Erin

Final girl if a final girl died instantly from stress and wasn’t a girl

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Men invented sports commentary so they could gossip

[ej @ejdickson]

I find it utterly disappointing and frankly disturbing how much my colleagues in the media have dropped the ball on covering this.

It isn't insightful to dismiss people with eating disorders, which have the highest mortality of any psychiatric illness. It isn't a Smart Take to mock people's concern for a woman who has, very publicly, and very obviously, been struggling with a deadly illness for a long time.

I understand talking about women's bodies is difficult and this is a hot-button issue that a lot of people don't know how to discuss sensitively. But this is a celebrity with millions of young fans whose lives are at stake. And her illness is being celebrated as not just normal, but aspirational.

I also understand she personally has no obligation to publicly discuss this. And I agree with that, but only to an extent. Because by virtue of her fame, WE have to publicly discuss this and de-normalize it. This is a woman with 360 million followers on Instagram, whose face is plastered over Swarovski and Givenchy ads, who performs to sold-out venues worldwide. EVERYTHING about her is sold to her fans as aspirational, and it's willfully ignorant to pretend otherwise.

Ariana Grande's art may be in "acrimonious conversation with its spectators." But anyone familiar with the psychology of eating disorders knows that this acrimony is not coming from a rational place. She may be angry about the public scrutiny, but that's because she has a disease that is telling her she is beautiful and thriving and everyone who disagrees is just jealous, even as she withers away in real time. It's completely disingenuous to pretend she has the moral high ground here. It just lends credence to her (patently wrong) claim that she is healthy and happy and look away, everyone, everything is fine.

None of this is Ariana's fault. But it's our responsibility to call this illness out for what it is, rather than continuing to look the other way and write off the discourse as misogynistic body-shaming. And failing to do so is nothing short of a moral failure. Not just for Ariana, but for the millions of young girls who need to be told, in no uncertain terms, that this is NOT normal.

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

@MaxWeigel8 Can the blue be any blue or is it specific

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

What a blogger to a rocker what’s a rocker to… Paul Mescal’s Paul McCartney??

[space age country girl @fckingmelodrama]

baby that’s the dare

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

If a girl who’s dressed like she lives in Maury Hill cuts me off to get on the L I’m sorry but I am judging her, why do you need to get to happy hour drinks at a rooftop in Williamsburg more than I need to get back to my apartment?

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

What did I do to the Polish community of Tom’s River New Jersey for their young men to be treating me like this

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Sidney Crosby are you ready to be a husband

[christina @wanderrlust]

Sid’s tips for the perfect banana bread!

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Smoking on that shit that made Mel king

[vic 🧸 @itwillcomebacks]

all roads lead back to this album at the end of the day https://t.co/I3Z053PKhl

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

The wind that makes you wonder if you can ever be loved genuinely is back in Bushwick

[my food is talking to me @pinkst3rs]

I’m a hater. Time has passed, i should move on, but i stay here, resilient in my hate, revelling in my own bitterness. I stay resentful at the time take away from me sitting watching this pathetic attempt at a movie. I scorn and spit at you saltburn

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Childhood best friend’s dad who works for the NHL when he’s forced to talk to us about Heated Rivalry

[allie @allie_bsp]

Ginger ale got every health benefit of medical marijuana

[cherry ☆ @lullabylarva]

women think men echo

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

I think if you’ve ever invested in private voice lessons as an adult you shouldn’t be allowed to do karaoke

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

I’m like a if a sneakerhead was only obsessed with new balances.

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Your lameass ex boyfriend shouldn’t be allowed to be in Brooklyn

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Every time a girl takes up running because her boyfriend does it, an angel loses their wings.

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

Call me Amanda Seyfried in Jennifer’s Body the way I’m Needy

[Erin @ErinxArnold]

If I had a nickel for every time I saw Eva Noblezada in a show with a turntable I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.