#adam lally

[dudja]

I miss my mom so so much 🥲

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Doctor Bull (1933) John Ford

April 14th 2024

[bookclub4m]

Episode 189 - Romantic Comedies & Humorous Romance

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Romantic Comedies! We talk about the difference between “fun” and “funny,” crossover romance genres, cataloguing romance fiction, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

The House Witch by Delemhach

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown 

I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander 

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Other Media We Mentioned

When Harry Met Sally… (Wikipedia)

The Bear (Wikipedia)

Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

The Martian (Wikipedia)

Golden Globes change comedy rules after controversial win for The Martian

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Beetlejuice (Wikipedia)

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Judgment (video game)

Bridgertons Series by Julia Quinn

Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan

Cats (2019 film) (Wikipedia)

Links, Articles, and Things

Episode 119: Regency Romance

What does a happily ever after look like? (romance novel covers)

Sensible Chuckle (Know Your Meme)

There Is Only One Bed (TV Tropes)

Pop Culture Happy Hour

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Does the Dog Die?

20 Humorous Romance by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Courting Samira by Amal Awad

The Wildest Ride by Marcella Bell

A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

Game On by Seressia Glass

Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson

Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli

The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau

Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee 

The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia Williams

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu 

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Join us again on Tuesday, February 20th we’ll be talking about our reading resolutions for 2024! 

Then on Tuesday, March 5th we’ll be discussing the genre of Dark Fantasy!

[aaronstveit]

10/14/20<3 hope you’re having/had a lovely day jamie!!

you as well, sara!!💛🫶🏻

10. What was your favorite new release of the year? Answered here but bonus answer is Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass! Oh, and it's not out yet but I read an ARC of That's Not My Name by Megan Lally and I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished reading! It comes out on December 26 so I'm counting it for this question <3

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over? I'm working on Wuthering Heights right now and should finish it right before Christmas! I also have a few Christmas mysteries I'm hoping to get through — Midwinter Murder and Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie, The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson, and The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani!

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations? It was probably Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, and yes! I absolutely loved it. So happy to have Alex, Darlington, and Dawes back <33

end-of-year book asks!

[mysteryloversbookshelf]

Some of My Favorite Mystery/Thriller Books Categorized by Tropes

Like every other book genre, mystery/thriller novels have several tropes that you either love or hate. I personally am a huge fan of mysteries involving otherwise normal suburbs, spouses where one or both have a secret, and locked room mysteries with complex puzzles. Here is a list of common tropes and books that I've read that fall into those categories:

Agoraphobia

The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn

Book Within a Book

Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery Series - Anthony Horowitz

Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz

Creepy Children

Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage

The Only Child - Mi-Ae Seo

The Push - Ashley Audrain

Final Girl

The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix

Feuding Neighbors

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

Haunted House

The Death of Jane Lawrence - Caitlin Starling

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Heist

The Monsters We Defy - Penelope Leslye

Portrait of a Thief - Grace D. Li

House Sitting Gone Wrong

The Last Word - Taylor Adams

Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

Inheritance from Distant Relative / Stranger

The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware

Jane Austen Inspired

A Most Agreeable Murder

Kidnapped Baby

The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena

Locked Room Mystery

The Mystery of the Yellow Room - Gaston Leroux

Secret Staircase Mystery Series - Gigi

Mistaken Identity

Are You Sara? - S.C. Lalli

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

The Request - David Bell

Nomad Protagonist

Frankie Elkin Series - Lisa Gardner

Overbearing Mothers

The Favorite Daughter - Kaira Rouda

The Mother-in-Law - Sally Hepworth

Reality Show

The Golden Spoon

Return to Childhood Home & Unsolved Mystery

Fierce Little Thing - Miranda Beverly Whittemore

The Resting Place - Camilla Sten

Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

Return to Summer Camp & Unsolved Mystery

I'll Never Tell - Catherine McKenzie

The Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager

Single White Female

Social Creature - Tara Isabella Burton

Sole Survivor of Family Massacre Seeking Truth

Dark Places - Gillian Flynn

Those Empty Eyes - Charlie Donlea

Time Travel

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -

Wrong Place Wrong Time - Gillian McAllister

Snowed In

No Exit - Taylor Adams

True Crime Podcast

Girl Forgotten

The Sorority Murders

Unreliable Narrator

Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney

Wedding Gone Wrong

The Couple at the Table - Sophie Hannah

The Guilt Trip - Sandie Jones

The Guest List - Lucy Foley

You're Invited - Amanda Jaytista

[koipalm]

