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The weekender, #5
Okay fine I'll be pro-Kalshi, just this once.
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Summer's hottest tips from my hot + chic friends
Le Hot Tip summer 2026 guide!!!!
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Emily Horne knows spin when she sees it
"When everything is a scandal, then nothing is a scandal."
May 27
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Hot Tip summer + MDW sale!
Because what's today without a deal and a hot dog?
May 25
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Monday recos + reads
Memorial Day edition.
May 25
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Let me do the doomscrolling for you.
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The art of the Sunday Reset
Or, how to defeat even the ~notion~ of Sunday Scaries.
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The weekender, #4
Democracy may be dying, but at least now we have Caesar flavored potato chips.
May 15
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Barack Obama knows the bar is lower now
And also that a hot dog is not a sandwich.
May 7
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The May Tippy
The Hot Tip calendar, trends, + playlist for May.
May 5
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The weekender, #3
An argument for starting tomato girl summer early.
May 2
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And THAT'S why we need a ballroom?
Living at the border of fact and fiction in 2026.
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