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"content": "\u003cp>There is a point midway through Episode 2 of the new Hulu series \u003cem>Pam & Tommy\u003c/em> where Tommy Lee (played by Sebastian Stan) begins arguing with his own penis. The camera pans down to his crotch so the viewer can see close-up, an animatronic, flexing schlong with a talking tip. “We’ve gotta keep this pussy train rolling,” the peen (voiced by Jason Mantzoukas) demands. “Do you hear me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908915']This ridiculous display was the natural end point (pun intended) of months and months of TV shows trying to out-dick each other. As anyone with a regular streaming habit is no doubt aware, full-frontal male nudity is suddenly being embraced by the non-network channels like never before. HBO has, of course, been working to advance penile screen time since its earliest days. But in recent years, the channel has noticeably upgraded its wang locomotive from steam engine to bullet train. And it has inspired other channels to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the head of the HBO pack is \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>. The show has garnered praise for finally bringing equal opportunity nudity to the TV screen. But, boy oh boy, does it have a tendency to overdo it. You name a type of penis, it’s been on \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>. Old penis, erect penis, locker room penis, toilet penis, drug-dealer-house penis, about-to-get-shot penis, prosthetic penis, real penis. All of the penis, basically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/enbycoraline/status/1485869994067955713\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While HBO offers full-frontal male nudity in damn near everything (“Thanks for Steve Zahn’s fake balls in \u003cem>The White Lotus\u003c/em>,” said nobody), nowhere has \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>’s influence been more obvious than in \u003cem>And Just Like That…\u003c/em>, the \u003cem>Sex and the City \u003c/em>reboot. This was a show that almost certainly would have benefited from more nudity in its original iteration, but remained a dong-free zone for the entirety of its six-season run in the 2000s. And yet its 2022 version managed to squeeze two ding-a-lings into a single episode. Neither acted as anything other than a dangling distraction in an otherwise sexless landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which begs the question: How many on-screen penises are too many on-screen penises?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twitter users have certainly reached a consensus with \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>. Sunday after Sunday, it’s clear that a broad swath of the audience thinks the show’s penile limit has been met and exceeded. 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Solicited makes up about one percent of all dick pics sent and received.” At this point, a lot of women are simply sick to death of looking at penises they didn’t expressly ask to see. Actual studies have been done on this topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003cem>The Journal of Sex Research\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2020.1779171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published a study\u003c/a> that concluded:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a U.S. sample of 2,045 women of all sexual identities and 298 gay/bisexual men, we found that among those who had ever received a ‘dick pic,’ nearly all (91%) had also received an unsolicited [one]. Women of all sexual identities predominantly experienced negative responses to these unsolicited nude images, with only a minority selecting any positive or neutral/ambivalent reactions.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The other risk of overdoing on-screen peen is the ammunition it gives to so-called men’s rights activists (and a whole mess of other humans) who use the objectification of men to further justify the objectification of women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13909409\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM-800x722.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM-800x722.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM-1020x921.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM-160x144.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM-768x693.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-14-at-12.37.33-PM.png 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘meninist’ meme about objectification.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then there are the campaigners who see this wave of TV penises and think, “Hey! 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"content": "\u003cp>Paris Fashion Week happened last week. The only reason I know this is because every time (the artist formerly known as) Kanye West and his new girlfriend Julia Fox showed up anywhere, Twitter had a meltdown. It wasn’t hard to see why. The whole thing was like the new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908472/and-just-like-that-sex-and-the-city-che-miranda-carrie-charlotte-nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em> reboot\u003c/a>: You know you should turn away. You know what you’re looking at is going to make you cringe. 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And—according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/date-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two paragraph-story Fox wrote for \u003cem>Interview\u003c/em>\u003c/a> magazine last month—he presented her with “an entire hotel suite full of clothes,” after knowing her for literally one day. Fox wrote: “I was so surprised. Like, who does things like this on a second date? Or any date!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to that question is: a new partner who’s waving a big ol’ red flag in your face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AaronRFernandes/status/1487565601321197568\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you look up how to spot if you’re in an unhealthy relationship, clothing is a recurring theme. \u003ca href=\"https://psychcentral.com/lib/signs-controlling-partner-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Psych Central\u003c/em>\u003c/a> suggests that controlling partners “could start slowly ‘changing your wardrobe’ by buying specific outfits as gifts to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/controlling-men/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Everyday Health\u003c/em>\u003c/a> says: “Controlling men like to be in charge. They like to tell women what to do, wear and be, and even how and when to speak. Most controlling men don’t really believe they are controlling. In their minds, they’re merely helping their wives or girlfriends to ‘improve,’ and they honestly believe that men are entitled to have things just the way they prefer them to be … Does this sound like anyone you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_28206']Yes. It sounds like Kanye West, who has been re-dressing women according to his specifications, very openly, for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Rose spoke repeatedly about \u003ca href=\"https://www.elle.com/fashion/a9049/fashion-spotlight-amber-rose-360509/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye’s attempts to control her wardrobe\u003c/a> while the two were a couple. She told \u003cem>Elle\u003c/em> in 2009: “He’ll pick out something and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, God, I don’t like that at all.’ And then I’ll pick out something and he’ll be like ‘Babe, just… no.’ I’m more electric pink and bright yellow. And Kanye’s more like nude and bone … I’m not, like, his Barbie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his next serious relationship, Kanye found a significantly more malleable partner. In a 2012 episode of \u003cem>Keeping Up With the Kardashians\u003c/em>—filmed just a few months into their relationship—Kanye is seen telling Kardashian to “clean out everything” from her closet. Her pleas to keep a few accessories are repeatedly shot down, despite her being a long-time boutique owner who first became famous while working as a personal stylist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E9lNF9bhYU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No secret was made of the fact that Kanye exerted extreme control over Kardashian’s style for the entirety of their relationship. In one 2018 episode of her reality show, Kardashian mentioned that Kanye had flown out to Paris to see her for 24 hours. Not because he missed her, but because he had seen paparazzi photos of her wearing clothes he didn’t like, and he wanted to check on her wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_49104']A year later, Kanye questioned Kardashian’s choice to wear a stunning Thierry Mugler corseted dress to the Met Gala. “A corset is a form of underwear. It’s hot. It’s like, it’s hot for who though?” he said to Kardashian the night before the event. “You are my wife and it affects me when pictures are too sexy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia Fox isn’t Kanye’s wife. She’s only been his girlfriend for a month. But if Fashion Week is anything to go by, he seems to already be controlling every inch of her appearance, down to her makeup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LukeLarainGray/status/1485690511633625089\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no doubt that all of this is outside Fox’s wheelhouse—you can see it in her awkward Fashion Week body language. And it’s probably because Kanye’s clothing choices for her are such an enormous departure from anything she’s ever worn in public previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To demonstrate the contrast, here’s what she looked like at November’s CFDA Awards, just six weeks before Kanye showed up with that suite full of clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A fresh-faced, but polished woman stands on the red carpet wearing a tight, mint green long sleeved top and calf length pale pink skirt with fur trim. She carries a beaded handbag in the shape of the Empire State Building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Fox at the CFDA Fashion Awards, New York, November 2021. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite an obvious pattern, Kanye’s compulsion to control yet another girlfriend’s appearance has been greeted without much alarm in the press. The tabloid media has, by and large, instead decided to pit Kardashian and Fox against each other. (This despite reports that \u003ca href=\"https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a38735734/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-julia-fox-dating-pursuit-reaction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashian is just trying to move on with her life\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fox borrowed yet another look from her boyfriend Kanye West’s ex Kim Kardashian as she stepped out during Paris Fashion Week last week,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10466443/Kanye-Wests-new-flame-Julia-Fox-denies-copying-Kim-Kardashians-edgy-chest-mold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> declared\u003c/a> yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kanye West’s Girlfriend Julia Fox Rips Off Kim Kardashian With Oozing Chest Mold, Model Caught In Another Copycat Fashion Fumble,” \u003ca href=\"https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-girlfriend-julia-fox-chest-mold-copying-kim-kardashian-fashion-style/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screamed\u003cem> Radar Online\u003c/em>\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copycat refrain has been so common, \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/style/julia-fox-responds-to-claim-she-channels-kim-kardashian-outfit-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox felt the need to take to Instagram this week to deny she was stealing looks from Kardashian\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908784']That Fox has been blamed for “copying” Kardashian is a reflection of just how much our culture loves a catfight. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>There’s no doubt that all of this is outside Fox’s wheelhouse—you can see it in her awkward Fashion Week body language. And it’s probably because Kanye’s clothing choices for her are such an enormous departure from anything she’s ever worn in public previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To demonstrate the contrast, here’s what she looked like at November’s CFDA Awards, just six weeks before Kanye showed up with that suite full of clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A fresh-faced, but polished woman stands on the red carpet wearing a tight, mint green long sleeved top and calf length pale pink skirt with fur trim. She carries a beaded handbag in the shape of the Empire State Building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Fox at the CFDA Fashion Awards, New York, November 2021. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite an obvious pattern, Kanye’s compulsion to control yet another girlfriend’s appearance has been greeted without much alarm in the press. The tabloid media has, by and large, instead decided to pit Kardashian and Fox against each other. (This despite reports that \u003ca href=\"https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a38735734/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-julia-fox-dating-pursuit-reaction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashian is just trying to move on with her life\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fox borrowed yet another look from her boyfriend Kanye West’s ex Kim Kardashian as she stepped out during Paris Fashion Week last week,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10466443/Kanye-Wests-new-flame-Julia-Fox-denies-copying-Kim-Kardashians-edgy-chest-mold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> declared\u003c/a> yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kanye West’s Girlfriend Julia Fox Rips Off Kim Kardashian With Oozing Chest Mold, Model Caught In Another Copycat Fashion Fumble,” \u003ca href=\"https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-girlfriend-julia-fox-chest-mold-copying-kim-kardashian-fashion-style/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screamed\u003cem> Radar Online\u003c/em>\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copycat refrain has been so common, \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/style/julia-fox-responds-to-claim-she-channels-kim-kardashian-outfit-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox felt the need to take to Instagram this week to deny she was stealing looks from Kardashian\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>And just like that, \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em>‘s legacy got pummeled into the dirt. In December, the reboot no one was sure they even wanted came stomping in, Manolos wobbling, Samantha missing, determined to appear relevant in 2022, no matter the cost. And oh, what a train wreck it has been. The season one finale airs on Feb. 3, but getting through the first nine episodes has been a marathon of cringe. You thought 2010’s barrel-scraping \u003cem>Sex and the City 2\u003c/em> movie made you want to crawl under the nearest table?\u003cem> And Just Like That\u003c/em>… just arrived, screamed “Hold my beer!” and kicked that table across the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the ways it has most failed its audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The worst sex scenes in history\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s just go ahead and assume they had to remove the word “sex” from the show’s title because of \u003cem>AJLT’s\u003c/em> unholy marriage to the kind of physical intimacy that makes you want to never, ever have sex again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908518\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-800x489.png\" alt=\"A woman with a partially shaved head embraces another woman with a grey bob. The first woman covers the mouth of the second woman during a passionate embrace. They are standing near a stove.\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-800x489.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-1020x623.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-768x469.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-1536x939.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM.png 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Che and Miranda have all the sexual chemistry of a raccoon trying to hump a possum. ‘And Just Like That…’ has failed to notice this. \u003ccite>(HBO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some examples of unsexy sex we’ve had to witness in this show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Miranda and Che’s kitchen finger bang incident, directly juxtaposed with Carrie literally peeing the bed in the next room.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miranda attempting to re-live the kitchen finger bang incident via Steve who, despite being great in bed in \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em>, has forgotten how to do third base now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lily walking in on her mom (Charlotte) orally pleasuring her dad (Harry) in a scene that also included a shiny, bouncing, fully erect, obviously fake penis. (Ew.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miranda continuing to masturbate while conducting a conversation with her 17-year-old son Brady through the bedroom door. (EW.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Brady getting cowgirled by his girlfriend in the same house he shares with his parents. (This one was more upsetting than all of the teen sex scenes in \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>, combined.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Nothing about this show is sexy. \u003cem>Nothing.\u003c/em> Even the silver fox Carrie went on a date with in episode seven ended up spewing everywhere. (Really, who can blame him?)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Making it seem like being friends with Black and brown people is hard\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> was too white and we all know it—and getting Carrie a sassy Black assistant (played by the wonderful Jennifer Hudson) in the first movie didn’t move things along much. But watching Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte each simultaneously acquiring A New Black or Brown Friend throughout \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has been clunky as hell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte trying to find a second Black couple to invite to dinner, so Lisa and her husband won’t be the only one there? Awful. Carrie dealing with overbearing Indian parents at Seema’s Diwali party? Totally unnecessary. And Miranda mistaking her professor, Nya, for a student while making a comment about her braids? Nightmare fuel. (“Hair has nothing whatsoever to do with appropriateness, or intelligence or gravitas, obviously,” Miranda fumbles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-800x592.png\" alt=\"Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, wearing traditional Indian clothing and greeting Seema's parents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-800x592.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-1020x755.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-160x118.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-768x569.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dear television, why is it always the parents of ethnic minorities that get presented as nagging their adult children to get married? White parents do this all the damn time as well.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem with\u003cem> AJLT\u003c/em> is that rather than just seamlessly incorporating Lisa, Seema and Nya as new, fabulous characters, the show attempts to use them as learning tools. This, in turn, means \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> spends a lot of time focusing on the rich, white women’s discomfort with people of color instead of giving their new friends their own storylines. \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> was weird because it ignored the fact that people living in diverse cities tend to have diverse friend groups. But the weirdest part about \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> is how Lisa, Seema and Nya have little to do beyond teaching Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Everything that happens when Che Diaz is in the room\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Che (played by Sara Ramirez) is a nonbinary stand-up comedian who isn’t funny but still somehow has a Netflix special in the show. Miranda gets wide-eyed and laughs uproariously every time they open their mouth, and watching Miranda (\u003cem>Miranda!\u003c/em>) fan-girling is almost as bad as watching Brady have sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sleep2dream/status/1481784311154196482\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Che is not doing terrible stand-up, they are making an “edgy” podcast that isn’t very edgy, incessantly smoking weed (even in elevators—so rude), being aggravatingly cocky, and posing for photos with cartoon versions of what baby boomers think queer people look like. Which is this, incidentally:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LouisStaples/status/1484224425423773701\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is an exchange between Miranda and Che that was in no way sarcastic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Che:\u003c/strong> You look especially pretty tonight.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Miranda:\u003c/strong> And you look especially… whatever acceptable, non-polarizing, gender-positive compliment that you feel comfortable with.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Che:\u003c/strong> You are a lot of fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Che is a character \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> made up to teach old, straight folks what nonbinary means. For the rest of us watching, the after-school-special-ness of it is excruciating. What would have been far more engaging is if a little extra time was dedicated to Rock—Charlotte’s nonbinary child—and the learning curve Charlotte is on. (Oh, and if \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> \u003cem>really\u003c/em> wanted to make up for the former sins of \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em>, it should’ve introduced a major trans woman character this season. \u003ca href=\"https://www.indy100.com/showbiz/sex-and-the-city-problematic-race-slut-shaming-8385976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No one was done a greater disservice\u003c/a> in the original series than the trans sex workers of season three.