Please tell me more about SSSS Stranded AU, I just discovered it and that looks so interesting??

thank you, sure! it originally started with me wondering what would be a good narrative trade off for tuuri surviving. this + my love for putting my favorite characters on the heros journey created the au. the change that kickstarts the au is emil also seeing the omen that lalli and reynir see on page 580 that foreshadows tuuri's death. the note about emil having no clue made me think....

anyway that prompts emil to start wondering about what's actually chasing them, and when the rune reynir gave him burns up in his pocket when lalli is in the hospital using it against the ghosts, it prompts him to (skeptically) ask reynir about magic and reynir's runes. because of this, reynir attempts to create a powerful protection rune, one strong enough that it knocks him out both physically and spiritually. when the ghosts and trolls raid, emil suggests using some of their equipment as barricades. he also suggests on a whim that tuuri stays in the drivers compartment with reynir's unconscious body so that she might be able to use the cat tank to run over a few of them instead of being immobile in the back.

with reynir out and unable to create a magical barricade or contact onni across the dreamsea, the ghosts hit hard and without onni's save, emil is attacked and dragged away. that prompts the others to fall back to the cat tank. tuuri isn't turned by the troll because the windows mean that lalli is able to see and shoot it before it can turn her. the rest of the buried explosives are triggered (by emil thinking he's going to die), which combined with the distraction of emil getting dragged off means the others are able to use the cat tank and retreat. emil survives due to the protection rune that reynir gave him before he passed out, but he's unsure of how long the explosion knocked him out for.

from THERE, emil takes advantage of the equipment left behind and follows the tracks of the cat tank. reynir is in his head instead of lalli, and since the ghosts are following emil but unable to hurt him bc of the still working rune, reynir is able to direct emil to the church to get rid of the ghosts. doing that knocks reynir awake, where he finds himself on the rescue boat with the others. he's unable to convince the crew that emil is alive, but lalli is alerted because he can no longer sense the ghosts.

reynir is adamant that emil is alive, while lalli is skeptical that he's still surviving as the days pass. reynir attempts to find emil's dream space by enlisting lalli and a more reluctant onni, while emil gets to the rendezvous point and realizes that hes too late.

and thats how he gets stranded. yay!

[burningdarkfire]

books i read in oct 2024

[these are casual reviews - ask for more info or my goodreads!!] 

i've got the queen and king of "doesn't believe in quotation marks" up here lmao what can i say .. i've got a type!!

intermezzo - sally rooney ★★★★★ (contemporary)

the beginning was pretty slow but i got unbelievably invested in peter's whole situation and started screenshotting every other page like that man is just like me fr 🤭 this was surprisingly uplifting and overall just very human and very beautiful!

the road - cormac mccarthy ★★★★★ (post-apocalyptic)

i understand why this is considered a modern classic because it is crazy fucking good. relentlessly brutal and utterly precise and oftne startlingly beautiful. i need to read more of this guy's writing

all the sinners bleed - s.a. cosby ★★★★★ (crime)

definitely a new addition to my "authors to watch" list! he doesn't sugarcoat any of the grim violence but he gives his characters space to feel like real, breathing, complex human beings, and i couldn't put this down

razorblade tears - s.a. cosby ★★★★★ (thriller)

appreciate how much the author committed, with violence, to the situation at hand. it is a little predictable once it's all set up, but there's a lot of heart and it got me all emotional in a way that thrillers usually don't

blackwing - ed mcdonald ★★★★☆ (fantasy)

pros: extremely interesting world, i would love to use this setting for a TTRPG at some point cons: i fear the author might truly believe that women are simply different creatures from men

where the falcon flies - adam shoalts ★★★★☆ (adventure nonfiction)

