Archive - mercurial surplus

[REVIEW] Who’s Afraid Of The Fame Monster?

reviewing Miley Cyrus’ ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, and how its meditations on fame compare against Lady Gaga’s seventh studio album, MAYHEM

Jun 9 •

May 2025

[ESSAY] Whose Political Theater Is It Anyways?: Exploitating the Black Dandy at the Met Gala

On the history of the Black dandy, empty gestures, and modern-day Minstrel acts

May 15 •

December 2024

my favorite reads, first-time watches, and music of the year!

Dec 31, 2024 •

October 2024

[REVIEW] Short n’ Sweet

on Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth studio album, Short n’ Sweet, compulsory heterosexuality, and Beyoncé

Oct 4, 2024 •

April 2024

[REVIEW] The Tortured Poets Department

some thoughts on Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album and the inherent benefits of challenge

Apr 29, 2024 •

March 2024

[DISPATCH] rested, caught up, and human

Mar 31, 2024 •

August 2023

[DISPATCH] notes from a homeless month

on travel (constant) and hoping (waxing, waning) and bitterness (transient and contradictory)

Aug 31, 2023 •

[DISPATCH] the bitch is back

on witches and suitors, Medellín, and the one-year anniversary of my expedition

Aug 1, 2023 •

April 2023

[DISPATCH] once bitter, twice shy

on the depth of women and whether I will leave Colombia early

Apr 11, 2023 •

March 2023

[DISPATCH] ¡Ánimo!

on COVIDval, the gender politics of tejo and a massacred pink szn

Mar 1, 2023 •

February 2023

[DISPATCH] healing my inner SZA

on limit-experiences, delusional romantics and creating OÍSTE

Feb 1, 2023 •

December 2022

[DISPATCH] Merry Christmas, you filthy animal

on gambling, being a Grinch abroad and the opportunity of New Year's Eve

Dec 31, 2022 •

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