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Equating hearing loss with unattractiveness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a show that’s this desperate to prove how woke it is, it has done a terrible job on the ableism front. (Miranda recovered from her alcohol dependency literally overnight! Because she felt like it!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much is made of the fact that Steve (played by David Eigenberg) is living with hearing loss and now needs to wear hearing aids—something apparently inspired by Eigenberg’s real-life experience. That’s all well and good, but for some reason this development has turned Steve into a bumbling, sexless, shouting idiot-man that Miranda is constantly embarrassed by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/megasound8000/status/1481679695569686531\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only in episode nine, after Miranda has already left him for Che, do we get to see the Steve we love and remember. It’s too little, too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Carrie’s “grief”\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> spent six seasons and a movie hammering in the point, over and over again, that Mr. Big was the love of Carrie’s life. So when that nasty Peloton bike went and drove him to a heart attack in the first episode, I really hoped it would give \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> something meaty to dig into. A well thought-out grief arc for Carrie could have been a total game-changer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Carrie’s grief in \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has manifested thusly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Going for a few long walks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finding a box of records and looking a bit sad\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Telling Miranda not to argue with Charlotte because “people are gone in a second”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A book-writing/seasons changing montage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wearing Big’s wedding ring for a day\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-800x471.png\" alt=\"A woman with long wavy blonde hair sits in a window, wearing a green shirt, behind an open Apple laptop, looking thoughtfully out to the horizon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-800x471.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-1020x600.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-160x94.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-768x452.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrie, doing a grief. \u003ccite>(HBO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know that everyone grieves differently, and that it’s hard to convey on TV, but \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has Carrie whitewashing her and Big’s luxurious home—sentimentality be damned!—and moving out immediately. Just so the audience can see her in her little apartment again like the good old days. It also has her quipping her way through hip surgery just two months after Big’s death. Carrie was more upset when Big moved to Paris in season two of the original show, for crying out loud! At least a Filet-O-Fish got chucked across the room that time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Established characters doing things their characters would never do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did the writers of \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> even watch \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em> before they started writing this thing? Because this show does not seem to know the histories of any of the main characters beyond the most superficial of elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='pop_101843,pop_112650']Carrie—whose entire career was founded on talking about sex—is now the kind of human who can’t bring herself to answer a question about masturbation on a podcast. Samantha—once the kind of friend who ditched out on work to literally spoon-feed a heartbroken Carrie—has abandoned all of her friends (and her beloved New York!) and moved to London because Carrie didn’t want Samantha to be her publicist anymore. (Why would Sam ditch \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of her friends over this? It doesn’t make a modicum of sense.) Stanford—sweet, sensitive Stanford who just wants to be loved for who he is—ditches his husband Anthony (the only good thing left from the original show, by the way) to go to Japan to tour with a TikTok star. I mean… on what planet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course Willie Garson’s untimely death and Kim Cattrall’s unwillingness to return to the cast posed challenges for the show’s writers. But perhaps if more time had been spent planning classier, more character-appropriate exits, \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> wouldn’t have been such a disaster from the get-go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/laean4luvs/status/1484361089059983361\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No character gets a worse deal than Miranda. In the original \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em>, Miranda was practical, no nonsense and focused on her career. In \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em>, Miranda is careless, unlikeable and makes sex noises that resemble an angry cow. She’s also suddenly a simpleton that has no idea how to talk to Black people, despite living in NYC for 35 years and having had a serious relationship with at least one Black man. (Remember Blair Underwood in \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> season six? How could anyone forget Blair Underwood in season six?!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching Miranda blow up her life and 18-year marriage for a romance with Che—basically three weeks of sex, after a three-month wait to get a text returned—has been agony to watch. For Miranda to be given the line, “I’m living in a rom-com, Carrie!”—after being the one to tell Carrie “You’re living in a fantasy!” in season six—isn’t just a kick in the chops for the old Miranda, it’s a middle finger to her fans too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Episode nine was the first of \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> to find something resembling a natural rhythm. So, who knows? Perhaps the finale will redeem this series on some level. But for now, let’s just call \u003cem>And Just Like That\u003c/em>… what it was: absolutely baffling.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>And just like that, \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em>‘s legacy got pummeled into the dirt. In December, the reboot no one was sure they even wanted came stomping in, Manolos wobbling, Samantha missing, determined to appear relevant in 2022, no matter the cost. And oh, what a train wreck it has been. The season one finale airs on Feb. 3, but getting through the first nine episodes has been a marathon of cringe. You thought 2010’s barrel-scraping \u003cem>Sex and the City 2\u003c/em> movie made you want to crawl under the nearest table?\u003cem> And Just Like That\u003c/em>… just arrived, screamed “Hold my beer!” and kicked that table across the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the ways it has most failed its audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The worst sex scenes in history\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Let’s just go ahead and assume they had to remove the word “sex” from the show’s title because of \u003cem>AJLT’s\u003c/em> unholy marriage to the kind of physical intimacy that makes you want to never, ever have sex again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908518\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-800x489.png\" alt=\"A woman with a partially shaved head embraces another woman with a grey bob. The first woman covers the mouth of the second woman during a passionate embrace. They are standing near a stove.\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-800x489.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-1020x623.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-768x469.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM-1536x939.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.15.23-PM.png 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Che and Miranda have all the sexual chemistry of a raccoon trying to hump a possum. ‘And Just Like That…’ has failed to notice this. \u003ccite>(HBO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some examples of unsexy sex we’ve had to witness in this show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Miranda and Che’s kitchen finger bang incident, directly juxtaposed with Carrie literally peeing the bed in the next room.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miranda attempting to re-live the kitchen finger bang incident via Steve who, despite being great in bed in \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em>, has forgotten how to do third base now.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lily walking in on her mom (Charlotte) orally pleasuring her dad (Harry) in a scene that also included a shiny, bouncing, fully erect, obviously fake penis. (Ew.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miranda continuing to masturbate while conducting a conversation with her 17-year-old son Brady through the bedroom door. (EW.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Brady getting cowgirled by his girlfriend in the same house he shares with his parents. (This one was more upsetting than all of the teen sex scenes in \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em>, combined.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Nothing about this show is sexy. \u003cem>Nothing.\u003c/em> Even the silver fox Carrie went on a date with in episode seven ended up spewing everywhere. (Really, who can blame him?)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Making it seem like being friends with Black and brown people is hard\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> was too white and we all know it—and getting Carrie a sassy Black assistant (played by the wonderful Jennifer Hudson) in the first movie didn’t move things along much. But watching Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte each simultaneously acquiring A New Black or Brown Friend throughout \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has been clunky as hell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte trying to find a second Black couple to invite to dinner, so Lisa and her husband won’t be the only one there? Awful. Carrie dealing with overbearing Indian parents at Seema’s Diwali party? Totally unnecessary. And Miranda mistaking her professor, Nya, for a student while making a comment about her braids? Nightmare fuel. (“Hair has nothing whatsoever to do with appropriateness, or intelligence or gravitas, obviously,” Miranda fumbles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-800x592.png\" alt=\"Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, wearing traditional Indian clothing and greeting Seema's parents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-800x592.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-1020x755.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-160x118.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM-768x569.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-25-at-2.16.53-PM.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dear television, why is it always the parents of ethnic minorities that get presented as nagging their adult children to get married? White parents do this all the damn time as well.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem with\u003cem> AJLT\u003c/em> is that rather than just seamlessly incorporating Lisa, Seema and Nya as new, fabulous characters, the show attempts to use them as learning tools. This, in turn, means \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> spends a lot of time focusing on the rich, white women’s discomfort with people of color instead of giving their new friends their own storylines. \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> was weird because it ignored the fact that people living in diverse cities tend to have diverse friend groups. But the weirdest part about \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> is how Lisa, Seema and Nya have little to do beyond teaching Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Everything that happens when Che Diaz is in the room\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Che (played by Sara Ramirez) is a nonbinary stand-up comedian who isn’t funny but still somehow has a Netflix special in the show. Miranda gets wide-eyed and laughs uproariously every time they open their mouth, and watching Miranda (\u003cem>Miranda!\u003c/em>) fan-girling is almost as bad as watching Brady have sex.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Here is an exchange between Miranda and Che that was in no way sarcastic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Che:\u003c/strong> You look especially pretty tonight.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Miranda:\u003c/strong> And you look especially… whatever acceptable, non-polarizing, gender-positive compliment that you feel comfortable with.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Che:\u003c/strong> You are a lot of fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Che is a character \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> made up to teach old, straight folks what nonbinary means. For the rest of us watching, the after-school-special-ness of it is excruciating. What would have been far more engaging is if a little extra time was dedicated to Rock—Charlotte’s nonbinary child—and the learning curve Charlotte is on. (Oh, and if \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> \u003cem>really\u003c/em> wanted to make up for the former sins of \u003cem>SATC\u003c/em>, it should’ve introduced a major trans woman character this season. \u003ca href=\"https://www.indy100.com/showbiz/sex-and-the-city-problematic-race-slut-shaming-8385976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No one was done a greater disservice\u003c/a> in the original series than the trans sex workers of season three.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Equating hearing loss with unattractiveness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a show that’s this desperate to prove how woke it is, it has done a terrible job on the ableism front. (Miranda recovered from her alcohol dependency literally overnight! Because she felt like it!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much is made of the fact that Steve (played by David Eigenberg) is living with hearing loss and now needs to wear hearing aids—something apparently inspired by Eigenberg’s real-life experience. That’s all well and good, but for some reason this development has turned Steve into a bumbling, sexless, shouting idiot-man that Miranda is constantly embarrassed by.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Only in episode nine, after Miranda has already left him for Che, do we get to see the Steve we love and remember. It’s too little, too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Carrie’s “grief”\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SATC\u003c/em> spent six seasons and a movie hammering in the point, over and over again, that Mr. Big was the love of Carrie’s life. So when that nasty Peloton bike went and drove him to a heart attack in the first episode, I really hoped it would give \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> something meaty to dig into. A well thought-out grief arc for Carrie could have been a total game-changer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Carrie’s grief in \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has manifested thusly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Going for a few long walks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Finding a box of records and looking a bit sad\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Telling Miranda not to argue with Charlotte because “people are gone in a second”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A book-writing/seasons changing montage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wearing Big’s wedding ring for a day\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-800x471.png\" alt=\"A woman with long wavy blonde hair sits in a window, wearing a green shirt, behind an open Apple laptop, looking thoughtfully out to the horizon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-800x471.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-1020x600.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-160x94.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM-768x452.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-8.20.09-PM.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrie, doing a grief. \u003ccite>(HBO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I know that everyone grieves differently, and that it’s hard to convey on TV, but \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> has Carrie whitewashing her and Big’s luxurious home—sentimentality be damned!—and moving out immediately. Just so the audience can see her in her little apartment again like the good old days. It also has her quipping her way through hip surgery just two months after Big’s death. Carrie was more upset when Big moved to Paris in season two of the original show, for crying out loud! At least a Filet-O-Fish got chucked across the room that time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Established characters doing things their characters would never do\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did the writers of \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> even watch \u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em> before they started writing this thing? Because this show does not seem to know the histories of any of the main characters beyond the most superficial of elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Carrie—whose entire career was founded on talking about sex—is now the kind of human who can’t bring herself to answer a question about masturbation on a podcast. Samantha—once the kind of friend who ditched out on work to literally spoon-feed a heartbroken Carrie—has abandoned all of her friends (and her beloved New York!) and moved to London because Carrie didn’t want Samantha to be her publicist anymore. (Why would Sam ditch \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of her friends over this? It doesn’t make a modicum of sense.) Stanford—sweet, sensitive Stanford who just wants to be loved for who he is—ditches his husband Anthony (the only good thing left from the original show, by the way) to go to Japan to tour with a TikTok star. I mean… on what planet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course Willie Garson’s untimely death and Kim Cattrall’s unwillingness to return to the cast posed challenges for the show’s writers. But perhaps if more time had been spent planning classier, more character-appropriate exits, \u003cem>AJLT\u003c/em> wouldn’t have been such a disaster from the get-go.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>t’s 2022. Let’s get this out of the way. Stop saying food slaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve got enough problems as it is. We don’t need game-goofy folks out there misappropriating slang, leading our youth astray and contributing to the further decay of our society. People using a term deeply rooted in the culture of Bay Area hip-hop in a way that has nothing to do with the Bay Area, nor hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I invite you to do a simple social media search of the term “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=food%20slaps&src=typed_query&f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">food slaps\u003c/a>.” What you’ll find is that fools are \u003cem>still\u003c/em> saying it, and people are \u003cem>still\u003c/em> trying to correct them, bless their hearts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Slap” is about the sound of music when it hits your ears, not the flavor of food when it touches your tastebuds. Period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here we are, collectively surging into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, with new variants sending people to hospitals across the country in droves. We really don’t have time to address how our jargon is (mis)used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should be worried that the United States’ current surge in COVID-19 cases is so bad that just outside of the nation’s capital, they’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-school-officials-call-on-national-guard-amid-bus-driver-shortage\">calling in the National Guard\u003c/a> to drive school buses. We should be alarmed that this past Tuesday, the Hayward school district went\u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/hayward-unified-schools-virtual-unfied-learning-distance/11455635/\"> back to distanced learning for a week\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/01/06/oakland-teachers-plan-sickout-protest-as-omicron-cases-surge/\">Oakland teachers staged a sick-out\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ashleynmcb/status/1479604608368476161?s=20\">OUSD students are petitioning\u003c/a> for more COVID-safe resources and threatening to have their own sick-out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just a couple of the healthcare-related issues. Don’t get me started on \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/consumer-prices-inflation-c1bfd93ed1719cf0135420f4fd0270f9?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP\">stark increases on the price of goods\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/12/21/1065722993/communities-are-dealing-with-an-increase-in-homicides-whats-behind-the-rise\">the uptick in crime across the nation\u003c/a> and how police companies are leveraging this data \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/cities-vowed-2020-cut-police-funding-budgets-expanded-2021-rcna9864\">to bolster their budgets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last thing we need right now is someone getting on Marshawn Lynch’s internet, talking about they “had a sandwich and it was slapping.” Man, what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/omgadrian/status/1187570425879904256?lang=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here’s so many \u003ci>other\u003c/i> words to describe food. It can be “delicious,” “scrumptious,” “good”– even “dumbass good.” It can be “hittin’” or “bangin’,” “Smackin’ or “Shhhhmackin’.” One of my favorites is when you ask someone if the food is good and they emphatically reply, “It’s candy, bruh!