repetitive and not as informative as i would've liked. this entire journey was pretty crazy though and the sheer insanity of the concept made for a pretty entertaining read

that's not my name - megan lally ★★★☆☆ (YA thriller)

exactly what you think it'll be - it's not winning any awards but it's a fast and efficient palatte cleanser

magnolia parks - jessa hastings ★★★☆☆ (romance)

starts off interesting but ends up really repetitive and predictable

the house of impossible beauties - joseph cassara ★☆☆☆☆ (historical)

watched paris is burning before reading this book and tbh i am not at a fan of how the author seems to have taken the names and lives of real people and fictionalized them to be brutal and horrible without giving them credit for any of the love and community that they were famous for garnering

[DNF] all about love: new visions - bell hooks ★★★☆☆ (theory)

i don't know who this was for but this was not for me! feels like there's a "no true scotsman" view of love being sprinkled into every paragraph and i'm not about that

[mickyandoniehncom]

Título original: The Young Philadelphians 

Año: 1959 

Duración: 136 min. 

País: Estados Unidos 

Dirección: Vincent Sherman 

Guion: James Gunn. Novela: Richard Powell 

 Reparto: 

Paul Newman ----- Actor 

Barbara Rush ----- Actriz 

Alexis Smith ----- Actriz 

Robert Vaughn ----- Actor 

Brian Keith ----- Actor 

Anthony Eisley ----- Actor 

Billie Burke ----- Actriz 

Otto Kruger ----- Actor 

Diane Brewster ----- Actriz 

John Williams ----- Actor 

Adam West ----- Actor 

Paul Picerni ----- Actor 

Frank Conroy ----- Actor 

Richard Deacon ----- Actor 

Bert Stevens ----- Actor 

Franklyn Farnum ------ Actor 

Michael Lally ----- Actor 

Bess Flowers ----- Actriz 

Jack Mower ----- Actor 

Chet Brandenburg ----- Actor 

Wilbur Mack ----- Actor 

Sam Harris ------Actor 

Sinopsis: 

Historia de un joven y ambicioso abogado de Philadelphia cuyo único objetivo es ascender en la escala social. Un día acepta hacerse cargo de la defensa de un antiguo compañero del ejército, erróneamente acusado de asesinato, y a partir de entonces sus convicciones entrarán en conflicto con sus ambiciones. (FILMAFFINITY) 

 Synopsis: 

Story of a young and ambitious lawyer from Philadelphia whose only goal is to climb the social ladder. One day he agrees to take charge of the defense of a former army colleague, wrongly accused of murder, and from then on his convictions will come into conflict with his ambitions. (FILMAFINITY) 

Fuente: https://youtu.be/Otrvgssd5SM?si=vM-i6OIadApiiGF- 

Sinopsis: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film463873.html

[buzz-london]

9 subjects that should be taught in every classroom (and a TED talk to get you started on each topic):

1. Building Healthy Relationships -Always tell the truth -Think long-term for all relationships

Recommended TED talk: Brene Brown: “The power of vulnerability” https://lnkd.in/ex3_WKWi

2. Nutrition 101 -Stop eating when you’re 80% full -Eat foods that existed 150 years ago

Recommended TED talk:

Dr. Peter Attia: “Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?” https://lnkd.in/eZbwm-_x

3. Sleep Hygiene -Get at least 7 hrs/night -No screens 1 hr before bed

Recommended TED talk: Dr. Matthew Walker: “Sleep is your superpower”

4. Personal Finance -Automate savings and retirement contributions -Keep 3-6 months’ savings in an emergency fund

Recommended TED talk: Tammy Lally: “Let’s get honest about our money problems”

5. Entrepreneurship -If a 9-5 job doesn’t feel right, it’s not -You’ll help more people (and make more money) building a business

Recommended TED talk: Adam Grant: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers

6. Personal Branding -Personal brand is the currency of the modern world -Rub shoulders with world-class thinkers by building your brand

Recommended TED talk: Marcos Salazar: “5 steps to building a personal brand you feel good about”

7. Fitness Fundamentals -Get your steps (7,000+/day) -Engage in strength training 2x/week (minimum)

Recommended TED talk: Wendy Suzuki: “The brain-changing benefits of exercise”

8. Non-Needy Networking -Don’t be transactional -Give value in every networking exchange

Recommended TED talk: Celeste Headlee: “10 ways to have a better conversation”

9. Finding Meaningful Work -Early on, focus on people, not title/salary -Know what factors facilitate your success in a job

Recommended TED talk: Scott Dinsmore: “How to find work you love”

And a bonus 10th talk:

Sir Ken Robinson: “Do schools kill creativity?”

