Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | February 18, 2024
As right-wing bigots continue to lose their minds over Kristen Stewart’s Rolling Stone cover, she’s loving that they’re being forced out of their comfort zone: “The existence of a female body thrusting any type of sexuality at you that’s not designed for or desired by exclusively cis straight males is something that people are not like super comfy with, so I’m really happy with it.” Stewart also had some fire to spit about how Hollywood needs to do better with queer films that don’t require her or others to “stand on a f**king soapbox and be everyone’s spokesperson.” (Variety)
Travis Kelce is producing an indie film called My Dead Friend Zoe now that he’s a big-name celebrity. (Lainey Gossip)
Of course, racist Michigan Rep. Josh Schriver is a white rapper who thinks Lincoln wrote the Constitution. (Wonkette)
Lionel Riche regrets not having Madonna on “We Are the World.” (Vulture)
I just want to give a special shout-out to my fellow Pajibans for making my job very easy tonight. Thank you!
From Chris: Large food service corporations like McDonald’s and Olive Garden are using AI-generated personality tests for job applicants that feature bizarre or indecipherable questions with visual aids of weird blue alien people. (404 Media)
In the latest issue of her newsletter, Kayleigh looks into the “mom jeans scandal” of Jessica Simpson and what it revealed about 2000s-era celebrity fatphobia. (Substack)
From Petr: Yes, my nerds. “Iron Maiden is a popular band among taxonomists and museum curators” as evidenced by scientists in Peru naming a new species of lizard after Bruce Dickinson. (Louder)
From James: Gilbert & Sullivan’s Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a masterpiece. (YouTube)
From Chris: So there won’t be a sharkray after all because it seems as if that mysteriously pregnant stingray asexually reproduced. Life finds a way. (AP)
Emmalita has never considered February magical, but Tia Williams’ leap-year romance may have changed her mind. “A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is gorgeous, lyrical, layered with meaning, and will make you grateful to bleed for it.” What’s the last book you fell in love with? (Cannonball Read 16)
From Kayleigh:
Eric Bauza yells “RELEASE COYOTE VS. ACME!” during his speech at the 2024 #AnnieAwards. pic.twitter.com/dp02lIBLDg
— ToonHive (@ToonHive) February 18, 2024