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can even be “man, this sh*t right here,” or “that’s that sh*t right there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But food can’t slap. Don’t say it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before going further into my tirade, I will concede this: I understand the confusion. I’m not exactly sure of the roots of saying “food slaps,” but I know that in the film \u003cem>Friday After Next\u003c/em> (2002), the third installment in the \u003cem>Friday\u003c/em> film trilogy, comedian Don “D.C.” Curry’s character, Uncle Elroy, opens a barbecue restaurant with the tagline, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKTrYFDYg0\">tastes so good, make you wanna slap your mamma\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this claim, his brother in the film, Willie Jones (played by the late John Witherspoon), proceeds to slap the ancestors’ blessings out of their mother. Ah, Hollywood magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t a piece of food on this earth good enough to make me even think about slapping my momma. “Slap” doesn’t even come to mind when we’re talking about food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Slap” is reserved for describing the audio experience of encountering someone with a stupid sound system, sliding down the block in a Box Chevy or a Delta 88 \u003cem>slappin’\u003c/em> Keak Da Sneak’s “T-Shirts Blue Jeans & Nikes,” and the bass line is kicking like a mule in heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Slap” is a descriptor that was popularized during the hyphy movement, circa 2004. It was used to illustrate the type of impact on a person’s face when they encounter D-Lo’s “No Hoe” for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The late great producer Traxamillion used the term “Slapp,” with two Ps, just to emphasize the strength with which the song was slappin’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A CD with the producer Traxamillion on the cover.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose producer Traxamillion’s 2006 album ‘The Slapp Addict’ slapped so hard, it required two “P”s in the title. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But before we were goin’ dumb, the term was already floating around the music-sphere, most often in reference to “slapping the bass,” a percussive way of playing the bass guitar with one’s thumb. (Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins are the godfathers of slapping, but you’ve probably heard it on \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbco4zHmt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seinfeld\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, or joked about in the movie \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuplQuk9Ck\">\u003cem>I Love You, Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, at the same time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.etymonline.com/word/slap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the etymology of the word “slap”\u003c/a> reportedly dates to the 15th century, rooted in the literal act of gracing one’s cheek (facial or buttock) with a fierce open-palm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So yes, “slap” has multiple meanings, just like so many other words in the English language. But it doesn’t apply to food. That’s the glory of slang, ever-evolving, and keeping the Queen’s English youthful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/hellasoosh/status/1100901490535759872\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">F\u003c/span>or instance, if I say “pull up,” that can mean that I’m asking you to hit a set of 10 on the chin-up bar in the doorway, it can mean come over for a friendly gathering, or it can mean bring yo mark-ass over here I’m finna put these hands on you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone says “put these hands on you,” it means they plan on fighting, squaring up, throwing hands or catching a fade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where it gets tricky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fade,” or rather “fading up,” can also be a request that everyone pitch in a couple dollars on something, usually reefer. Not to mention a “fade route” is a path for a wide receiver to run in football. Being “faded” is being intoxicated. “Fading” something is coloring it in a spectrum that goes from dark to light. And, of course, “a fade” is also a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And oh man, if your barber or hairstylist is nice at their job, they’ve “got bars.” But having “bars” can also mean that you know how to drive a car extremely well. Or that you’re an exceptional blunt roller. Mind you, saying that a person “got bars” can also mean they are a very skilled rapper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(You picking up what I’m putting down?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a person is a skilled rapper, it’s more common for folks to say that they’re “spittin’ gas”/ “gassin a track.” But be careful, because “gas” can also mean high quality reefer (it always comes back to reefer).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, “gassin’” can also mean lying, or “blowing up someone’s head.” Lastly, “having gas” can mean fuel in your car’s gas tank, or indigestion in your tummy’s tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Context is everything, eh?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13908144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap.jpg 423w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> could keep going for days about Northern Californian colloquialisms, and how tricky they are. But the mutation of words isn’t specific to this region—lest I remind you of the great “\u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.56660/title.ight-well-bite-examining-hip-hop-twitters-latest-obsession-with-the-glizzy#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glizzy\u003c/a>” scandal of summer 2020 that had a solid portion of the Atlantic seaboard up in arms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The term “Glizzy” reportedly originated in the greater Washington D.C. area, and is a euphemism for hot dog, but it comes from how folks would describe a glock, or the extended clip that protrudes from a handgun. And I’m pretty sure there’s some connection to male anatomy in there too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Point being: words often have multiple meanings. It’s a fact of life. Even if every other aspect of Bay Area lingo from “bootsie” to “bipper” can be used in multiple ways, “slap” is where we as a community draw the line. I can’t even think of any other words that we collectively believe should have just one meani…..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, wait: “Bop.” That’s another one. Because, to some, “bop” is a tasteful catchy song. But, uh, where I’m from, it means that you’re a hoe. And I mean “hoe” as in “a promiscuous person,” not “a garden tool.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ah, language. A collection of symbols that people have agreed upon, and oftentimes disagree upon. I bet as soon as the first humans started talking, an argument ensued soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13908148\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-800x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-800x361.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-1020x461.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-768x347.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-1536x694.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, when it boils down to it, I’m all for free speech: Say what you want, just know the consequences of your actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I do stand \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/omgadrian/status/1187570425879904256?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with E-40\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/p_lo/status/1311551426817007621?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a> and many others in this fight against misuse of our innovative idioms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same time, I know words change. Language evolves, just like the world we’re attempting to make sense of through the words we use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I envision a world where we can come together on one accord, and conquer the problems of our time—the spread of COVID, the fractured education system, economic disparity, the impending collapse of civilization—I imagine that it’ll be hard to do if we’re arguing about the proper use of lexicon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In conclusion, the Raiders and 49ers are in the playoffs, Klay Thompson is back on the basketball court, housing is a human right, no one should be hungry in the wealthiest country in the world, mass incarceration is inhumane, and we don’t say “food slaps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we do say “Frisco.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here’s so many \u003ci>other\u003c/i> words to describe food. It can be “delicious,” “scrumptious,” “good”– even “dumbass good.” It can be “hittin’” or “bangin’,” “Smackin’ or “Shhhhmackin’.” One of my favorites is when you ask someone if the food is good and they emphatically reply, “It’s candy, bruh!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can even be “man, this sh*t right here,” or “that’s that sh*t right there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But food can’t slap. Don’t say it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before going further into my tirade, I will concede this: I understand the confusion. I’m not exactly sure of the roots of saying “food slaps,” but I know that in the film \u003cem>Friday After Next\u003c/em> (2002), the third installment in the \u003cem>Friday\u003c/em> film trilogy, comedian Don “D.C.” Curry’s character, Uncle Elroy, opens a barbecue restaurant with the tagline, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skKTrYFDYg0\">tastes so good, make you wanna slap your mamma\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this claim, his brother in the film, Willie Jones (played by the late John Witherspoon), proceeds to slap the ancestors’ blessings out of their mother. Ah, Hollywood magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t a piece of food on this earth good enough to make me even think about slapping my momma. “Slap” doesn’t even come to mind when we’re talking about food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Slap” is reserved for describing the audio experience of encountering someone with a stupid sound system, sliding down the block in a Box Chevy or a Delta 88 \u003cem>slappin’\u003c/em> Keak Da Sneak’s “T-Shirts Blue Jeans & Nikes,” and the bass line is kicking like a mule in heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Slap” is a descriptor that was popularized during the hyphy movement, circa 2004. It was used to illustrate the type of impact on a person’s face when they encounter D-Lo’s “No Hoe” for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The late great producer Traxamillion used the term “Slapp,” with two Ps, just to emphasize the strength with which the song was slappin’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908143\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A CD with the producer Traxamillion on the cover.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Traxamillion.SlappAddict.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose producer Traxamillion’s 2006 album ‘The Slapp Addict’ slapped so hard, it required two “P”s in the title. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But before we were goin’ dumb, the term was already floating around the music-sphere, most often in reference to “slapping the bass,” a percussive way of playing the bass guitar with one’s thumb. (Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins are the godfathers of slapping, but you’ve probably heard it on \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbco4zHmt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seinfeld\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, or joked about in the movie \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuplQuk9Ck\">\u003cem>I Love You, Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, at the same time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.etymonline.com/word/slap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the etymology of the word “slap”\u003c/a> reportedly dates to the 15th century, rooted in the literal act of gracing one’s cheek (facial or buttock) with a fierce open-palm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So yes, “slap” has multiple meanings, just like so many other words in the English language. But it doesn’t apply to food. That’s the glory of slang, ever-evolving, and keeping the Queen’s English youthful.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">F\u003c/span>or instance, if I say “pull up,” that can mean that I’m asking you to hit a set of 10 on the chin-up bar in the doorway, it can mean come over for a friendly gathering, or it can mean bring yo mark-ass over here I’m finna put these hands on you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone says “put these hands on you,” it means they plan on fighting, squaring up, throwing hands or catching a fade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where it gets tricky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fade,” or rather “fading up,” can also be a request that everyone pitch in a couple dollars on something, usually reefer. Not to mention a “fade route” is a path for a wide receiver to run in football. Being “faded” is being intoxicated. “Fading” something is coloring it in a spectrum that goes from dark to light. And, of course, “a fade” is also a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And oh man, if your barber or hairstylist is nice at their job, they’ve “got bars.” But having “bars” can also mean that you know how to drive a car extremely well. Or that you’re an exceptional blunt roller. Mind you, saying that a person “got bars” can also mean they are a very skilled rapper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(You picking up what I’m putting down?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a person is a skilled rapper, it’s more common for folks to say that they’re “spittin’ gas”/ “gassin a track.” But be careful, because “gas” can also mean high quality reefer (it always comes back to reefer).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, “gassin’” can also mean lying, or “blowing up someone’s head.” Lastly, “having gas” can mean fuel in your car’s gas tank, or indigestion in your tummy’s tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Context is everything, eh?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13908144\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap.jpg 423w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/FoodDoesntSlap-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> could keep going for days about Northern Californian colloquialisms, and how tricky they are. But the mutation of words isn’t specific to this region—lest I remind you of the great “\u003ca href=\"https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.56660/title.ight-well-bite-examining-hip-hop-twitters-latest-obsession-with-the-glizzy#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glizzy\u003c/a>” scandal of summer 2020 that had a solid portion of the Atlantic seaboard up in arms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The term “Glizzy” reportedly originated in the greater Washington D.C. area, and is a euphemism for hot dog, but it comes from how folks would describe a glock, or the extended clip that protrudes from a handgun. And I’m pretty sure there’s some connection to male anatomy in there too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Point being: words often have multiple meanings. It’s a fact of life. Even if every other aspect of Bay Area lingo from “bootsie” to “bipper” can be used in multiple ways, “slap” is where we as a community draw the line. I can’t even think of any other words that we collectively believe should have just one meani…..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, wait: “Bop.” That’s another one. Because, to some, “bop” is a tasteful catchy song. But, uh, where I’m from, it means that you’re a hoe. And I mean “hoe” as in “a promiscuous person,” not “a garden tool.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ah, language. A collection of symbols that people have agreed upon, and oftentimes disagree upon. I bet as soon as the first humans started talking, an argument ensued soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13908148\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-800x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-800x361.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-1020x461.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-160x72.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-768x347.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_-1536x694.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Twitter.Food_.Slaps_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, when it boils down to it, I’m all for free speech: Say what you want, just know the consequences of your actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I do stand \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/omgadrian/status/1187570425879904256?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with E-40\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/p_lo/status/1311551426817007621?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a> and many others in this fight against misuse of our innovative idioms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same time, I know words change. Language evolves, just like the world we’re attempting to make sense of through the words we use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I envision a world where we can come together on one accord, and conquer the problems of our time—the spread of COVID, the fractured education system, economic disparity, the impending collapse of civilization—I imagine that it’ll be hard to do if we’re arguing about the proper use of lexicon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In conclusion, the Raiders and 49ers are in the playoffs, Klay Thompson is back on the basketball court, housing is a human right, no one should be hungry in the wealthiest country in the world, mass incarceration is inhumane, and we don’t say “food slaps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Perhaps it’s only right for a story about a convicted criminal to start with a confession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following is a partial list of the media I have consumed on the topic of Elizabeth Holmes (no relation), recently convicted of four fraud-related charges for lying to investors in her company, Theranos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The John Carreyrou book \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37976541-bad-blood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The John Carreyrou podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.threeuncannyfour.com/show/bad-blood/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bad Blood: The Final Chapter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The ABC podcast \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/Business/nightline-documentary-podcast-dropout-story-elizabeth-holmes-theranos/story?id=60365362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Dropout\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Alex Gibney documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8488126/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>I have listened to the Carreyrou book on audio — twice. I have watched the Gibney documentary, I believe, three times. If Theranos Fever is a disease, I am the patient who kept going back and putting my mouth directly on the water fountain, no matter how many times they tell me to stop, making myself sick all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The draw of the scam\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13148571']Part of this, I admit, is rooted in a more general weakness for stories about brazen grabs for other people’s money, particularly people who have a lot of it. People who have enough money that they buy \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Painting\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Stock\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Experience\u003c/em>. There were two documentaries in 2019 about the ill-fated Fyre Festival, and I watched both. I would have watched three. (Who am I kidding? I would have watched ten. That iconic and possibly apocryphal \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb8va8/the-full-story-of-the-legendary-fyre-festival-cheese-sandwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheese sandwich\u003c/a>!) I love \u003cem>Sour Grapes\u003c/em>, about rich types who paid small fortunes for counterfeit wine, and \u003cem>Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art\u003c/em>, about a massive bamboozle involving paintings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it related to investors, Theranos has always been, for me, a bit like \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Startup\u003c/em>: something rich people invested in because other rich people were doing it and said they should do it too. And when the magic evaporated, well, all those rich people were \u003cem>furious\u003c/em>. If you take this comparison to its logical conclusion, here’s the question: Was Elizabeth Holmes the seller, or was she, in fact, the beans? Did she make the shiny object, or was she herself the shiny object?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have thus far avoided Theranos Fever, some basics: Holmes was a young Stanford dropout who wanted to be the Steve Jobs of biotech. (When she was still in college, she had this idea that you could put a patch on your arm that would detect your medical problem \u003cem>and \u003c/em>administer your medications through your skin. When I try to envision this, it’s always on George Jetson.) She carried her Jobs-iness through her adoption of a black-turtleneck uniform, her hiring of people who came from Apple, and her apparent conviction that a slick-looking interface was the lever you pulled to make money come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, she began to follow her dream of making a machine that could run hundreds of medical tests on a couple of drops of blood from pricking your finger. She raised a fortune from investors, got on the \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-blood-holmes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cover of \u003cem>Fortune\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, hobnobbed with political and financial mucky-mucks of many stripes, was hailed as the rare woman to break through the very male world of Silicon Valley startup founders, and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1063973490/elizabeth-holmes-trial-verdict-guilty-theranos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saw it all go to pieces\u003c/a> when it turned out that the machines didn’t work the way she hoped and she, according to the charges on which she was just convicted, didn’t tell her investors the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDaP18OGfw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Holmes belongs to a robust cohort of startup founders who have seen their reputations tank. (WeWork’s ousted Adam Neumann \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/ousted-wework-ceo-adam-neumann-47-billion-valuation-went-to-his-head.