluuya, two people who are not in any sort of relationship with each other whatsoever. Kaluuya, an Oscar nominee for Get Out and a delectable

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Just a Few Notes #1

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Wed. thread: In which a cat passes the bar and food puppets fascinate

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Free: Here for It, #214

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! One of the first non-troversies I remember being exposed to in the pre-internet pop cultural space was the chatter around Whitney Houston’s pre-tape of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl. Looking back, I’m not quite

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Wed. thread: In which the tower's faulty

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Light: Here for It, #213

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Why yes, I have heard of “stocks.” A few weeks back I got a sales call from a wealth management consultant (a made-up job?) about the concept of 401ks (a made-up thing!). I didn’t know it was a

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Wed. thread: In which the cookie crumbles

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Connection: Here for It #212

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Last night I was looking up rental cabins with no internet service in hopes of taking myself on a writing retreat where I didn’t check Twitter every 6 to 12 minutes. Technically I can write things whilst checking

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Wed. thread: COATS! Firsts! 46ths! "Let's get loud"???

This and that: Opening this one up to the whole list. Let’s chat! The matter at hand: Y’all. It was not easy. It was not the way that any of us wanted it to be. It was not the way many of us thought it would be. So

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Vibe: Here for It #211

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! I’ve never been to an inauguration mostly because I don’t like to stand around in the cold. This is the same reason that I went to one (1) Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting when I was a freshman

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Wed. thread: In which the talk shrinks

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Gloria: Here for It, #210

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi!' First things first, look at these two adorable videos of people with very expressive cats. It has nothing to do with the subject of this newsletter but I think you need to see it. > [https://twitter.com/

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Wed. thread: In which I find 11,780 votes

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Shelf: Here for It #209

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Let me tell you about the special kind of monster that publishing a book turned me into. So, first: I’ve always loved books; I’ve always loved bookstores; my vision of Heaven is a Scholastic Book Fair where

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Is Fake Steve Trevor in 'WW1984' a Good Dresser?: An Investigation

Well, it’s the last day of 2020 and you know what that means: it’s time to put all of my energy into thinking about one of the least important questions in a superhero movie. I am hearing rumors that there were perhaps some things that happened in 2020

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Wed. thread: In which we serve Delilah realness

I’ve been thinking a lot about the radio host Delilah after listening to a podcast about her show’s profound effect. I don’t think I ever called into Delilah but, growing up in the 80s and 90s I definitely did my fair share of song requesting, mixtape making,

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Toys: Here for It #208

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! When I was 7, I met my second nemesis. I do not know my second nemesis’s name, I barely remember anything about her save for our one contentious encounter, but I will spend the rest of my life

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Wed. thread: In which I am in a feud with Barack

This is the Wednesday discussion thread. Normally, it will only come to paid subscribers, but I’m opening it to everyone until the end of the year. Let’s chat! Look, I am not trying to get into the discourse around Die Hard vis-a-vis whether it is a Christmas movie

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Rewards: Here for It #207

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Dionne Warwick is the online oracle of our year; Pole worker scandals; and taking Flight on NPR. Let me tell you: I am in a state. As most of you know, I left ELLE.com this week