Emily Frantz

I have a new piece out in print and online for those who enjoy Wawa, Annie Ernaux, and fake Bruce Springsteen lyrics fiftygrande.com/the-weird-worl… via @FiftyGrandeMag

The Mayor of New York SHOULD be too left wing for national politics. It would be stupid if the mayor of a rich liberal city was trying to appeal to Bucks County swing voters.

It’s not that a company fired a comedian for saying something - it’s that the US government explicitly pressured them to. There’s no censorship equivalent, at least in my lifetime.

Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.

get me back to god’s country

performance art for marketing. television is so back.

Someone please introduce Gen Z men to NPR! Some words on the podcast manosphere for @WeeklyHumorist: weeklyhumorist.com/i-have-been-si…

“There is nothing particularly glamorous about rest stops: the places we stop on the road when we need to rest, refuel or, in my case, be violently ill in a parking lot after seeing Weezer perform.” | @crc_nyu alum @frantzy_lady for @FiftyGrandeMag fiftygrande.com/the-weird-worl…

I think more people should know a Senator just uncovered scores of women dying because of Trump’s abortion ban

I wrote about the current wave of emo festivals and their older fans for @FiftyGrandeMag fiftygrande.com/emos-post-mort…

this debate has EVERYTHING: dog eating, baby killing, transgender operations on illegal aliens in prisons

the DNC planning the "surprise"

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i can’t believe he said this…

So what’s the plan here? No news, journalism, criticism, or human-made art? That’s the utopia?

I wrote a live sketch show! NYC — come see some fantastic improvisers in action next Friday night. eventbrite.com/e/democracy-20…

The Sacrifice of Isaac, by Rembrandt, 1635

A hard assignment but someone had to do it: Finding My Beach at the Times Square Margaritaville for @FiftyGrandeMag fiftygrande.com/margaritaville…

I wrote about my delightfully weird day at @Newportfolkfest for @FiftyGrandeMag, including lots of boat talk, @beatsbydog's new album & a Muppet. fiftygrande.com/inside-2023-ne…

Sundays are for asking the hard hitting questions