Content Consumed: Bronny James, Emrata, Barbiecore
Happy Wednesday! In today’s Content Consumed, we’re chatting about…
⛵ ️Hating your pandemic impulse buy
🥴 Emrata’s divorce, A.K.A. the Super Bowl for overly confident men
🏀 Bronny James fanboys scare me
💖 It’s a Barbiecore summer
☀️ Are baseball jerseys fashionable?
The pandemic impulse purchases we grew to hate
Let’s begin with the obvious: the Peloton. And all other exercise equipment. Looking at you, stair-stepper in the corner of my home office! This COVID-specific flavor of buyers’ remorse is very real. Some of it is trivial, like board games or roller skates. Some of it is aspirational, like bread makers or that damn stair-stepper. Some of it is much more serious, like pets. One older couple, who chose to remain anonymous due to fear of fellow dog-owners, said that “their dog has foiled their retirement plans. They’ve lost their spontaneity and ability to go places at the drop of a hat.”
Emily Ratajkowski’s divorce: the Super Bowl for overly confident men
No, you who are reading this, you will not be Emrata’s future husband. Her soon-former husband (real estate scammer, coke dealer, faux entrepreneur, shoddy producer, and artisté) really sucks and this divorce will suck for her. But that isn’t stopping the gossip rags from reporting the endless amount of men, both celebrity and normy, who are ready to pop the question. Drake, John Mayer, Trevor Noah, and others have all been said to “be keeping their eye on” Emrata. Excuse me whilst I vomit a little. LEAVE HER ALONE!
Bronny James fanboys scare me
Every game—really, every practice—hundreds of people fill bleachers to watch Bronny James, son of Lebron James, play ball. “Bronny has reached the point where he gets the anticipation “Ooh” from the crowd whenever he touches the ball,” SI reports from a recent tournament. He even has fanboys, kids who don’t know him personally but show up to all his games to cheer him on. These kids, and the adults also packing the bleachers, believe they’re in early on what’s actually a very well-known secret: Bronny James is going to be a very, very good NBA player. And if it makes these die-hard fans of a 17-year-old feel good, okay. From a world away, I would just like to hope Bronny is okay with the pressure. But hey—he’s been living for 17 years with the name Lebron James Jr. The pressure can’t be new.
It’s a Barbiecore summer
Kim K., Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Chanel, Armani—who isn’t in on our Barbiecore summer? We’ve seen a trend of bright colors and splashy patterns since late 2020 thanks to high fashion trying to pick up our low spirits, but pink is officially *it* right now. Pop culture, as always, is an influence: photos from the set of Barbie (releasing next summer) have people (me) rushing to purchase bright pink. It just looks, for lack of a better term, happy. How can you be sad when wearing bright pink? And the actual fashion world is also falling for the color and vibe, with almost the entirety of Valentino’s F/W 22 collection made of a striking shade of fuchsia.
Are baseball jerseys fashionable?
I will be the first person to say that a man should never wear a jersey outside of the house unless they are going to support that jersey’s team at a game. But baseball jerseys… feel a little different. Different than football and basketball jerseys at least, which always feel a bit white-trash to me. Baseball jerseys have that romantic, vintage vibe about them. They’re easier to make stylish than others, with a classic cap and short shorts and white sneakers. They bring out the die-hard fans. They fit in with the pop culture of the past.
And that’s it for now! Remember to eat well, check in on your loved ones, and take alone time when you need it today.
Love,
Casey
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