[dithschi]

Actually hab ich doch noch eine Sache hinzuzufügen

SUPRISE SPATORT PLAYLISTS FÜR JEDE GELEGENHEIT HAHA

Heute: Wenn man Pia und Adam im Dienstwagen ans Aux lässt...

Listen. LISTEN. Musik muss nicht gut sein, um gut zu sein okay. Das ist der Soundtrack den Adams und Pias Freundschaft in meinem Kopf hat. You can disagree with me but that doesn't make me wrong.

Und wenn ihr Alexander Marcus in der Liste seht, no you didn't.

ALLE LIEDER:

(list might change over time)

Polizei Sirene - Polizei Sirene (feat. Martinshorn, Blaulicht & Alarm) POL1Z1STENS0HN a.k.a. Jan Böhmermann - Ich bin Polizei - Streifenwagen-Edit Ferris MC - Bullenwagen Henry Valentino - Im Wagen vor mir Haftbefehl - Ich rolle mit meim Besten - Babos Remix Filow - Turbo Truck Stop - Take It Easy, altes Haus Apache 207 - Bläulich Gunter Gabriel - Ich bin CB-Funker Bonez MC - Ohne mein Team Käärijä - TRAFIK! skrt cobain - schwarzer toyota Hannes Wader - Heute hier, morgen dort Roberto Blanco - Ein bisschen Spaß muss sein Bosse - Der Sommer Felix De Luxe - Taxi nach Paris Kapelle Petra - Stau Thommie Bayer - Der letzte Cowboy Apache 207 - 200 km/h Extrabreit - Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne Nico Haak - Schmidtchen Schleicher Romano - S-Bahn fahr'n Alexander Marcus - Papaya Tom Astor - Radwechsel Gottlieb Wendehals - Polonäse Blankenese Pazoo - Kommissar Udo Jürgens - Es lebe das Laster Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei Herbert Grönemeyer - Mambo Markus - Ich will Spaß Reinhard Mey - Oo de Lally - aus "Robin Hood" Jebroer - Polizei TV Sounds Unlimited - Großstadtrevier Inner Circle - Bad Boys Wunderkynd - Polizei (feat. K.I.Z & Jan Delay) BIG TIM - Alles ist relativ Frank Zander - Hier kommt Kurt Deine Freunde - Ohne mein Brudi Juse Ju - Berliner Partybullen Culcha Candela - Partybus

Pia und Adam Bullen Besties. ich hab nichts weiter dazu zu sagen eigentlich

[foodbytesback]

The Rise and Fall of Bon Appetit

Sometimes life comes at you fast.  Sometimes, that means stories in the food industry break in such rapid succession that you have no time to blink in between.  Sometimes, it means someone found out about something racist you did a few years ago.  What happens when it’s both?  Ask the fine folks at Bon Appetit.

In recent years, Bon Appetit made a name for itself, rising from the ashes of dying print media, through its Youtube channel featuring a diverse cast of personalities.  But over the course of this past week, many of the publication’s executives have been found to foster a toxic workplace culture, rife with racism, sexism and homophobia.  

Before I get too deep (because this is going to be a long one), I feel the need to point out that while this story’s breaking happened to coincide with Black Lives Matter protests across the country and gained traction from people’s outrage towards inequality, the events that have unfolded should not be blamed on “cancel culture,” “political correctness run amok” or any other reactionary dismissal of critical thinking.  Adam Rapoport didn’t lose his job because Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter came to be because of the damage that many in positions of power like Rapoport have done in both mainstream media and society as a whole.

