Welcome to The Nicholist! My weekly list of pop culture where I gush on everything that’s got me obsessed.
Jessel Taank’s List
Jessel Taank started my The Real Housewives of New York power list in dead last. But through the weeks, she has risen to be a true fave. "This list is longer than a CVS receipt," she says about her iPhone checklist on all the ways Housewives castmate and Trumper and bummer Erin Lichy has wronged her. I love lists, justice, grudges, and calling white bitches out. Jessel, you have my heart.
This Meme
“Relatable content,” says the writer of this Substack, whose sentences are mostly commas and whose essays are known to be overwrought.
Comfort by Nicholas Galitzine
I can’t stop listening to this song. By one of the actors from the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie. I’m very scared it’s going to pop up in my Spotify Wrapped. And then it’s going to be like, “Why did Nicholas listen to that song by that guy from the Red, White, and Royal Blue movie so much? Faggot." You know?
Victim by
My favorite book I read this week! It’s funny, well-written, enthralling, and has a main character where you’re like, “I possibly don’t like you,” but then you do even though they’re kinda fuck ups. All my favorite things. Victim calls out navigating a white world as a non-white person: how we perform for whiteness but also how we get drunk on our own oppression Olympics and abuse it to gain power. Recommend (except it comes out in March 2024)!
Filipino American History Month
Today is the first day of Filipino American History Month. From now until November 1, everyone is required to give me special treatment. 🇵🇭
Thank you for the shout out! So glad to hear that you enjoyed the book, and really appreciate you reading it.