Madison Malone Kircher, The New York Times

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The New York Times
  • Vulture
  • New York Magazine
  • Grub Street
  • The Cut
  • The Chainsaw

Past articles by Madison:

What Partygoers Wore to a Gwyneth Paltrow-Themed Drag Show in NYC

Partygoers donned glitter and gowns in homage to the actress and jade egg enthusiast at a party in Brooklyn. → Read More

Twitter Can Have a Little Story As a ‘Fleet’ UPDATE: NEVERMIND, NO IT CAN’T, SHUT IT DOWN

Twitter has given up on its feature called fleets, Twitter stories aren’t permanent posts and instead delete after 24 hours. They are similar to Snapchat or Instagram stories. They will go dark August 3. → Read More

25 Edits That Define the Modern Internet Video

They say good editing goes unnoticed. Online, it goes viral. It’s clear in the best internet videos across YouTube, Vine, Musical.ly, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: Editing defines the aesthetic, humor, and power of online storytelling. → Read More

How the Strand Lost Its Workers

The Strand is the most iconic bookstore in New York City—and an iconic place to work. Now the store’s union says the owner Nancy Bass Wyden has ignored their rights during the pandemic. → Read More

The Receipt-Keeper of YouTube

After a video about Shane Dawson and a trilogy about Jeffree Star, James Charles, and Tati Westbrook blew up his channel, Wallace’s channel has pioneered a new kind of YouTube drama channel professionalism. → Read More

This Was Me Trying, Says Karlie Kloss

Karlie Kloss tweeted that she “tried” talking to her family members about politics. Kloss is married to Josh Kushner, who is the brother of Jared Kushner. Jared is an advisor to President Trump and married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka. → Read More

Thank You, Taylor Swift, for Making My Sad Yuletide Gay(er)

With “dorothea,” Swift revives the same narrative device she employed on “betty.” She’d later say the song was from a male perspective, but her gender-neutral lyrics continue to leave a big hole in that argument. → Read More

A Brief Recounting of Me Watching Ammonite on My Couch

At least hanging a giant mirror with my girlfriend during intermission felt queer, unlike this movie (starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan). → Read More

[Redacted Dead Grey’s Anatomy Character] Returns to Make You Teary

George O’Malley returned to Grey’s Anatomy in Season 17. Played by T.R. Knight, we haven’t seen George since he died saving a woman from getting hit by a bus in the season five finale. → Read More

Mary Steenburgen’s iPad Is the Real Star of Happiest Season

It’s the one element of Clea DuVall’s Christmas movie, co-starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, that is absolutely, unimpeachably perfect. → Read More

How Does One Make the Yuletide Gay?

The Hulu film, directed by Clea DuVall and starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, isn’t a perfect LGBTQ Christmas movie, but does it need to be? → Read More

Shuggie Bain Takes the Booker Prize

The Booker Prize winner for 2020 has officially been announced and we should now all congratulate Douglas Stuart on his win. His novel, Shuggie Bain, tells a story – based on his own life – about a childhood spent in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1980s. → Read More

Your Burning The Crown Historical Questions, Googled

Season 4 of Netflix’s The Crown nods to many real-life events involving the royals, Elizabeth, and Margaret Thatcher. Here are details on the season’s big real-life moments, including Mountbatten’s murder, the palace intruder, and Thatcher’s son. → Read More

A Brief Recounting of Me Watching Ammonite on My Couch

At least hanging a giant mirror with my girlfriend during intermission felt queer, unlike this movie (starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan). → Read More

Dash & Lily: Every Question I Had About the Holiday Romcom

The Netflix Christmas romantic comedy Dash & Lily is a great binge-watch, but it’s also grounded in 0 percent reality, especially when it comes to characters’ ages and New York City geography. Here’s all our questions, one episode at a time. → Read More

You’ve Got to Be McKidding Me With This Grey’s Anatomy Twist

Derek Shepherd AKA McDreamy returned as a ghost on Grey’s Anatomy’s season seventeen premiere on Thursday night. Played by Patrick Dempsey, we haven’t seem Shepherd’s character since he died in season 11 in a car crash. → Read More

People! Are! Worth! Saving!

The only constant in my life has been Melissa McCarthy. Specifically, Melissa McCarthy screaming, voice quavering, at a translucent AI computer screen, “PEOPLE ARE WORTH SAVING!” in an ad that will not stop playing hour after hour after hour. → Read More

Just Some Good TikToks to Watch While You Wait for Election Results

The election results are still being tallied, so watch some funny TikTok videos about swing states, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump while we wait. → Read More

Kimberly J. Brown Answers Every Question We Have About Halloweentown

On riding brooms with Debbie Reynolds, dating her Disney movie costar, and how the writers changed the ending at the last second. → Read More

The National Book Awards Finalists Hath Arrived

The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards. The fiction finalists include Rumaan Alam for Leave the World Behind, Lydia Millet for A Children’s Bible, and Douglas Stuart for Shuggie Bain. → Read More