[Also, yes, there are going to be a lot of links to Instagram posts that have been screenshotted and uploaded to Twitter.  Clearly the real takeaway from this debacle is that I need to get an Instagram account.  Also also, thanks to Tumblr’s new rules about offsite links, you’ll have to go to my main site for the full receipts.]

Preamble

Shortly after the killing of George Floyd, Adam Rapoport, Editor-in-Chief at Bon Appetit, wrote an editorial highlighting some of the coverage they’ve given to black chefs.  Many criticized this as being superficial and performative, with others saying that BA has, on numerous occasions, shut down articles relating to black culture for not being “trendy” enough or otherwise was discriminatory towards black employees. (Also, the repeated use of “uprisings” instead of “protests” seems a little suspicious.)

An article from Eater criticized the role BA played in the appropriating and whitewashing of many cultures’ ingredients and cuisines (gochujang, Aleppo pepper, and sumac seem to be some of BA’s favorite ingredients) that had become prevalent in food media in recent years.

While it’s a fairly minor offense in comparison, it may also be worth bringing up the time Rapoport accidentally called Priya Krishna “Sohla,” the name of his other Indian employee.

Monday, June 8th

Food writer Tammie Teclemariam posted a screencap of an Instagram post made by Rapoport’s wife, which depicted the two of them donning Puerto Rican stereotypes as Halloween costumes, brownface and all.    

Many were quick to declare their outrage and demand that Rapoport either resign or be fired.  Meanwhile, Sohla El-Waylly, one of the leading stars of the Youtube channel, was one of the first BA employees to speak up, and disclosed that this kind of behavior was just the tip of the iceberg.  She said that BIPOC workers have been paid disproportionately for their work, including not being paid a per-video commission that the white stars of the Youtube channel receive. 

Molly Baz, one of the aforementioned white stars, announced that she would no longer make videos for BA until all of El-Waylly’s demands were met.  One by one, their white coworkers chimed in in agreement.  

Former staff photographer Alex Lau also wrote an extensive tweet thread about his experiences at BA, including how he had futilely tried to fix the system from within.

By the end of Monday, Adam Rapoport had resigned from his position as Editor-in-Chief.

Tuesday, June 9th  

Since Rapoport’s official resignation did little to fix many of the systemic problems in place at BA, many began to turn their attention to other senior members of the staff.

Some came for Andrew Knowlton, the Restaurant Editor, for behaviors such as gaslighting an employee for trying to bring up racist practices in the offices.

Others called out Matthew Duckor, a VP at Conde Nast and BA’s former “Head of Video” (Did a 3 year old come up with that job title?), for a series of old racist and homophobic tweets.  He tried to apologize by saying that he was young and didn’t know any better at the time, but many were quick to point out that he was, at the youngest, 20, aka for all intents and purposes An Adult when he wrote those tweets. 

Tammie Teclemariam returned to ask current and former BA employees to DM her information about Duckor that they didn’t want to go public with themselves, ranging from his hand in the aforementioned pay disparity to making inappropriate comments towards women.

Teclemariam also did even more social media muckraking and found that Drinks Editor Alex Delany had once decorated a cake to look like a Confederate flag, while others found things like a Vine where he says the f-slur and some questionable comments about women on this Tumblr.  He later deleted his Tumblr and Twitter, and issued a cookie-cutter apology on his Instagram.

She also vague-tweeted that Brad Leone, one of the most beloved stars of the Youtube channel, is “possibly not a great guy,” but later added, “don’t fret.” At that point, some began to accuse her of just trying to stir the pot.

Ultimately, Matt Hunziker, director and camera operator for Leone’s show, reported that the higher ups were ignoring the situation regarding the pay disparity, and that they were not “learning and growing.”

Wednesday, June 10th

By this point, journalists were able to do more thorough investigations and put together exposés that were more than a blurb about an accusation followed by a nut graph.

