Agreed, the premiere was a lot of fun and seems like a great group of queens.

Might be because of differences in the actual songs themselves, but I thought the verses in this group were noticeably stronger; some of them last week were rushed (Tina) and/or almost unintelligible (Kandy). The performance was also more cohesive despite hinting at there being too many choreographers in the group. In…

On a similar note, I think they stuffed too much into this episode. I’m That Bitch was so, so good (although Kate was right to point out Widow being a major reason) and this was a let down in comparison lyrically and choreographically. Not only was I confused when we went right from them writing in the work room to…

Agreed, it will be interesting to see if they learned from Brita’s edit last season that being a “big name in NYC” only gives you so much leeway, particularly if you are vocally critical of younger queens but underperform yourself. They laid the groundwork last episode for some Olivia vs Tina/Rose type of rivalries,…

Still not sold on this format. There was a weird dynamic where some the “winning queens” felt like they were owed something for winning one, arbitrary and on-the-spot lipsync. Particularly not sure why we are expected to think that the first thing the group of queens would do is not ask Eliott “what the hell happened…

The Marie twist (not even sure I should call it that) to just wrap up their relationship with Zelda was all the more frustrating considering *TECHNICALLY SPOILERS* there’s literally no pay off to Baron Semedi’s first gift. Maybe it was something they would have used in a full season, or a S5, but it’s once again…

Particularly when the plot of most episodes this season have followed the same exact formula: new terror shows up at Blackwood’s church, something bad happens at the school/academy/town, Sabrina goes to Ambrose for help (“don’t be stupid, cousin!”), Sabrina does something stupid, cut to Hell where there’s nothing…

For Tina and Rose, there’s clearly some sort of storyline as experienced NYC queens vs. Olivia, the upstart queen. I think that will carry one or both of them as far as Olivia goes, at the very least. And that’s not a judgement of her talent as she actually seems primed for that “newer queen” run on the show.

Yes, I agree that makes sense logistically. I’m not against a split premiere. Both S6 and S12 did them well, in my opinion.

Wow, kicking off a new year with drag race is certainly exciting! It seems both not so long ago and so long ago we were chatting about S12. Time is meaningless.

Goldfish and other aquarium fish have become invasive precisely because people release them into waterways after losing interest or realizing they require more work/space then they thought. Next time do the responsible thing and find a new home for an animal you take in.

Can maybe someone who was in the UK in the 80s explain how these bakes fit together in a theme? What an odd premise, but I guess I prefer seeing them challenged with different types of ingredient or baking style each week rather than a (messy) gimmick.

It is far, far too early to know for sure but some models are showing this thing turning back out into the NW Caribbean and re-forming if it doesn’t get too torn up by land. Increasingly less likely, but not impossible, that it could cross over into the Pacific. 2020, y’all.

I know GBBO is more of a marathon than a sprint, so it’s exciting that there’s no clear “front runner.” Everyone but Hermine has a star baker now, and everyone has had an off week that put them close to leaving. So even though I haven’t liked all of the challenges, and parts of the early episodes were a bit annoying…

We also might not have peninsular Florida. Wait...that could be a good thing.

Live look at Virginia right now:

To counter with some good news, the recent Yale Climate Change Communications survey shows people “dismissive” of climate change is the lowest its ever been. But there’s a huge chunk of the population that still needs a push to be motivated to do something.

Rowan is like the complete opposite of Jamie last season but similar end results. Jamie was totally over his head, but was charming enough I guess to get some slack early on. Rowan is (obviously) more experienced, but to the point where he isn’t listening to the judges and just wants to do his own thing which is…

Really don’t think its helpful to frame this as “uncreative trolling.” This account was sharing Katie Hill’s revenge porn pics, harassing trans and BIPOC academics (often early-career or students), and attempting to doxx and threaten someone they falsely claimed was responsible for professor’s suicide. This wasn’t…

I heard the same thing about the tent too, second hand, and the only reference I can find is a Vulture article saying they didn’t use one. But it looked basically the same to me?