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying a $47 billion valuation\u003c/a> might just have warped his perspective is \u003cem>amazing\u003c/em>.) But there’s something about the brazenness with which she operated that makes her mesmerizing to me. You can keep your high-level financial maneuvers and your sophisticated document manipulations: according to Carreyrou’s reporting and some of the \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/theranos-devices-ran-demo-apps-that-blocked-error-messages-during-investor-pitches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trial testimony\u003c/a>, Theranos got around demands for demonstrations of its machines with painfully obvious dodges—moves about as complicated as making beeping noises with your mouth to make a toddler think you’re a robot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Self-made, indeed\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I keep asking myself: How did \u003cem>any \u003c/em>of this work? On \u003cem>anybody\u003c/em>? How did she have two former Secretaries of State on her board (Henry Kissinger and George Schultz), both over 90 years old, and wiggle around the doubts about her motives that one would think decades of experience in diplomacy would instill? How did a company like Walgreens, which undoubtedly wouldn’t change the length of the tail on the “W” logo without being certain that they understood every last possible consequence, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/13/theranos-walgreens-holmes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spend $140 million\u003c/a> on a doomed deal with Theranos?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it was her capacity for invention after all—not invention of the machine, but invention of herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='science_1978159']Consider this: Elizabeth Holmes was touted at one point as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/elizabeth-holmes/?sh=3ceea43147a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youngest-ever woman self-made billionaire\u003c/a>, but \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> revised her net worth from billions to zero in a single year. And it wasn’t because she gave all that money away or spent it on candy and magazines. It just no longer existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s almost charming, the \u003cem>verve \u003c/em>of this particular kind of operator, right? Imagine I walked up to you with my hand held behind my back, and I told you I had a unicorn horn of potentially unlimited value. Imagine I offered you a one percent interest in my unicorn horn, which you have not seen yet, for $10,000. And imagine you believed me. You paid me the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, I only have $10,000. But on the other, I own a unicorn horn that has been valued by the market at one million dollars. \u003cem>I am a self-made millionaire.\u003c/em> You may have never even seen the unicorn horn, but I have the proof of its worth. Your belief in me has defined me! \u003cem>How impressive\u003c/em>, someone might say when walking past me, \u003cem>that yesterday she was broke, and today, she is a self-made millionaire! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this example, I do not actually have a unicorn horn, of course. And I don’t have a million dollars. But I have a \u003cem>story\u003c/em>. And Elizabeth Holmes did not have operational technology that could do hundreds of tests on a finger prick’s worth of blood, and she did not have billions of dollars. But she had a story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13907778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Holmes, in her trademark black turtleneck, blonde hair pulled back into a messy ponytail, leans forward to listen to someone.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Holmes speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco in 2015. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Underestimate her at your peril\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We come, inevitably, to this: Most of the purveyors of magic beans who have become cultural (and sometimes criminal) legends have been men. Plenty of people before me have spent considerable time since Holmes came to power analyzing the complicated gender dynamics around her rise and fall. We know sexism is rampant in tech, in Silicon Valley, in press coverage, in everything. No one gets the chance to opt out of all relevant context. She’s sometimes argued that the treatment of her has been sexist compared to the treatment of other similarly sketchy startup founders, and it probably has been at times. Why wouldn’t it be? How couldn’t it be?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11900856']But the gender dynamics in the Theranos story pull in multiple directions. Skepticism—lack of faith in one’s work and ability—can be the result of bias. But maybe in this case, the many powerful men pulled into her orbit as investors or board members or public allies—or, in some cases, credulous journalists—were \u003cem>less \u003c/em>skeptical of her than they might have been if she weren’t a young woman. Maybe they just didn’t have their antennae up. When you see the way men like George Schultz acted around her, it doesn’t seem patronizing as much as just \u003cem>paternal\u003c/em>. Introducing her in 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5_68CIt_k&ab_channel=StanfordInstituteforEconomicPolicyResearch%28SIEPR%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schultz said\u003c/a> his first thought when he met her was that she seemed like a friend of his granddaughter’s. He claimed that he quickly realized he’d underestimated her, and he began to rave about her accomplishments. But did he \u003cem>really\u003c/em> understand the ways he’d underestimated her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if the most important sexist misapprehension of Elizabeth Holmes was that some of her backers believed young women to be less driven, less capable, and therefore less dangerous to take at their word than young men? What if they underestimated not just her abilities, but also her ruthlessness? What if she keenly understood sexism and used it to her advantage? And what if, given the way Silicon Valley works, the way tech works, the way big money works, a woman less willing to exploit sexism would not have stood a chance?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Friedman \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/style/elizabeth-holmes-trial-makeover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> recently about Holmes’ image makeover before and at her trial. She described it as a transformation “from black-clad genius to besuited milquetoast.” Whatever the purpose of that change was, it’s hard to deny that the Elizabeth Holmes of her trial was a very different one from the Elizabeth you will see in any footage that was taken during the highest highs of her publicity swings. As the aforementioned Theranos enthusiast I am, I almost didn’t recognize her the first time I saw her during her trial. Different hair, different makeup, different clothes, different bearing, the abandonment of \u003cem>every \u003c/em>element of her Theranos-era style. (Except, of course, her deep voice, which I have considered mostly a distraction—if she artificially started speaking in a lower voice at some point because people didn’t take her seriously, that’s a modest and understandable manipulation.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13907781\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Holmes (2nd L) walks with her partner Billy Evans (L), her mother Noel Holmes and a lawyer as they leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose. \u003ccite>(David Odisho/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This question also got a lot more prickly when Holmes testified about sexual and emotional abuse she said she suffered at the hands of Sunny Balwani, her significantly older former boyfriend and her number-two at Theranos. Raising the issue of intimate partner abuse in the context of this trial, to suggest Balwani was really the driver of the bad acts at Theranos, was \u003cem>really\u003c/em> complicated to navigate, only partly because so much of what had been reported about Elizabeth Holmes had focused on how forceful she was, how in charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More to come\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Pop culture is not through with Elizabeth Holmes. Apple has a movie coming (perhaps not the connection to Apple that Holmes dreamed of) in which Jennifer Lawrence will play her. Adam McKay (\u003cem>The Big Short\u003c/em>) is directing, so it’s probably not going to be a particularly \u003cem>flattering \u003c/em>portrait. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22838297/hulu-amanda-seyfried-elizabeth-holmes-theranos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hulu has a limited series\u003c/a> coming much sooner, in March, in which Holmes is played by Amanda Seyfried. There were two podcasts, at least one big book, a big documentary … it only makes sense that there will be two high-profile fictional Elizabeths as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know myself. I will watch both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/U_pasana/status/1479157325797552128\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2022 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Part of this, I admit, is rooted in a more general weakness for stories about brazen grabs for other people’s money, particularly people who have a lot of it. People who have enough money that they buy \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Painting\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Stock\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Experience\u003c/em>. There were two documentaries in 2019 about the ill-fated Fyre Festival, and I watched both. I would have watched three. (Who am I kidding? I would have watched ten. That iconic and possibly apocryphal \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb8va8/the-full-story-of-the-legendary-fyre-festival-cheese-sandwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheese sandwich\u003c/a>!) I love \u003cem>Sour Grapes\u003c/em>, about rich types who paid small fortunes for counterfeit wine, and \u003cem>Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art\u003c/em>, about a massive bamboozle involving paintings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it related to investors, Theranos has always been, for me, a bit like \u003cem>Magic Beans: The Startup\u003c/em>: something rich people invested in because other rich people were doing it and said they should do it too. And when the magic evaporated, well, all those rich people were \u003cem>furious\u003c/em>. If you take this comparison to its logical conclusion, here’s the question: Was Elizabeth Holmes the seller, or was she, in fact, the beans? Did she make the shiny object, or was she herself the shiny object?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have thus far avoided Theranos Fever, some basics: Holmes was a young Stanford dropout who wanted to be the Steve Jobs of biotech. (When she was still in college, she had this idea that you could put a patch on your arm that would detect your medical problem \u003cem>and \u003c/em>administer your medications through your skin. When I try to envision this, it’s always on George Jetson.) She carried her Jobs-iness through her adoption of a black-turtleneck uniform, her hiring of people who came from Apple, and her apparent conviction that a slick-looking interface was the lever you pulled to make money come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, she began to follow her dream of making a machine that could run hundreds of medical tests on a couple of drops of blood from pricking your finger. She raised a fortune from investors, got on the \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2014/06/12/theranos-blood-holmes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cover of \u003cem>Fortune\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, hobnobbed with political and financial mucky-mucks of many stripes, was hailed as the rare woman to break through the very male world of Silicon Valley startup founders, and then \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1063973490/elizabeth-holmes-trial-verdict-guilty-theranos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saw it all go to pieces\u003c/a> when it turned out that the machines didn’t work the way she hoped and she, according to the charges on which she was just convicted, didn’t tell her investors the truth.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/wtDaP18OGfw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/wtDaP18OGfw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Elizabeth Holmes belongs to a robust cohort of startup founders who have seen their reputations tank. (WeWork’s ousted Adam Neumann \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/ousted-wework-ceo-adam-neumann-47-billion-valuation-went-to-his-head.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying a $47 billion valuation\u003c/a> might just have warped his perspective is \u003cem>amazing\u003c/em>.) But there’s something about the brazenness with which she operated that makes her mesmerizing to me. You can keep your high-level financial maneuvers and your sophisticated document manipulations: according to Carreyrou’s reporting and some of the \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/theranos-devices-ran-demo-apps-that-blocked-error-messages-during-investor-pitches/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trial testimony\u003c/a>, Theranos got around demands for demonstrations of its machines with painfully obvious dodges—moves about as complicated as making beeping noises with your mouth to make a toddler think you’re a robot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Self-made, indeed\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I keep asking myself: How did \u003cem>any \u003c/em>of this work? On \u003cem>anybody\u003c/em>? How did she have two former Secretaries of State on her board (Henry Kissinger and George Schultz), both over 90 years old, and wiggle around the doubts about her motives that one would think decades of experience in diplomacy would instill? How did a company like Walgreens, which undoubtedly wouldn’t change the length of the tail on the “W” logo without being certain that they understood every last possible consequence, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/13/theranos-walgreens-holmes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spend $140 million\u003c/a> on a doomed deal with Theranos?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe it was her capacity for invention after all—not invention of the machine, but invention of herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Consider this: Elizabeth Holmes was touted at one point as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/elizabeth-holmes/?sh=3ceea43147a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youngest-ever woman self-made billionaire\u003c/a>, but \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> revised her net worth from billions to zero in a single year. And it wasn’t because she gave all that money away or spent it on candy and magazines. It just no longer existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s almost charming, the \u003cem>verve \u003c/em>of this particular kind of operator, right? Imagine I walked up to you with my hand held behind my back, and I told you I had a unicorn horn of potentially unlimited value. Imagine I offered you a one percent interest in my unicorn horn, which you have not seen yet, for $10,000. And imagine you believed me. You paid me the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, I only have $10,000. But on the other, I own a unicorn horn that has been valued by the market at one million dollars. \u003cem>I am a self-made millionaire.\u003c/em> You may have never even seen the unicorn horn, but I have the proof of its worth. Your belief in me has defined me! \u003cem>How impressive\u003c/em>, someone might say when walking past me, \u003cem>that yesterday she was broke, and today, she is a self-made millionaire! \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this example, I do not actually have a unicorn horn, of course. And I don’t have a million dollars. But I have a \u003cem>story\u003c/em>. And Elizabeth Holmes did not have operational technology that could do hundreds of tests on a finger prick’s worth of blood, and she did not have billions of dollars. But she had a story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13907778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Holmes, in her trademark black turtleneck, blonde hair pulled back into a messy ponytail, leans forward to listen to someone.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/ap968958996355-24d4e67337d532b606ad114fb8e04bd720aa7480-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Holmes speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco in 2015. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Underestimate her at your peril\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We come, inevitably, to this: Most of the purveyors of magic beans who have become cultural (and sometimes criminal) legends have been men. Plenty of people before me have spent considerable time since Holmes came to power analyzing the complicated gender dynamics around her rise and fall. We know sexism is rampant in tech, in Silicon Valley, in press coverage, in everything. No one gets the chance to opt out of all relevant context. She’s sometimes argued that the treatment of her has been sexist compared to the treatment of other similarly sketchy startup founders, and it probably has been at times. Why wouldn’t it be? How couldn’t it be?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the gender dynamics in the Theranos story pull in multiple directions. Skepticism—lack of faith in one’s work and ability—can be the result of bias. But maybe in this case, the many powerful men pulled into her orbit as investors or board members or public allies—or, in some cases, credulous journalists—were \u003cem>less \u003c/em>skeptical of her than they might have been if she weren’t a young woman. Maybe they just didn’t have their antennae up. When you see the way men like George Schultz acted around her, it doesn’t seem patronizing as much as just \u003cem>paternal\u003c/em>. Introducing her in 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5_68CIt_k&ab_channel=StanfordInstituteforEconomicPolicyResearch%28SIEPR%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schultz said\u003c/a> his first thought when he met her was that she seemed like a friend of his granddaughter’s. He claimed that he quickly realized he’d underestimated her, and he began to rave about her accomplishments. But did he \u003cem>really\u003c/em> understand the ways he’d underestimated her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if the most important sexist misapprehension of Elizabeth Holmes was that some of her backers believed young women to be less driven, less capable, and therefore less dangerous to take at their word than young men? What if they underestimated not just her abilities, but also her ruthlessness? What if she keenly understood sexism and used it to her advantage? And what if, given the way Silicon Valley works, the way tech works, the way big money works, a woman less willing to exploit sexism would not have stood a chance?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Friedman \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/style/elizabeth-holmes-trial-makeover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> recently about Holmes’ image makeover before and at her trial. She described it as a transformation “from black-clad genius to besuited milquetoast.” Whatever the purpose of that change was, it’s hard to deny that the Elizabeth Holmes of her trial was a very different one from the Elizabeth you will see in any footage that was taken during the highest highs of her publicity swings. As the aforementioned Theranos enthusiast I am, I almost didn’t recognize her the first time I saw her during her trial. Different hair, different makeup, different clothes, different bearing, the abandonment of \u003cem>every \u003c/em>element of her Theranos-era style. (Except, of course, her deep voice, which I have considered mostly a distraction—if she artificially started speaking in a lower voice at some point because people didn’t take her seriously, that’s a modest and understandable manipulation.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13907781\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/GettyImages-1237525059-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Holmes (2nd L) walks with her partner Billy Evans (L), her mother Noel Holmes and a lawyer as they leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose. \u003ccite>(David Odisho/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This question also got a lot more prickly when Holmes testified about sexual and emotional abuse she said she suffered at the hands of Sunny Balwani, her significantly older former boyfriend and her number-two at Theranos. Raising the issue of intimate partner abuse in the context of this trial, to suggest Balwani was really the driver of the bad acts at Theranos, was \u003cem>really\u003c/em> complicated to navigate, only partly because so much of what had been reported about Elizabeth Holmes had focused on how forceful she was, how in charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More to come\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Pop culture is not through with Elizabeth Holmes. Apple has a movie coming (perhaps not the connection to Apple that Holmes dreamed of) in which Jennifer Lawrence will play her. Adam McKay (\u003cem>The Big Short\u003c/em>) is directing, so it’s probably not going to be a particularly \u003cem>flattering \u003c/em>portrait. \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22838297/hulu-amanda-seyfried-elizabeth-holmes-theranos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hulu has a limited series\u003c/a> coming much sooner, in March, in which Holmes is played by Amanda Seyfried. There were two podcasts, at least one big book, a big documentary … it only makes sense that there will be two high-profile fictional Elizabeths as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know myself. I will watch both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He was beloved across the globe in not just Spanish-speaking countries, but also places like Romania, where mariachi music has a cult following.