Business Insider published an article where they interviewed 14 current and former BIPOC employees of Bon Appetit.  In addition to information already discussed above, it also described events such as an incident where several BIPOC staffers were told they weren’t allowed the test kitchen. (Carla Lalli Music, the Food Director at the time, would later defend her stance in the affair on Twitter.)  Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, a black woman who served as Rapoport’s personal assistant, recalled that she would often spend her day doing menial tasks like polishing her boss’s golf clubs or trying to teach his wife how to use Google Calendar.  In another incident, Knolton called Rick Martinez a “one trick pony” for only developing Mexican recipes, which is what he was being forced to do so BA could tout “diversity” bonus points.  Martinez would also say that the magazine under Rapoport’s tenure “went from old and irrelevant and white-washed content to young and trendy white-washed content." (Martinez would also upload a more graphic description of the treatment he received  to his Instagram that same day.) Later that day, Business Insider would also report that Duckor had left the company.

Vice would liken Rapoport to Michael Scott from The Office, but noted that that kind of bumbling, endearingly insensitive bad boss archetype isn’t as charming in the real world where real employees are being affected.  Parallels were also drawn between the Youtube channel and The Office itself, stating that the “quirky workplace” facade put on in the videos helped hide the more sinister practices that lurked beneath the surface, and that the notion that they were “one big family” often pressured BIPOC into doing more than their fair share for the greater good.

Jezebel showed email transcripts where Rapoport argued the semantics of having his costume be called “brownface” when he wasn’t wearing makeup, and had to be explained to, like a child, that the term refers to the racist caricature and not the literal act of putting brown makeup on one’s face.  What a douche.

Bon Appetit published an official apology on their site, a whole two days after the controversy began.  Many believed that their empty promises of “learning from their mistakes” were a day late and a dollar short.

Meanwhile, on Twitter, former BA writer Alyse Whitney said that senior editor Andy Baraghani had, on several occasions, used his influence to undermine her efforts. Whether this had to do with racism, sexism, or just Andy being petty is up for debate, but still constitutes as unprofessional behavior to say the least.

Thursday, June 11th

As interest in the story seemed to wane for many in the industry, Claire Saffitz, arguably the face of the Youtube channel, released another statement on her Instagram.  She said that her relative silence was due to taking time to find the right words, and that the same-old promises to “learn and grow” that most had been giving felt empty and performative. Unlike many of her white coworkers, she directly apologized for being complicit in the toxic environment  and for not using her status to try to leverage even pay for her BIPOC coworkers.  

Another BA Youtube personality, Amiel Stanek, also released a statement in response to BA’s official press release, where he demanded Conde Nast to stop avoiding action by setting vague timelines for changes or making excuses for not giving BIPOC workers raises like “the money just isn’t there.”

Associate editor Christina Chaey also opened up about her experiences with being pushed into more and more videos to “diversify” them- all without compensation.  

Friday, June 12th

The biggest scandal of the day was that, as Teclemariam predicted, Brad Leone is possibly not a great guy.  A leaked screenshot of an Instagram DM showed him making callous, almost Trump-y comments regarding El-Waylly’s demand for better pay.  He also allegedly said that if Delany were to be fired (as of that day he had been sent on leave), he would quit.

Saturday, June 13th

The New York Times published an article suggesting that the issues prevalent in BA’s management may go all the way to the top of Conde Nast.  Highlights include Chief Executive Roger Lynch chastising the whistleblowers within the company for raising their concerns in such a public manner and an account of an incident where he gave his black assistant a guidebook on how to speak “proper” English.

The Sporkful released a special episode of their podcast containing interviews with several current and former BA BIPOC workers.  Nikita Richardson divulged that after she was laid off, a story she had already done all the leg work for was picked up and credited to Amanda Shapiro, a white staff writer who is now acting Editor-in-Chief in lieu of Rapoport.  Sohla El-Waylly confirmed that the self-congratulatory editorial Rapoport wrote in the wake of George Floyd’s death was the real beginning of the end, and that the racist photo was just the final straw.  She also described a company-wide Zoom meeting held after the photo began to be spread around where Rapoport issued a half-hearted apology, and began talking about how he would “fix the brand” before El-Waylly demanded he resigned.  Furthermore, she revealed that after her Instagram posts began circulating rapidly, Duckor had offered her a new contract with increased pay, but she is refusing to sign it until all BIPOC have received similar compensation.  She also said that she had a hand in the wishy-washy statement that BA had published on Wednesday, and said that it originally had taken much firmer stances on the issues but their PR office made them tone it down.  Also, she commented that Leone, for the most part, just seemed like she “genuinely think[s] [that he] just found out racism is real.”  Ultimately, she was glad that the story was getting as much coverage as it was, since it made her feel that her voice was finally being heard.

Sunday, June 14th

Baraghani released a statement on Instagram apologizing for his behavior, saying that trying to achieve his personal goals in BA’s toxic, competitive environment made him lose sight of solidarity with his fellow BIPOC.  

While that may seem like the end of the story for now, it’s important to note that, even with the resignation of two executives, nothing has truly been done to fix the systemic problems at hand.

[quercus-queer]

BA’s Reckoning

Yes, I stole this title from the Sporkful podcast. You should check it out!

So just a reminder the whole thing that kicked this off was when Tammie Teclemariam tweeted the photo of Rapoport in brown face (yes its brown face its a purposeful caricature of Puerto Rican ppl, his girlfriend called him her papi in the caption as well) saying he should simply write the article on Puerto Rican food then (the issue was Illyanna Maisonet, a Puerto Rican food writer, got rejected rudely by Rapo for her pitch to write about Puerto Rican food) Which brings up the larger issue of BA being racist and not covering any other dishes besides Eurocentric ones, and the ones that aren't Eurocentric are almost always either whitewashed or done by white people which is what happened with Masionet’s article (this is where Amanda Shapiro and Meryl Rothstein come in).

This led to a zoom meeting where Rapo made a shitty apology leading Sohla El-Waylly’s instagram posts, where she condemns Rapo, talks about her 50k salary despite having 15 years of restaurant experience (She ran a fucking restaurant and 50k in NYC is pathetic), being hired to help white editors, and not being paid for ANY of her video appearances (none of the poc you see in videos have been compensated including the zoom videos). Which has led to many people at BA being exposed for being terrible (Conde Nast is the parent company and owns BA, Vogue, Architectural Digest, Allure, Glamour, Wired, Epicurious,Teen Vogue among other things... also take note how most of these have consistently been criticized for their racism or “race problems”)

ANYWAY here’s a general guide of what each BA person has done, this is in no way comprehensive, feel free to investigate on your own, always fact check and form your own opinions!

Adam Rapoport: Brown face, not paying his non-white employees for their video appearances, treating his assistant Ryan Walker-Hartshorn (a black woman) like shit (she was working overtime and was barely making rent with what he was paying her), he's sexist (see every video with Molly) and racist (mixing up Sohla and Priya Krishna and never apologizing) and more!

Check out the Business Insider piece, twitter (Tammie’s, Christina Chaey’s, and Priya’s), Sohla’s podcast and interviews, and someone made a compilation of Rapo being condescending I think

Matt Duckor: Disgusting, racist, homophobic, sexist all around terrible person, probably the most obviously terrible of the bunch (see Rick Martinez’s insta plus Duckor’s own tweets), strung along Sohla for months saying that her pay was “stuck in legal” so that she would keep appearing in videos, gave Sohla a contract when this stuff first started happening to try and shut her up, HE is the one deciding pay for everyone at BA and was the one not paying poc for video appearances.

Check out Rick’s Insta, Twitter for Duckor’s tweets (screenshots bc he deleted his account)

Carla Lalli Music: First off, ppl are pointing out she was condescending af to a lot of her guests on her show (except for the white ones). The racism at BA did not start nor stop with Adam Rapoport and guess who was editor in chief before him? Yup, Mrs. Carla Lalli Music! Necessary amendment: Carla was the food director NOT the editor in chief and she is currently an editor at large... still a powerful position though and I think the sentiment still stands. She had a pretty pathetic twitter thread about how she should’ve done more but was focused on the sexism/focusing on women, strange because she also sent that shitty email to two women along with Delany and Brad after the two of them, Delany, and Brad were talking in the kitchen, telling them not to enter the kitchen without permission (not enforced on Brad or Delany obviously, only the two women who happen to not be white) I misread the article, Brad was a part of the convo, he did NOT receive the email, and didn't respond to the articles request for comment.. he fucking works in the test kitchen, i’m an idiot and that's on me