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s pretty remarkable for a ranchero, a class label similar to “hillbilly” that was widely seen as backward, low class and pitiable. Looking down on rancheros wasn’t just tolerated, it was expected. When I was growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, asking someone if they were born on a ranch was a common way to denigrate someone for being shy, rude or socially awkward. Even in my household, my parents remarked about how their love transcended social barriers. My father came from el Rancho Colorado, a small settlement outside of Huejuquilla el Alto, Jalisco, the town where my mother grew up. People still ask my mom how she, an educated teacher, ended up marrying a ranchero like my dad and moving to the United States for him. Crossing class lines, especially during my parents’ generation, was considered taboo. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13907392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13907392\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-800x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-800x609.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-1020x777.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-768x585.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-2048x1560.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Image-from-iOS-5-1920x1462.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author (front left) and her family pose for a portrait circa 1986. \u003ccite>(Blanca Torres)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My parents were of similar age to Fernández—my father a decade older, and my mom born the same year as him, 1940. Like my dad, Fernández grew up poor on a ranch and eventually left to find better economic opportunities. My parents eloped in 1974 while my mother was on vacation in California visiting one of my aunts. I knew from an early age that my parents were not like other kids’. First of all, my parents married later in life. My father was 50 and my mom was 40 when I was born. My dad had gray hair for the whole time I knew him—he died when I was 15.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My father ended up living most of his life in the United States, but his style remained very much rooted in the ranchero aesthetic: polyester slacks, shiny belt buckle, Western-style button-down shirts with embroidery and snap buttons, leather cowboy boots and, of course, a cowboy hat. He sported casual ones for doing yard work; a Stetson with its own special box in the closet was reserved for special occasions. 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But looking back, I also realize that I understood my dad’s style as his way of maintaining some sense of authenticity. He, like millions of other Mexicans, moved to the United States where they encountered a mainstream that wanted their labor, but not their culture or style. For him to continue wearing ranchero clothes was a way to say, “I’m in a new country, but I won’t lose who I am.” For me, seeing superstars like Vicente Fernández, norteño singer Ramón Ayala and ranchero royalty Antonio Aguilar don similar styles helped me understand my father’s influences—the rancho and love for one’s homeland even if you feel compelled to leave it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The coverage of Fernández’s death last Sunday has zoomed in on his ranchero persona. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> hailed him as the “cowboy king” of Mexico, which some people of Mexican descent found demeaning, offensive and callous. \u003cem>(The Post \u003c/em>later \u003ca href=\"https://miblogestublog.com/2021/12/12/vicente-fernandez-wapo-obituary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">changed the headline\u003c/a>.) When I brought this up to my husband, he replied, “Why is that offensive? He was a cowboy.” He did represent more than a just a cowboy to millions of people, but I do find it remarkable that someone who identified so deeply as a cowboy ended up becoming a global superstar with more than 70 million records sold. [aside postid='arts_13900272']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classism is still alive and well in Mexico, but Fernández’s success validated rancheros’ importance in Mexican culture. Younger generations have taken his aesthetics and musical influence and used it to challenge the machismo associated with Fernández by rejecting elements such as sexism and toxic masculinity. 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My father’s version, tailor made for him during one of our vacations to Mexico, had the same slim pants and waist length jacket with western style toggle buttons on the chest pockets and sharp angled collar. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it came time to pick out my father’s burial clothes, the choice was simple: the tan charro suit. I remember how difficult it was to bring the suit to the funeral home on a hanger and hand it over to the mortician as if I was letting go of an important piece of my father. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it was also perfect to know he would forever don clothes that were regal, classy and unapologetically ranchero—just like Vicente. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>While the country hovered in semi-reopened limbo throughout 2021, it seemed like the only news coming in was bad. Trump supporters raiding the Capitol. The delta variant\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>s summertime surge. The Supreme Court dismantling Roe v. Wade. Elon Musk-worshipping, MLM-in-sheep’s-clothing bros spending millions in \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate-destroying crypto\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cracked.com/article_31914_nfts-are-so-so-dumb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proof that they own a .jpg\u003c/a> and heralding it as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/COStujxBFvB/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the future of art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can’t really fix the world’s big problems on your own. But you can fix the small stuff in your life. Having somehow graduated from my youthful indiscretions to the rank of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B8-hfAgl9dp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Suburban Dad\u003c/a>, I found a sense of accomplishment in home repair in 2021—and was reminded of some bigger lessons along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920.jpg\" alt=\"a chrome-plated nickel faucet\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Bathroom Faucet\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt was around early January when I heard something dripping in the bathroom. What with an attempted coup by domestic terrorists led by an impeached president on my mind, I put off investigating it. A few days later, the hardwood floor around our sink had buckled and warped, so I finally replaced the seals inside the faucet—an easy, 10-minute job. Replacing the floorboards took five hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Fix the problem before it gets progressively worse and destroys everything. (This is a helpful tip for democracy, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501.jpg\" alt=\"the inside of a Yamaha stereo receiver, showing wires and transformers\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Stereo Receiver\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s one of the most common problems for stereo equipment: sound only coming out of one channel. Our speaker wires run beneath the floorboards, so while trying to isolate the issue, I crawled under the house. Turns out the wires were fine, but down there in the tiny crawlspace among the dirt and nails and bones, I realized that after being cooped up inside for the past 18 months, the most exciting place in the house is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B_JhPisFw55/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actually \u003cem>under\u003c/em> the house\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Explore. See what’s around you. Don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t get in a rut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907185\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070.jpg\" alt=\"twin SU carburetors attached to a vintage volvo engine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carburetor on a B18 Engine\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTen years ago I bought a 1964 Volvo that had a Weber conversion—basically, a cheap replacement carburetor for the car’s original twin SU carburetors, which are tricky to maintain but have a dedicated fan club. One such fan was \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CQIERt8rT0R/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin Jackson\u003c/a>, an import-auto mentor of mine. Robin always told me I should rip out the Weber and put in some SUs, and after he died in June at age 88, I did just that, in tribute. The two-week job was tedious, complex and maddening, but Robin was right: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnj4NInh1Q/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the engine runs like a dream now\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Listen to your elders. They’ve been there, they know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907184\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512.jpg\" alt=\"a rope-and-pulley contraption attached to a yellow screen door\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Screen Door\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn March, as the weather warmed up, I finally installed a screen door I bought from Craigslist. After painting it and hanging it, the question arose: should I install spring-loaded hinges or a hydraulic door closer? Instead, remembering a fun trick I learned from my friend Josh, I rigged up a series of eyelets, pulleys, rope and a large fishing weight. Voilà: the screen door closes by gravity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Be resourceful. You don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t have to rely on fancy stuff to do what the laws of nature do already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0.jpg\" alt=\"a canon scanner from 2010\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Old Scanner\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOur scanner is over 10 years old and Canon stopped supporting it, and if you couldn’t tell by now, I like to keep old things running. When a system update rendered its software useless, I couldn’t bring myself to throw it out. So I searched around and found some Web 1.0 site run by lovable scanner nerds. They sold me a cheap driver for it, and I’m back in business scanning \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKwa8kFMqM/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">really important stuff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: If the official dealer won’t help you, remember that \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/O7VaXlMvAvk?t=253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">everybody’s got a guy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal.jpg\" alt=\"the plumbing underneath a kitchen sink, with a garbage disposal\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Garbage Disposal\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nImagine my surprise when I noticed the garbage disposal we’ve had for just seven years wasn’t only broken—it was leaking out of the bottom, water dripping all around the reset button. Meaning that the engine, and the wiring, were saturated. Yeah, no. One hour and a trip to the hardware store later, I pulled all the plumbing apart and installed a new garbage disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Sometimes you gotta just cut your losses, man. Don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t electrocute yourself trying to be a hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315.jpg\" alt=\"a close-up of a golf bag, showing a broken leather handle\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Golf Bag\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI golf exactly once a year, and always with my dad. I am also terrible at golf, so when both the handle and zipper ripped out on my classy 1960s golf bag, I wasn’t in a rush to take care of it. But then this sad thing happened in the pandemic—maybe it happened to you, too—where I \u003cem>over\u003c/em>-acclimated to being isolated, and even accidentally stopped calling the people I love. So, the other night, I sawed and drilled some plywood and used locking nuts to fix the handle, and sewed the zipper back together, and I’m ready to go suck at golf again while hanging out for a few hours with my dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Call your folks. Check in with friends. 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Sheepishly, I called a repairman, and even more sheepishly, I watched as he followed the same exact steps I had followed… and got the damn thing to light on the first try! It was humiliating, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> it cost me $90.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Before giving up, knock it on the side, blow on it, and keep trying. Don’t be embarrassed if you can’t get it right the first time. Take breaks. Cut yourself some slack in this nonsense-addled year. There\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>s always 2022.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>While the country hovered in semi-reopened limbo throughout 2021, it seemed like the only news coming in was bad. Trump supporters raiding the Capitol. The delta variant\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>s summertime surge. The Supreme Court dismantling Roe v. Wade. Elon Musk-worshipping, MLM-in-sheep’s-clothing bros spending millions in \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/15/22328203/nft-cryptoart-ethereum-blockchain-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate-destroying crypto\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cracked.com/article_31914_nfts-are-so-so-dumb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proof that they own a .jpg\u003c/a> and heralding it as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/COStujxBFvB/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the future of art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can’t really fix the world’s big problems on your own. But you can fix the small stuff in your life. Having somehow graduated from my youthful indiscretions to the rank of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B8-hfAgl9dp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Suburban Dad\u003c/a>, I found a sense of accomplishment in home repair in 2021—and was reminded of some bigger lessons along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920.jpg\" alt=\"a chrome-plated nickel faucet\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/Faucet.1920-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Bathroom Faucet\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt was around early January when I heard something dripping in the bathroom. What with an attempted coup by domestic terrorists led by an impeached president on my mind, I put off investigating it. A few days later, the hardwood floor around our sink had buckled and warped, so I finally replaced the seals inside the faucet—an easy, 10-minute job. Replacing the floorboards took five hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Fix the problem before it gets progressively worse and destroys everything. (This is a helpful tip for democracy, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501.jpg\" alt=\"the inside of a Yamaha stereo receiver, showing wires and transformers\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4501-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Stereo Receiver\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s one of the most common problems for stereo equipment: sound only coming out of one channel. Our speaker wires run beneath the floorboards, so while trying to isolate the issue, I crawled under the house. Turns out the wires were fine, but down there in the tiny crawlspace among the dirt and nails and bones, I realized that after being cooped up inside for the past 18 months, the most exciting place in the house is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B_JhPisFw55/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actually \u003cem>under\u003c/em> the house\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Explore. See what’s around you. Don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t get in a rut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907185\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070.jpg\" alt=\"twin SU carburetors attached to a vintage volvo engine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_2070-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Carburetor on a B18 Engine\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTen years ago I bought a 1964 Volvo that had a Weber conversion—basically, a cheap replacement carburetor for the car’s original twin SU carburetors, which are tricky to maintain but have a dedicated fan club. One such fan was \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CQIERt8rT0R/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin Jackson\u003c/a>, an import-auto mentor of mine. Robin always told me I should rip out the Weber and put in some SUs, and after he died in June at age 88, I did just that, in tribute. The two-week job was tedious, complex and maddening, but Robin was right: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnj4NInh1Q/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the engine runs like a dream now\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Listen to your elders. They’ve been there, they know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907184\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512.jpg\" alt=\"a rope-and-pulley contraption attached to a yellow screen door\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4512-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Screen Door\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn March, as the weather warmed up, I finally installed a screen door I bought from Craigslist. After painting it and hanging it, the question arose: should I install spring-loaded hinges or a hydraulic door closer? Instead, remembering a fun trick I learned from my friend Josh, I rigged up a series of eyelets, pulleys, rope and a large fishing weight. Voilà: the screen door closes by gravity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Be resourceful. You don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t have to rely on fancy stuff to do what the laws of nature do already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0.jpg\" alt=\"a canon scanner from 2010\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/image0-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Old Scanner\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOur scanner is over 10 years old and Canon stopped supporting it, and if you couldn’t tell by now, I like to keep old things running. When a system update rendered its software useless, I couldn’t bring myself to throw it out. So I searched around and found some Web 1.0 site run by lovable scanner nerds. They sold me a cheap driver for it, and I’m back in business scanning \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKwa8kFMqM/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">really important stuff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: If the official dealer won’t help you, remember that \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/O7VaXlMvAvk?t=253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">everybody’s got a guy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907188\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal.jpg\" alt=\"the plumbing underneath a kitchen sink, with a garbage disposal\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/DIsposal-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Garbage Disposal\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nImagine my surprise when I noticed the garbage disposal we’ve had for just seven years wasn’t only broken—it was leaking out of the bottom, water dripping all around the reset button. Meaning that the engine, and the wiring, were saturated. Yeah, no. One hour and a trip to the hardware store later, I pulled all the plumbing apart and installed a new garbage disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Sometimes you gotta just cut your losses, man. Don\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>t electrocute yourself trying to be a hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315.jpg\" alt=\"a close-up of a golf bag, showing a broken leather handle\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4315-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Golf Bag\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI golf exactly once a year, and always with my dad. I am also terrible at golf, so when both the handle and zipper ripped out on my classy 1960s golf bag, I wasn’t in a rush to take care of it. But then this sad thing happened in the pandemic—maybe it happened to you, too—where I \u003cem>over\u003c/em>-acclimated to being isolated, and even accidentally stopped calling the people I love. So, the other night, I sawed and drilled some plywood and used locking nuts to fix the handle, and sewed the zipper back together, and I’m ready to go suck at golf again while hanging out for a few hours with my dad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Call your folks. Check in with friends. Hang out with people you love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13907183\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153.jpg\" alt=\"a large boiler with pilot light assembly\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/12/IMG_4153-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Hydronic Boiler\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis fall brought the usual pilot-lighting ritual, and despite multiple attempts involving every trick known to man, the hydronic boiler simply would not fire up. Sheepishly, I called a repairman, and even more sheepishly, I watched as he followed the same exact steps I had followed… and got the damn thing to light on the first try! It was humiliating, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> it cost me $90.