Business insider and her twitter 

Alex Delany: I have a post with the screenshots of the confederate flag cake he made himself because he felt the “need to express some southern heritage in cake form. Such a glorious cake...” for his friend moving to South Carolina, the lovely vine with the classic “F*g is a bundle of sticks joke” also have a post discussing that, he’s wildly underqualified for DRINKS editor and overpaid, also his girlfriend is Allegra Lorenzotti whose mother Eva Lorenzotti, is in Jeffery Epstein’s black book which is concerning (though who knows maybe Delany is dating a different wealthy Allegralo), also those sexist tweets

I have screenshots from Tumblr, ppl have the vine on twitter along with the sexist tweets (he deleted his twitter and Tumblr btw)

Andy Baraghani: There are screenshots of Alyse Whitney’s (an asian woman) twitter thread saying Andy purposefully undercut her articles multiple times because of a petty feud with Antoni from Queer Eye by using his friendship with Amanda Shapiro (Whitney’s editor) to kill the story, which is shitty and brings up the bigger picture of BA being cliquey and getting in with a friend of a friend and such which is just a toxic work environment

Amanda Shapiro: Puerto Rican food article, Alyse Whitney’s articles, she’s a perpetuator of the toxic work environment, stealing Nikita Richardson’s work and getting credit and pay for it (pls check out her twitter and the articles with her), also racist, should not be in charge

Chris Morocco: Made one (1) basic post (simply a reply to Molly calling him out actually) at the beginning of all this agreeing to not be in anymore videos until his coworkers got paid/backpay, he said he was complicit (duh) but also that he had no idea this was happening, but guess what? He is the one that hired Sohla for only 50k! There is a whole can of worms about how little Sohla was hired for despite her experience plus talent along with her current pay and Chris is a part of that. Also both his gumbo video and Halo Halo recipe are downright disrespectful at BEST and they should not have had a white man doing them (again with the white people doing articles/videos that can be EASILY given to someone whose actually part of that culture) and before anyone says anything yes the gumbo was for Chris’s show (strange how only white ppl get shows or in Andy’s case unless you’re friends with a higher up) still doesn't make the video less disrespectful, also he’s SAID he is friends with Anna Wintour (head of vogue, and a racist “there’s no room for black women” the reason the vogue challenge is happening)

Brad Leone: Himbo status permanently revoked, “Brad who just found out racism is real”(Sohla said this in the Sporkful podcast) is NOT acceptable for a 35 year old white man whose coworkers are suffering in a clearly toxic work environment, the screenshot with “I didn’t sign her contract she did” is NOT how you respond to your coworker being underpaid and disrespected by the company she works at because she is not a white man. I do not like him anymore, he has made apologies but ignorance to this extent is willful and I don't completely buy it the rumors he was upset Delany was going to be fired/would quit if Delany was fired/was mad at Sohla is not something I was able to confirm but based off of what I’ve seen he really needs to prove himself to be better, he can stay if that’s what his coworkers want but he is on thin fucking ice

Stuff I can't accredit to a single person, but BA is racist: 

NIKITA RICHARDSON, pls check her out on twitter

They sent Sohla to interview black chefs (bc BA has a bad track record) because she was the darkest and there were literally NO black chefs working at BA

Making Priya only cook Indian dishes (which were kinda whitewashed) I actually think this may have been Duckor

Tokenizing the poc staff (they would make them be in the kitchen when filming the white hosts shows and push them in front of the camera to highlight nonexistent diversity)

Paying Hawa Hassan only $400 for her video (probs also Duckor)

[raghels]

Priya: Did you know that there’s fanfiction? 

[40millionyears]

the mincing mockingbird guide to troubled test kitchen chefs

[nouveauartpunk]

Jack Saint’s video on the ongoing collapse of Bon Appetit Magazine’s online food media empire, particularly their test kitchen videos, and of Conde Nast’s continued mistreatment of it’s employees, is comprehensive and a must watch. 

We really should ALL be actively boycotting their content until their BIPOC employees and contributors are paid fair and equal wages for their time and hard work.

[blackthxrntree]

Goodbye adam you will not be missed