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lesson: Before giving up, knock it on the side, blow on it, and keep trying. Don’t be embarrassed if you can’t get it right the first time. Take breaks. Cut yourself some slack in this nonsense-addled year. There\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">’\u003c/span>s always 2022.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "Understanding My Nephew's Generation—Or Trying To",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3-800x601.jpg\" alt=\"A young man stacks rocks in a riverbed\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/7BF815C4-7B0E-46C8-8A94-F82A096555B3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My nephew, Reggie Cole, stacking stones in a dry riverbed near Auburn, CA. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>fter I enter my debit card information into my nephew’s phone, confirming the purchase of a Sacramento-to-Oakland Greyhound ticket so he can attend the funeral of a friend who’d passed from fentanyl poisoning, I hand the phone back, asking if this was the first close friend he’s lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, he replies—another buddy of his died at the start of the pandemic. COVID-19 related. Damn. I offer my condolences, and really didn’t know what else to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 18 years old, my nephew Reggie is a struggling high school super-senior who has dreams of being a mechanic—and even bigger dreams of racing the Le Mans in France. But right now, he’s staying on my couch, trying to figure out life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I place myself in his shoes: At 18, I was working multiple jobs and was headed to college. But a number of my close friends who weren’t going to college were dying of gunshots, losing their minds while popping pills, and/or being hit with charges that would start them on a path of living in and out of incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906505\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Reggie at the SFMoMA, posing in front of a sculpture of stacked fake human brains. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_4697-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reggie at SFMOMA, posing in front of a sculpture of stacked fake human brains. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I can help my nephew understand gun violence and mass incarceration. But I don’t know what it’s like to deal with deaths from fentanyl and COVID. I don’t know what it’s like to be 18 right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning after our convo we grab breakfast, I pass him a few bucks, and drop him at the Greyhound. Then I sit down for work, opening my phone to read an Associated Press story about overdoses reaching a record high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My nephew’s friend is one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/overdodse-deaths-fentanayl-health-f34b022d75a1eb9776e27903ab40670f\">the estimated 100,000\u003c/a> people who’ve died of an overdose in the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>y nephew represents the story of so many young people right now. Trying to figure it all out from a couch, a cot, a passenger seat in a car or a park bench. And the worst part: the guidance of older folks, such as myself, doesn’t quite fit what they’re experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re dealing with a school system that was dysfunctional pre-pandemic, and was all but obliterated when learning became “distanced.” They’re looking for a job in a market where employers are reportedly seeking workers, but it gets tricky if you don’t have a GED or a driver’s license; the latter is basically a necessity for joining the gig economy. And a number of development resources, like trade schools, are either shuttered or aren’t accepting new students. I know, I’ve called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the cost of housing has impacted Reggie’s generation, I’m happy he isn’t living in his car, like some of his peers. But by definition, he is functionally “homeless.” Despite floating from couch to couch, he wouldn’t be counted on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2020-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official government homeless assessment report\u003c/a>. And to think: African Americans already make up a disproportionate amount of homelessness in this country. I wonder how steep of an undercount that is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the issue of increasing \u003ca href=\"https://inequality.org/great-divide/updates-billionaire-pandemic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wealth inequality\u003c/a>. California, the land of economic disparities, is the place where the food that feeds the world is grown, but people who pick it are paid pennies. There are a multitude of millionaires and a heap of homelessness homies. What’s to become of an undereducated, informally skilled young Black man?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m a student of this stuff—you know, this whole “Black man in America” thing. During my late teens and early 20s, I worked as a resident assistant in Howard University’s largest freshmen male dormitory, and as a teacher in Oakland’s African Male Achievement program. I’ve read and written more pieces on the topic than I can count. Plus, shit, I’m a Black man in America. I live this too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you don’t have to be Black, a man or even America to know that your late teens and early 20s are an extremely important period in life. It’s when a simple decision, or a set of them, can affect the rest of your life, and possibly even generations of your family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906509\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Dana King and my nephew Reggie met and instantly clicked on their shared love of racing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Dana King and my nephew Reggie met and instantly clicked on their shared love of racing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So I’m stressing him. Not just about finding a job, gaining skills and finishing school. But starting with making handwritten to-do lists that include the simple things. Because the failures he’s faced in life have left his self-esteem depleted, and now it’s on him to build himself back up through seeing his own incremental successes. Because that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I encourage visiting the library and spending time in cafes, taking time to read books, because that mediative period is needed, even if it’s just a few minutes. Because that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I push him to exercise and eat well, because we’ve been miseducated about the importance of a healthy diet, and need to make a drastic change. Because, again, that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He dismisses my sermon about how Red Hot burritos and Cup O’ Noodles aren’t sufficient, and knocks me off my fake-vegan hill by telling me that I cook like a woke white man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s comedic. Sincere. A lil’ hard headed and forgetful. But he has potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> regularly talk to groups of students who are Reggie’s age and younger. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve led virtual discussions with students at Rudsdale High School about the importance of their worldview and telling their stories through photos, and I’ve talked to students at Madison Park Academy Elementary School about the importance of simply showing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past Friday, I was underdressed as I sat on a panel about fatherhood at Contra Costa College’s African American Male Symposium. We answered questions about the metamorphosis that occurred when we found out we were having children, and our favorite thing to do with our kids. My five year-old daughter sat in the front row, spacing out on her tablet. My nephew sat next to her, and was surprisingly paying attention. He even asked a question: “How do you not repeat the mistakes of your father?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was funny, because the whole time I’m up there talking to this room full of over 100 high schoolers, I just wanted to blurt out that we adults don’t have it together either. We don’t have \u003cem>the answers.\u003c/em> With crumbling infrastructure, failing public schools, an unjust criminal justice system and an ongoing housing crisis, I’m sorry, but this generation, like the generation before mine, has failed my nephew and his peers. I have absolutely no idea how they’re going to deal with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906510\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Aside from racing cars, Reggie loves fishing. In fact, he's taught me more about fishing than anyone. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aside from racing cars, Reggie loves fishing. In fact, he’s taught me more about fishing than anyone. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, lightweight frustrated that my advice wasn’t helping much, I had a timely learning experience in the DMV parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My nephew is inside, taking a written driver’s license test—you know, so he can enter the gig economy and stop taking the bus back and forth to Oakland. Outside the building, another young Black man is in the parking lot, smoking a Black & Mild near the popped hood of a Honda. The young man calls me “OG” and asks for a jump. We try it, but my hybrid isn’t built for that shit, or maybe his car just isn’t receptive. Whatever the case, it doesn’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He calls a tow truck as I look up the nearest auto parts store; we talk the whole time. Well, he talks. I listen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning after our convo we grab breakfast, I pass him a few bucks, and drop him at the Greyhound. Then I sit down for work, opening my phone to read an Associated Press story about overdoses reaching a record high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My nephew’s friend is one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/overdodse-deaths-fentanayl-health-f34b022d75a1eb9776e27903ab40670f\">the estimated 100,000\u003c/a> people who’ve died of an overdose in the past 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>y nephew represents the story of so many young people right now. Trying to figure it all out from a couch, a cot, a passenger seat in a car or a park bench. And the worst part: the guidance of older folks, such as myself, doesn’t quite fit what they’re experiencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re dealing with a school system that was dysfunctional pre-pandemic, and was all but obliterated when learning became “distanced.” They’re looking for a job in a market where employers are reportedly seeking workers, but it gets tricky if you don’t have a GED or a driver’s license; the latter is basically a necessity for joining the gig economy. And a number of development resources, like trade schools, are either shuttered or aren’t accepting new students. I know, I’ve called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the cost of housing has impacted Reggie’s generation, I’m happy he isn’t living in his car, like some of his peers. But by definition, he is functionally “homeless.” Despite floating from couch to couch, he wouldn’t be counted on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2020-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official government homeless assessment report\u003c/a>. And to think: African Americans already make up a disproportionate amount of homelessness in this country. I wonder how steep of an undercount that is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s the issue of increasing \u003ca href=\"https://inequality.org/great-divide/updates-billionaire-pandemic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wealth inequality\u003c/a>. California, the land of economic disparities, is the place where the food that feeds the world is grown, but people who pick it are paid pennies. There are a multitude of millionaires and a heap of homelessness homies. What’s to become of an undereducated, informally skilled young Black man?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m a student of this stuff—you know, this whole “Black man in America” thing. During my late teens and early 20s, I worked as a resident assistant in Howard University’s largest freshmen male dormitory, and as a teacher in Oakland’s African Male Achievement program. I’ve read and written more pieces on the topic than I can count. Plus, shit, I’m a Black man in America. I live this too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you don’t have to be Black, a man or even America to know that your late teens and early 20s are an extremely important period in life. It’s when a simple decision, or a set of them, can affect the rest of your life, and possibly even generations of your family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906509\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Dana King and my nephew Reggie met and instantly clicked on their shared love of racing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_5820-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Dana King and my nephew Reggie met and instantly clicked on their shared love of racing. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So I’m stressing him. Not just about finding a job, gaining skills and finishing school. But starting with making handwritten to-do lists that include the simple things. Because the failures he’s faced in life have left his self-esteem depleted, and now it’s on him to build himself back up through seeing his own incremental successes. Because that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I encourage visiting the library and spending time in cafes, taking time to read books, because that mediative period is needed, even if it’s just a few minutes. Because that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I push him to exercise and eat well, because we’ve been miseducated about the importance of a healthy diet, and need to make a drastic change. Because, again, that’s what I did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He dismisses my sermon about how Red Hot burritos and Cup O’ Noodles aren’t sufficient, and knocks me off my fake-vegan hill by telling me that I cook like a woke white man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s comedic. Sincere. A lil’ hard headed and forgetful. But he has potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> regularly talk to groups of students who are Reggie’s age and younger. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve led virtual discussions with students at Rudsdale High School about the importance of their worldview and telling their stories through photos, and I’ve talked to students at Madison Park Academy Elementary School about the importance of simply showing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This past Friday, I was underdressed as I sat on a panel about fatherhood at Contra Costa College’s African American Male Symposium. We answered questions about the metamorphosis that occurred when we found out we were having children, and our favorite thing to do with our kids. My five year-old daughter sat in the front row, spacing out on her tablet. My nephew sat next to her, and was surprisingly paying attention. He even asked a question: “How do you not repeat the mistakes of your father?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was funny, because the whole time I’m up there talking to this room full of over 100 high schoolers, I just wanted to blurt out that we adults don’t have it together either. We don’t have \u003cem>the answers.\u003c/em> With crumbling infrastructure, failing public schools, an unjust criminal justice system and an ongoing housing crisis, I’m sorry, but this generation, like the generation before mine, has failed my nephew and his peers. I have absolutely no idea how they’re going to deal with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13906510\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13906510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Aside from racing cars, Reggie loves fishing. In fact, he's taught me more about fishing than anyone. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/IMG_0400-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aside from racing cars, Reggie loves fishing. In fact, he’s taught me more about fishing than anyone. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, lightweight frustrated that my advice wasn’t helping much, I had a timely learning experience in the DMV parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My nephew is inside, taking a written driver’s license test—you know, so he can enter the gig economy and stop taking the bus back and forth to Oakland. Outside the building, another young Black man is in the parking lot, smoking a Black & Mild near the popped hood of a Honda. The young man calls me “OG” and asks for a jump. We try it, but my hybrid isn’t built for that shit, or maybe his car just isn’t receptive. Whatever the case, it doesn’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He calls a tow truck as I look up the nearest auto parts store; we talk the whole time. Well, he talks. I listen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he shores of Mono Lake are sandy, salty, still, silent. A peaceful patch of nature where man-made structures aren’t visible: houses and buildings, as well as social constructs. When I visited last month, I was removed from the isms that often dictate everyday life, for a brief moment at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mono Lake felt like a new world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">For further evidence that I was on a different planet: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Cp4H3uXl1Lk?t=180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the tufa\u003c/a>. They’re these alien-looking limestone pillars that have grown over years and years and years and years, as freshwater springs beneath the lake’s surface combine with the lake’s saltwater, making calcium carbonate. There’s a gigantic mountain range to the west and a crater just a mile or two to the southeast. Both the valley where the lake sits and the islands that emerge from the lake’s water were created by volcanic activity throughout the ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve lived in California for 30 years, and this whole time a totally different world was just a few hours from my crib.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I never thought before to venture out here. I’d look at the map of California and think there was nothing to see in the far eastern part of the state. I’d imagine that it’s just rural white folks who probably don’t like me. I’d convince myself that exploring nature isn’t for Black kids who grew up in the neighborhood. I’d drive loops around Oakland, Richmond and Vallejo, but aside from family trips to Reno or Tahoe, I never ventured to those mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>But I needed to see this world.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13904240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"A glimpse of the morning sun shown through an O-shaped piece of tufa.\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse of the morning sun shown through an O-shaped piece of tufa. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Algae, birds, shrimp, and these loudly buzzing bugs that have adapted to the nutrient-deficient terrain—alkaline flies—are the noted inhabitants, so says the self-guided tour signs. One sign notes that, in 1941, water was diverted from the lake’s tributaries to the Los Angeles aqueduct. This resulted in water levels dropping and exposure of dry-salty terrain, even causing \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mono-lake-dust20180705-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic dust storms\u003c/a>. In 1994, the State Water Resources Control Board Water started a strategic effort to get the lake’s water back to its natural level, a goal still unmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tufa, some reaching 10 to 12 feet high, reminded me of that scene in old movies when a warlord casts a curse on the town’s people, turning them into stone where they stand. I imagined a warrior in one tower’s shape. In another I saw something that looked like a llama. I laughed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>My goofy ass woke up 4am to drive about 200 miles to see some rocks. Nerd.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least I got a break from the world I know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The morning sun shines its first light on the Tahoe Basin. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The morning sun shines its first light on the Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>his is the first trip in a series of adventures in my \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900274/hitting-the-road-and-building-a-northern-california-bucket-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern California Bucket List\u003c/a> series. I started at Mono Lake because of its remote location and its history. It also pushed me out of my comfort zone to travel alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wee hours, sunlight greeted me in the Tahoe Basin. Nothing like seeing the sun rise over a mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The road led me through the mountains, out of California and into Nevada. Just across the state line, I stopped at a gas station where unleaded fuel was around $3.99 per gallon. Pickup trucks, camouflage clothing and lots of American flags. I knew what world I was in. Getting a full tank in a place where I was the only Black face later proved to be a smart move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After an hour, passing Topaz Lake and a giant scar in the land where fire had threatened a nearby housing stucture, I reached the Mono Lake Basin overlook. The air at the Mono Lake basin overlook was so fresh, I almost forgot that wildfires were burning a hundred miles away. After running around the south end of the lake for an hour or two—getting familiar with the geological terrain, reading signs, doing some bird watching—I realized that there wasn’t much more that I could do. In the end, it’s a big pile of stones.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I left Mono Lake and took the\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> June Lake Loop, a road that goes around Grant Lake, Silver Lake, Gull Lake and June Lake. As I drove past Grant Lake, one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the state’s many depleted reservoirs\u003c/a>, I pulled over to take a photo of the lake that looked more like a pond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I picked up my jaw, got back in the car, and hit the road. I was on pace to be home by sunset, which was important to me. I wanted to get out of this world before it got dark. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"What remains of Grant Lake.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What remains of Grant Lake. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the trip back I drove through Lee Vining, a town on the western side of Mono Lake, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CUOq80Krs4O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">premium unleaded was $5.69 per gallon\u003c/a>. (Told you getting a full tank earlier was a wise decision.) Across the street, I stopped at Mono Cone, a 1950s-esque hot dog and burger joint that offers soft-serve ice cream, and joined the line outside. \u003cem>My Black ass probably wouldn’t have been able to eat here back in the day\u003c/em>, I thought to myself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then, standing there in line, nothing was said to me. Not a single interaction, for better or for worse. No friendly hellos, nor odd stares. Nothing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The self-imposed thoughts of where I’m \u003cem>supposed\u003c/em> to be and preconceived notions about groups of white folks got to me. 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And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640709/how-this-ghost-towns-curse-backfired-on-park-rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bodie\u003c/a>—the ghost town I’d heard about—yeah, you know damn well I didn’t drive through there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mission was complete: I stepped into another world, I saw the rocks, I got uncomfortable. Now I wanted to get home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The salt water and fresh water of Mono Lake create a blueish green tint. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The salt water and fresh water of Mono Lake create a blueish green tint. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> drove the speed limit, hands at ten-and-two as I turned curves and watched for sheriffs and highway patrol. My laminated KQED press pass, a license to go places and ask questions, strategically rested in my cup holder in clear view, in case it’d help if I got pulled over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As I drove through Placerville, a place that just this year removed \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-30/placerville-is-keeping-the-nickname-hangtown-after-dropping-a-noose-from-its-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a noose from the city’s logo\u003c/a> (but kept the nickname of “hangtown”), I marveled at the charred portions of Eldorado National Forest. People in bright orange and yellow work clothing scaled wooden poles, replacing wires and other infrastructure that wildfires had recently demolished. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pine trees on the mountainside were scorched—no needles on their branches, but still standing, looking like a sea of oversized Charlie Brown Christmas trees. I rolled up my window to block the smell of smoke, but couldn’t dodge the reminders of racism, a crumbling infrastructure and a changing environment. Ahhh, back to the manmade structures I know so well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s so much more to see out there. These are features of the natural world that I can’t even wrap my mind around. A crater? Volcanoes? Massive fires? \u003c/span>A prehistoric salt lake thousands of miles up in the mountains where stone towers climb toward the sky?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13904238\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"A piece of tufa that looks like the side profile of a warrior.\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A piece of tufa that looks like the side profile of a warrior. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I needed this trip. I needed the reminder that this place that was stolen from natives about two hundred years ago by folks who claimed that God sent them to spread their beliefs. And we aren’t too far removed from that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The structures have advanced. And when I say structures, I mean houses and buildings as well as social constructs. But the elements—the isms—within these structures are as old as the tufa pillars.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being cognizant of this only makes my internalized oppression scream. It’s hard to quiet that voice in my head that’s heard all the stories about this land and who has “a right” to it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s enough to have you bogged down in one world; comfortable and complacent with the structures that have been created for us. All the while missing the peace that exists in another world.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he shores of Mono Lake are sandy, salty, still, silent. A peaceful patch of nature where man-made structures aren’t visible: houses and buildings, as well as social constructs. When I visited last month, I was removed from the isms that often dictate everyday life, for a brief moment at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mono Lake felt like a new world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">For further evidence that I was on a different planet: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Cp4H3uXl1Lk?t=180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the tufa\u003c/a>. They’re these alien-looking limestone pillars that have grown over years and years and years and years, as freshwater springs beneath the lake’s surface combine with the lake’s saltwater, making calcium carbonate. There’s a gigantic mountain range to the west and a crater just a mile or two to the southeast. Both the valley where the lake sits and the islands that emerge from the lake’s water were created by volcanic activity throughout the ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve lived in California for 30 years, and this whole time a totally different world was just a few hours from my crib.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I never thought before to venture out here. I’d look at the map of California and think there was nothing to see in the far eastern part of the state. I’d imagine that it’s just rural white folks who probably don’t like me. I’d convince myself that exploring nature isn’t for Black kids who grew up in the neighborhood. I’d drive loops around Oakland, Richmond and Vallejo, but aside from family trips to Reno or Tahoe, I never ventured to those mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>But I needed to see this world.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13904240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"A glimpse of the morning sun shown through an O-shaped piece of tufa.\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4530-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse of the morning sun shown through an O-shaped piece of tufa. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Algae, birds, shrimp, and these loudly buzzing bugs that have adapted to the nutrient-deficient terrain—alkaline flies—are the noted inhabitants, so says the self-guided tour signs. One sign notes that, in 1941, water was diverted from the lake’s tributaries to the Los Angeles aqueduct. This resulted in water levels dropping and exposure of dry-salty terrain, even causing \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mono-lake-dust20180705-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic dust storms\u003c/a>. In 1994, the State Water Resources Control Board Water started a strategic effort to get the lake’s water back to its natural level, a goal still unmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tufa, some reaching 10 to 12 feet high, reminded me of that scene in old movies when a warlord casts a curse on the town’s people, turning them into stone where they stand. I imagined a warrior in one tower’s shape. In another I saw something that looked like a llama. I laughed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>My goofy ass woke up 4am to drive about 200 miles to see some rocks. Nerd.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least I got a break from the world I know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The morning sun shines its first light on the Tahoe Basin. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4444-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The morning sun shines its first light on the Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>his is the first trip in a series of adventures in my \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900274/hitting-the-road-and-building-a-northern-california-bucket-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern California Bucket List\u003c/a> series. I started at Mono Lake because of its remote location and its history. It also pushed me out of my comfort zone to travel alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wee hours, sunlight greeted me in the Tahoe Basin. Nothing like seeing the sun rise over a mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The road led me through the mountains, out of California and into Nevada. Just across the state line, I stopped at a gas station where unleaded fuel was around $3.99 per gallon. Pickup trucks, camouflage clothing and lots of American flags. I knew what world I was in. Getting a full tank in a place where I was the only Black face later proved to be a smart move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After an hour, passing Topaz Lake and a giant scar in the land where fire had threatened a nearby housing stucture, I reached the Mono Lake Basin overlook. The air at the Mono Lake basin overlook was so fresh, I almost forgot that wildfires were burning a hundred miles away. After running around the south end of the lake for an hour or two—getting familiar with the geological terrain, reading signs, doing some bird watching—I realized that there wasn’t much more that I could do. In the end, it’s a big pile of stones.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I left Mono Lake and took the\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> June Lake Loop, a road that goes around Grant Lake, Silver Lake, Gull Lake and June Lake. As I drove past Grant Lake, one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the state’s many depleted reservoirs\u003c/a>, I pulled over to take a photo of the lake that looked more like a pond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I picked up my jaw, got back in the car, and hit the road. I was on pace to be home by sunset, which was important to me. I wanted to get out of this world before it got dark. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"What remains of Grant Lake.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4554-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What remains of Grant Lake. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the trip back I drove through Lee Vining, a town on the western side of Mono Lake, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CUOq80Krs4O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">premium unleaded was $5.69 per gallon\u003c/a>. (Told you getting a full tank earlier was a wise decision.) Across the street, I stopped at Mono Cone, a 1950s-esque hot dog and burger joint that offers soft-serve ice cream, and joined the line outside. \u003cem>My Black ass probably wouldn’t have been able to eat here back in the day\u003c/em>, I thought to myself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then, standing there in line, nothing was said to me. Not a single interaction, for better or for worse. No friendly hellos, nor odd stares. Nothing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The self-imposed thoughts of where I’m \u003cem>supposed\u003c/em> to be and preconceived notions about groups of white folks got to me. I jumped back in the car without making a purchase.\u003cem> I’ll eat when I get home. \u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the way Black folks have been confined to certain neighborhoods in this country, venturing out into rural spaces can be alarming—almost alien. I didn’t want to deal with my underlying fear, and how that fear is rooted in real stories. I just wanted to get back on the other side of \u003ca href=\"https://soj51.org/map/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the proposed “State of Jefferson”\u003c/span>\u003c/a> dividing line.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are actual hot springs in the area, and I didn’t even consider stopping to see them. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640709/how-this-ghost-towns-curse-backfired-on-park-rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bodie\u003c/a>—the ghost town I’d heard about—yeah, you know damn well I didn’t drive through there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mission was complete: I stepped into another world, I saw the rocks, I got uncomfortable. Now I wanted to get home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The salt water and fresh water of Mono Lake create a blueish green tint. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4522-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The salt water and fresh water of Mono Lake create a blueish green tint. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> drove the speed limit, hands at ten-and-two as I turned curves and watched for sheriffs and highway patrol. My laminated KQED press pass, a license to go places and ask questions, strategically rested in my cup holder in clear view, in case it’d help if I got pulled over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As I drove through Placerville, a place that just this year removed \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-30/placerville-is-keeping-the-nickname-hangtown-after-dropping-a-noose-from-its-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a noose from the city’s logo\u003c/a> (but kept the nickname of “hangtown”), I marveled at the charred portions of Eldorado National Forest. People in bright orange and yellow work clothing scaled wooden poles, replacing wires and other infrastructure that wildfires had recently demolished. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pine trees on the mountainside were scorched—no needles on their branches, but still standing, looking like a sea of oversized Charlie Brown Christmas trees. I rolled up my window to block the smell of smoke, but couldn’t dodge the reminders of racism, a crumbling infrastructure and a changing environment. Ahhh, back to the manmade structures I know so well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s so much more to see out there. These are features of the natural world that I can’t even wrap my mind around. A crater? Volcanoes? Massive fires? \u003c/span>A prehistoric salt lake thousands of miles up in the mountains where stone towers climb toward the sky?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13904238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13904238\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"A piece of tufa that looks like the side profile of a warrior.\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/IMG_4516-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A piece of tufa that looks like the side profile of a warrior. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I needed this trip. I needed the reminder that this place that was stolen from natives about two hundred years ago by folks who claimed that God sent them to spread their beliefs. And we aren’t too far removed from that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The structures have advanced. And when I say structures, I mean houses and buildings as well as social constructs. But the elements—the isms—within these structures are as old as the tufa pillars.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being cognizant of this only makes my internalized oppression scream. It’s hard to quiet that voice in my head that’s heard all the stories about this land and who has “a right” to it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve been having some trouble keeping up with all of the Nicki Minaj drama circulating on the internet these last few weeks, you are not alone. Chances are, most of what you’ve heard has revolved around Nicki’s assertion that one of her cousin’s friends got swollen testicles from the COVID vaccine, which apparently made him impotent, which apparently made his girlfriend leave him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nickiminaj/status/1437532566945341441\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truly, a tweet this preposterous is impossible for the internet to ignore, which is why \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KevzPolitics/status/1438183898358366208?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister debunked Minaj’s claims\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/gaybonez/status/1440709750182670343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter is still roasting her for it\u003c/a> almost two weeks later. For some observers, however, the testicular Minaj tweet looks an awful lot like a deflection; a distraction from the very real legal trouble she and her husband, Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, are currently embroiled in. Legal trouble that could do Minaj’s reputation a lot more damage than asking people to “pray on it“ before they get vaccinated. And yesterday, that legal trouble hit daytime TV when Jennifer Hough made a heart-rending appearance on \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hough’s interview follows a civil lawsuit she filed on Aug. 13 against Minaj and Petty. According to legal \u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/1298910/nicki-minaj-and-husband-kenneth-petty-sued-by-his-sexual-assault-accuser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documents obtained by E! News\u003c/a> last month, Hough’s suit accuses the couple of a litany of serious offenses. These include: harassment, assault, battery, sexual assault and sexual harassment, witness intimidation and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The suit also accuses Minaj of threatening and attempting to bribe Hough. At one point, E! reports, the suit states:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As a direct result of the actions of Defendant Minaj and Defendant Petty, [Hough] has been traumatized her entire life. Plaintiff has moved to multiple states to avoid intimidation and harassment by Defendant Minaj, Defendant, and their allies, legal teams, and fans.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t been following along in real time, you might be wondering where all of this stems from. To explain, we have to go way back to 1994. Specifically, Sept. 16, 1994—the day a 16-year-old Hough accused a 16-year-old Petty of rape. Hough reported that Petty approached her while she waited at a Jamaica, Queens bus stop, pressed an object to her back, forced her into a nearby house, fought against her objections, and raped her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Petty was subsequently charged with first degree rape, but on April 5, 1995, he pleaded guilty to—and was convicted of—attempted rape in the first degree. (The \u003ca href=\"https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/SomsSUBDirectory/ReCaptchaServlet?offenderId=7370&g-recaptcha-response=03AGdBq24_X-gC_S78M_WKF0HaXwprUMZF07B0VeGUImVtZ_zP2DF0VkiBGy6kgbpM3Jcx1Gj3AZYgqNI0A_VNZHWQfaDbr1halHa3bZyK-O1KA917OUOqk1CW5RwIAS3RZG-9m-Z3X0KAVrGG1VVEoMdRIhq2z3yqCaK3nkOQzNsw1Zq-TRC1W9USrFXA4pglgwZDjknoKGzaGzIPTlvhvrqUQSf9MG51xuL2JcZO2BBMDeE2QBp9g0LBkZdZEDabs2a9XMkEq2Vsg65He2gxVCOXXCopmBxIByMnVZwsg0DG3QamQCVGKFgtpJ-9Am9Bak0PPLhuMd8NfAO0XVmt34APkTDozwMBQpLOTHGf5s2SMHimbHW1WBl8GEMhikDqOofhd7VKcyVmVanSBY82Q7LdlvLyDflkAkamEiPSYHSUhxn6kj_oBi4iWxeU7ToUKlyXQdL8Nfpch7ghtRSTPnkG2A36-_1uDA&Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offense listed on his conviction\u003c/a>, however, states that “Actual, Sexual Intercourse” took place. It also states that he was in possession of a “Knife/cutting instrument” at the time of the attack.) Two days before his 17th birthday, Petty was sentenced to “18 to 54 months” in a state penitentiary. He served nearly four years for the attack on Hough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='futureofyou_438664']On his release, Petty returned to Queens and promptly began a relationship with a 17-year-old Nicki Minaj—then known by her real name, Onika Tanya Maraj. But Petty didn’t stay out of trouble for long. By 2006—just one year before Minaj would release her first mixtape, \u003cem>Playtime is Over\u003c/em>—Petty pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges, following a 2002 incident in which he shot and killed a man named Lamont Robinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8533743/who-did-nicki-minaj-marry-kenneth-petty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petty served seven years\u003c/a> before entering a supervised release program in 2013. He stayed in the program until 2018—the year he reunited with Minaj.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that time, the couple’s reunion prompted the internet and tabloid media to begin reporting on Petty’s prior convictions in earnest. One \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2018/12/22/nicki-minaj-boyfriend-kenneth-petty-manslaughter-shot-three-times-stomach/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report from TMZ\u003c/a> that year, titled “Nicki Minaj’s BF Manslaughter Case Was Cold-Blooded,” stated:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We’re told Petty drove to the crime scene with a group of cohorts, hopped out of the car, walked across the street where Robinson was hanging out, pulled out a gun … and shot him in the stomach three times. Our sources say he then fled in the vehicle with the group.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This kind of media attention quickly put Minaj on the offensive. In June 2019, she included Petty in her video for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3a1sz2Bp_E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megatron\u003c/a>.” The track includes the lyrics, “I fuck him like I miss him / He just got out of prison / Bitches be talking shit / But they ain’t got a pot to piss in.” The following month, during a featured spot on Chance the Rapper’s “Zanies and Fools,” Minaj rapped: “I met my husband when I was 17 out in Queens / If you love it, let it go, now I know what that means / While he was up North for a body, I bodied everybody and got known for my body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in 2019, during an episode of her Apple Music show, \u003cem>Queen Radio\u003c/em>, Minaj claimed that Petty was “wrongfully accused … when he was 15 years old.” (Petty’s arrest record clearly states he was 16 at the time of Hough’s assault.) Minaj went on to claim that Hough had attempted to recant her accusation, but didn’t after she was threatened with legal penalties for doing so. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicki-minaj-and-husband-kenneth-pettys-campaign-to-silence-his-sexual-assault-victim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hough has denied this\u003c/a>.) Minaj also used the phrase, “White is right,” implying that Hough was a white woman. She is not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/britneyxmariah/status/1440695471572283411\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On another occasion, while defending Petty on Instagram in relation to the Hough case, Minaj claimed: “He was 15, she was 16 … in a relationship. But go awf Internet. y’all can’t run my life. Y’all can’t even run y’all own life.” In \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> interview, Hough also denied that she and Petty dated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_109382']Undeterred by Petty’s criminal history, or the negative publicity it was attracting, Minaj married him in October 2019. After moving from New York to Minaj’s home in L.A., Petty was pulled over by Beverly Hills police. The police discovered that Petty had failed to register as a sex offender when he moved to California—a condition left over from his 1995 conviction. On Sept. 9, Petty pleaded guilty during a virtual court hearing on the matter. He is expected to be sentenced in January 2022 and faces up to 10 years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us back to Hough’s appearance on \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> yesterday. Hough, visibly nervous and frequently tearful, cut a sympathetic figure. “I’m tired of being afraid,” she said. “I feel like the actions that were taken in regards to this whole situation have put me in a different type of fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hough went on to claim that, over the last couple of years, Minaj and Petty had “sent people” repeatedly to try and negotiate a financial sum with her, in an attempt to buy her silence. She said that after consistently refusing to cooperate with the couple, threats on her life were made. “The last message I received,” Hough said, “was that I should’ve taken the money ’cause they’re gonna use that money to put on my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPugv3HtrqA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicki-minaj-and-husband-kenneth-pettys-campaign-to-silence-his-sexual-assault-victim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Beast\u003c/a> article from March confirms that Hough had moved three times in 2020 alone, out of concern for her personal safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hough’s appearance on \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> is bound to raise her public profile to a degree that might get uncomfortable for her. But it also caused something of a Minaj backlash on social media last night, even as the rapper attempted to boost the voices of her defenders by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ritaeatspitas/status/1440832709236981769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“liking” their positive posts\u003c/a> about her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> was a means for Hough to take back a narrative Minaj has used her considerable platform to try and control for the last three years. It was a means for Hough to show her humanity beyond salacious tabloid headlines. And it was a chance to explain the emotional and mental scars wrought by what happened to her in her teens, and how the fallout of that case continues to affect her now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, on the track “Nip Tuck,” Minaj compared herself to Teflon. She may have spoken too soon.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Undeterred by Petty’s criminal history, or the negative publicity it was attracting, Minaj married him in October 2019. After moving from New York to Minaj’s home in L.A., Petty was pulled over by Beverly Hills police. The police discovered that Petty had failed to register as a sex offender when he moved to California—a condition left over from his 1995 conviction. On Sept. 9, Petty pleaded guilty during a virtual court hearing on the matter. He is expected to be sentenced in January 2022 and faces up to 10 years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us back to Hough’s appearance on \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> yesterday. Hough, visibly nervous and frequently tearful, cut a sympathetic figure. “I’m tired of being afraid,” she said. “I feel like the actions that were taken in regards to this whole situation have put me in a different type of fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hough went on to claim that, over the last couple of years, Minaj and Petty had “sent people” repeatedly to try and negotiate a financial sum with her, in an attempt to buy her silence. She said that after consistently refusing to cooperate with the couple, threats on her life were made. “The last message I received,” Hough said, “was that I should’ve taken the money ’cause they’re gonna use that money to put on my head.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/SPugv3HtrqA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/SPugv3HtrqA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicki-minaj-and-husband-kenneth-pettys-campaign-to-silence-his-sexual-assault-victim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Beast\u003c/a> article from March confirms that Hough had moved three times in 2020 alone, out of concern for her personal safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hough’s appearance on \u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> is bound to raise her public profile to a degree that might get uncomfortable for her. But it also caused something of a Minaj backlash on social media last night, even as the rapper attempted to boost the voices of her defenders by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ritaeatspitas/status/1440832709236981769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“liking” their positive posts\u003c/a> about her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Real\u003c/em> was a means for Hough to take back a narrative Minaj has used her considerable platform to try and control for the last three years. It was a means for Hough to show her humanity beyond salacious tabloid headlines. And it was a chance to explain the emotional and mental scars wrought by what happened to her in her teens, and how the fallout of that case continues to affect her now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast month, Spike Lee came under fire for including the voices of 9/11 conspiracy theorists in his four-part HBO series, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14324128/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>Lee hastily edited his documentary after objections poured in from journalists who had seen previews, and who had expressed dismay at the inclusion of interviewees expressing the view that the official narrative of Sept. 11, 2001 was false. Chief among these interview subjects was Richard Gage, a San Francisco-based architect, and the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ae911truth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13882786\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Rae-Alexandra-KQED_180_final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Rae-Alexandra-KQED_180_final.jpg 180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Rae-Alexandra-KQED_180_final-160x176.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\">\u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/08/spike-lee-hbo-documentary-richard-gage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Slate\u003c/em>‘s Jeremy Stahl\u003c/a> called Gage’s segment, “surreal and demoralizing.” Stahl noted that “Gage is responsible for peddling some of the most pernicious and long-running lies about the 9/11 attacks, which is why I was surprised that Lee, HBO, and WarnerMedia might be lending his group any amount of time.” Stahl continued, “In terms of conveying facts, this is a bit like presenting COVID-19 vaccine skeptics in a debate alongside Anthony Fauci.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gage has been at the helm of \u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth \u003c/em>since founding the group in 2006. Since that time, he has brought together a group of almost 3,500 architects and engineers who continue to argue publicly that planes alone could not have been responsible for the collapse of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and Tower 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure, Lee removed the 30-minute segment from Episode 4 that gave voice to Gage, alongside other 9/11 conspiracy theorists. (Lee did not take the time, however, to cut a moment in Episode 3 in which a flight attendant who knew the crew of United 93—the plane that crashed in Shanksville—expressed his belief that the plane was shot down.) Also cut from Episode 4 was Shyam Sunder, who led a three-year, $16 million investigation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sunder was originally seen explaining how the commercial flights did, in fact, bring down the three World Trade Center structures. He got cut when the truthers did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his\u003cem> Vanity Fair \u003c/em>review of the series\u003cem>,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/08/spike-lees-911-doc-promoted-conspiracy-theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Hoffman\u003c/a> asserted that both sides of the conversation had not been equally represented in the original episode anyway. “The initial cut of \u003cem>Epicenters\u003c/em> didn’t merely touch upon conspiracy mongers and so-called 9/11 truthers—it exalted them.” Hoffman reported, “In the original version of the film, we see footage of buildings on fire that don’t come down, then controlled implosions that, on the surface, certainly look similar to what happened at the World Trade Center. It all zooms by rather quickly, but the images are striking … There’s no mention, meanwhile, that journalists have been debunking 9/11 conspiracies since at least 2005.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]wenty years after the tragedy, there is a broad sense that 9/11 conspiracies are as nonsensical and absurd as QAnon narratives about Satanic politicians and cannibalistic pedophiles. That one of the key leaders in the truther movement is from the Bay Area might come as a surprise to many who currently live here. Especially after the Bay’s Area’s COVID response solidified the region’s reputation for well-informed and rational responses to crises. What many have forgotten, however, is the atmosphere that originally gave birth to 9/11 conspiracies in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_12086811']September 11, 2001 was the first major event in American history to have its narrative guided by the internet in addition to mainstream news coverage. Social media as we know it today may not have existed, but people found new and creative ways to freak each other out online. At one point, eBay even had to ban any and all sales of items that sellers claimed came from the World Trade Center rubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://911digitalarchive.org/search?query=mark+d+philips&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=File&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The September 11 Archive\u003c/em> has emails\u003c/a> on its website that capture the uniquely strange mood of the time. In some of those messages, internet sleuths shared photos of the attack’s aftermath, claiming to see the faces of both Satan and Osama Bin Laden in the smoke pouring from the towers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.markdphillips.com/satan-in-the-smoke/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One of the most infamous pictures\u003c/a> was taken by then-\u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> photographer Mark D. Phillips. His website still features what he refers to as his “Satan in the Smoke” image and claims it was “one of the first electronic viral images.” A\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TomKludt/status/907209357846355968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> similar image by Carmen Taylor\u003c/a> was also shared widely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>False stories and conspiracies spread with such ubiquity in the weeks after the attacks that, on Sept. 28, 2001, the \u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em> felt the need to post an entire column debunking them. Among other things, the paper clarified that a commuter train was not buried in the World Trade Center subway station, and that a rescue worker did not survive an 82-story fall by clinging to debris. The \u003cem>Examiner\u003c/em> also confirmed that a photo of a man purportedly standing on the North tower’s observation deck, as a plane approached behind him, was a total fabrication. It was easy to debunk—the North tower didn’t even have an observation deck. The spread of these rumors via email and hastily made websites was a precursor to the memes and falsehoods we see spread on social media today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13902670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-800x551.png\" alt=\"A man stands on the World Trade Center's observation deck with New York City's skyline behind him. In the left of the photo is an approaching commercial airplane. \" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-800x551.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-1020x702.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-768x529.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM-1536x1057.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.12.48-PM.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image, dubbed “Tourist Guy” by the internet, was purported to have been taken on 9/11. It was a fake. That didn’t stop it making the rounds online in the weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks. \u003ccite>(Wikipedia/ \"Tourist Guy\")\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]an Francisco, like major cities all over the country, was immediately on edge following 9/11. In the two days after the attacks, there were 30 bomb scares in San Francisco alone, including at several mosques and the Embarcadero Center. The crisis was unlike anything most Americans had ever experienced and the public response was often deeply irrational as a result. As Spike Lee notes in his HBO series, in the year that followed 9/11, five California-based Muslim, Sikh and Christian men lost their lives in hate crimes that targeted just about anyone with brown skin. Similar attacks occurred around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13891175']All of this was taking place less than a year after the agonizing—and contested—election that saw Bush elected over Al Gore, who had won the popular vote. After the 9/11 attacks, and subsequent racial profiling and wars, the political splits that had formed in the aftermath of the 2000 election became even more pronounced. On one side, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://johnsimonds.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/9-11-eagle-crying.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flag-waving fervor\u003c/a> that bordered on the jingoistic. On the other, there was a deep sense of suspicion that bordered on outright paranoia. That mood was aggravated further in 2004 with the release of Michael Moore’s \u003cem>Fahrenheit 9/11\u003c/em> documentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore’s film began with the assertion that George W. Bush stole the 2000 election. It then made business links between the Bush and Bin Laden families, before breaking down the various ways members of the Bush administration financially benefited from the wars that followed Sept. 11. The film pointed to the tragedy in New York as an excuse to invade Iraq and, additionally, to violate American civil liberties with the Patriot Act. Moore’s weren’t brand new concepts, but putting them all together in one film gave conspiracy theorists a compact list of motives to point to when trying to argue that “9/11 was an inside job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-be2r7ouc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> Fahrenheit 9/11\u003c/em> was not a movie that existed on the margins. It is, to this day, the largest grossing documentary of all time. It won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes, and the Best Documentary prize at the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. And while it didn’t question whether or not those planes could have brought down the World Trade Center, it did tell America, in no uncertain terms, not to trust the government. It told viewers that their worst suspicions about the Bush administration were true. And it primed audiences for a conspiracy movie that emerged online less than a year later, that would prove to be a major foundation for the truther movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Loose Change—\u003c/em>a film that was made by three young men with $6,000—reached four million people in four months. It attempted to prove that the three World Trade Center buildings were brought down by controlled demolitions, not planes (among many other theories) and it was treated by a great many viewers as a serious piece of filmmaking. A\u003ca href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/08/loosechange200608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> May 2006 article in \u003cem>Vanity Fair\u003c/em>\u003c/a> wondered aloud if \u003cem>Loose Change \u003c/em>was “the first internet blockbuster.” The magazine also made links between the film’s success and polls that claimed: “42% of Americans now believe that the U.S. government and the 9/11 commission ‘concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts their official explanation of the September 11th attacks.'” One \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>/CBS News poll from that year found that 53% of respondents thought “the Bush administration was hiding something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_25472']Those conspiratorial notions were, at the time, fairly mainstream. And that was reflected all over the Bay Area by a sudden preponderance of flyers, bumper stickers and stenciled messages that declared that “9/11 was an inside job.” That narrative was further pushed by a 2004 book by California-based scholar David Ray Griffin. Richard Gage has cited Griffin’s \u003cem>The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 \u003c/em>as a key inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his, then, was the atmosphere in which \u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth\u003c/em> sprang up in San Francisco. It was born from a terrifying and uncertain period in which indulging and exploring conspiracy theories helped Americans wrestle back a sense of control. But as Spike Lee just discovered, most Americans who lived through 9/11 and the fraught years that followed are now desperate to move on. Many of the Gen Z teens who grew up in the shadow of 9/11 treat \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/07/teenagers_and_9_11_trutherism_jokes_how_these_memes_became_a_phenomenon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">truther narratives as far more worthy of mockery\u003c/a> than serious analysis. And in 2021, when election disinformation can inspire a violent raid on the nation’s capitol, conspiracy theories seem the almost exclusive domain of dangerous fringe groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That one of the biggest truther organizations in America sprang up out of San Francisco does, on some level, reflect the independent spirit and suspicious minds that have always had a niche in the city. But more than that, organizations like \u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth\u003c/em> are an echo of the rabbit hole America fell into after Sept. 11, 2001. They are a bygone reflection of our nation as it tried desperately to make sense out of an event that inherently couldn’t be made sense of. And they are a time capsule of how traumatized people tried to regain a sense of their own power during a period where many felt powerless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spike Lee, ultimately, was right to remove those outdated conspiratorial narratives from \u003cem>NYC Epicenters. \u003c/em>But the truthers themselves should not be erased from history. They remain a reminder to us all of what mass trauma can do to a national psyche.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Those conspiratorial notions were, at the time, fairly mainstream. And that was reflected all over the Bay Area by a sudden preponderance of flyers, bumper stickers and stenciled messages that declared that “9/11 was an inside job.” That narrative was further pushed by a 2004 book by California-based scholar David Ray Griffin. Richard Gage has cited Griffin’s \u003cem>The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 \u003c/em>as a key inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>his, then, was the atmosphere in which \u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth\u003c/em> sprang up in San Francisco. It was born from a terrifying and uncertain period in which indulging and exploring conspiracy theories helped Americans wrestle back a sense of control. But as Spike Lee just discovered, most Americans who lived through 9/11 and the fraught years that followed are now desperate to move on. Many of the Gen Z teens who grew up in the shadow of 9/11 treat \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/07/teenagers_and_9_11_trutherism_jokes_how_these_memes_became_a_phenomenon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">truther narratives as far more worthy of mockery\u003c/a> than serious analysis. And in 2021, when election disinformation can inspire a violent raid on the nation’s capitol, conspiracy theories seem the almost exclusive domain of dangerous fringe groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That one of the biggest truther organizations in America sprang up out of San Francisco does, on some level, reflect the independent spirit and suspicious minds that have always had a niche in the city. But more than that, organizations like \u003cem>Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth\u003c/em> are an echo of the rabbit hole America fell into after Sept. 11, 2001. They are a bygone reflection of our nation as it tried desperately to make sense out of an event that inherently couldn’t be made sense of. And they are a time capsule of how traumatized people tried to regain a sense of their own power during a period where many felt powerless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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