Miranda

Why Are Tech Bros and Billionaires Infiltrating Creative Spaces?

Miranda Vidak — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This is going to be a quick run-through of the key points I wanted to highlight about the Met Gala. I genuinely do not want to invest more than the bare minimum of my energy into the tech bros and billionaires who have infiltrated every space and taken so much from us already. I refuse to give them even more of my attention on top of everything else they’ve taken. You have all the money in the world, your workers are pissing in the plastic bottles to meet the productivity quota, you fund ICE,...

Knowing the Cage Exists Doesn’t Set You Free

Miranda Vidak — Tue, 05 May 2026 00:14:45 GMT

What a week this has been. This has to be the absolute dumbest timeline in history. The world has seen its share of horrors, but we might be living in the most profoundly stupid timeline since Adam and Eve. Not the most violent, not the most tragic. The dumbest. Every Sunday that I wake up still semi-sane, not yet driven to bang my head against a wall, I count it as a victory. Another week endured under a ruling class that is both comically clueless and disturbingly violent. This week’s...

Connor Storrie’s Rise Is a Recalibration

Miranda Vidak — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

In case you haven’t already figured this out, Hollywood isn’t innocent in creating the dystopian world we live in. In fact, it’s an active participant — a creator, an accomplice, an extended hand. American arrogance doesn’t stop at geopolitics or failed diplomacy; it seeps into culture, cinema, music, entertainment — into the narratives that teach the world how to perceive power. Hollywood is not simply complicit in the global power structure. It’s one of the most morally corrupt cultural...

Ageism Is Self-Hatred on Delay

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, and the cast of Couture attended the film’s premiere at Pathé Palace in Paris. Louis and Angelina are rumored to be dating. The comments on social media flooded in: “She could be his mother.” “She’s too old for him.” “He should run.” Angelina is 50 years old, Louis is 42. I’ve been seeing this kind of commentary for years on the posts of many famous women over 45 — Kate Beckinsale, Sienna Miller, Heidi Klum, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and others. These comments are...

Love as Counter-Programming

Miranda Vidak — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

For the past two years, like anyone with a talent for words and a functioning conscience, I wrote about power. I wrote about wars, genocides, cruelty, violence, and the cost of bearing witness. That cost was high for me. I lost myself in the process. I became a shell of a human being — waking up every day to frantically research the latest atrocity that had happened while I slept, taking notes, consuming, sourcing, reliving it in my bones so I could put it on paper and pass the information...

And What Have We Done?

Miranda Vidak — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 06:26:14 GMT

We need to talk about us. The people. Society. And what have we done? I tend to not talk about celebrities in the times of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time unfolding on our phones, but last week with the Oscars, the celebrity culture intertwined with…

This Is What You Came For

Miranda Vidak — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:04:00 GMT

Taylor Swift has a new boyfriend. Possibly! Maybe? We need this. Lately, the world has been exceptionally exhausting.; a joyous event unfolding before our eyes, even if carefully crafted in some PR office, we’ll take it. Lie to us! But lie well. So far it has been well.

Walking in Other Women's Shoes

Miranda Vidak — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:22:00 GMT

Two years ago, an unlikely place held a valuable lesson for me. I’m not sure I deserved it, nor I was proud of how I got it, but it was mine, nonetheless. 2021 proved to be exceptionally challenging, perhaps the most trying year I've ever faced, in terms of dealing with people.

Stop Disturbing Women You’re Not Ready For

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:25:33 GMT

I popped onto Twitter the other day, scrolled through my timeline a bit, and within a few minutes, I ran into three interesting Tweets: “Stop disturbing women you’re not ready for”, “Men be like “I’m different” then be a different type of disappointment”, “When you first…”

My Beige Summer

Miranda Vidak — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 07:22:24 GMT

Summer is a notoriously challenging season for writing. Is it just me? I have to look outside my window and see gloom, rather than glee, to steady myself enough to put some sensible words on paper. Writing blossoms well in irritation, sadness, and hurt. Summer usually brings happiness and excitement, and those feelings rarely…

The Summer That Freed Me from Teen Dramas

Miranda Vidak — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 21:24:35 GMT

There’s just something about the low-stakes teen dramas that nourishes our soul. Is it a connection to our childhood, a reminder of how the shows we watched influenced our journey in this world? It’s comforting to me, even at this age; I don’t think I will ever outgrow…

Barbenheimer: Public Relations Move or Trojan Horse?

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 05:50:13 GMT

I promised myself I wouldn’t write about this. We are choking with Barbie opinion pieces. What is Barbenheimer anyway? Someone invented a name, a term, and we all just went for it? I’m aware it’s just…

Queen Charlotte: A Triumph of Mental Health Conversation

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:47:29 GMT

I was convinced there is no story or a season out of Bridgerton universe that’ll seduce me more than Season 2 and the Viscount/Sharma bonanza, yet it did. ‘Queen Charlotte’ floored me. If you’ve already watched it…

Boomer-Zero Takes the Crown

Miranda Vidak — Sun, 07 May 2023 21:15:34 GMT

In the research for this article, I ran into Caitlin Flanagan of The Atlantic calling King Charles a “Boomer Zero” and I can’t unsee it. Boomer Zero! It explains so much, and most importantly - summarizes the Coronation and the new reign under Charles in two neat words.

You Don’t Need More Friends

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:52:00 GMT

Folks, it’s purge season. This is your reminder to wipe the dust from those boundaries you set up but never actually placed in action. Society tricked you into thinking you need hordes of friends, so you tolerate things from people who use your kindness, empathy, and vulnerability to…

Benign Success or Magnificent Failure?

Miranda Vidak — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:59:00 GMT

I’m a big believer in regularly reminding ourselves of who we are. The pace of life we’re on is hectic and fast, it’s easy to forget who we used to be, what we liked, what got our hearts running. What was our passion? What did we collect as kids? What formed us to be what we are today?

The Irish Oscars

Miranda Vidak — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 21:40:16 GMT

In 2009, I wrote my first blog. It was the night of the Golden Globes when Tina Fey told her internet haters to suck it on a national stage, and the night Colin Farrell picked up the Best Actor for his role in In Bruges. When he got on stage, he was sniffing a tad bit or his nose was running, and he said…

An Intro to Retroactive Jealousy

Miranda Vidak — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:13:25 GMT

I used to write a lot about why men do what they do. I analyzed them to a point of unconsciousness, thinking if I break them down diligently, I would somehow instigate a shift in dubious behaviors. Men don’t bother me as of late.

I Come for the Social Commentary, I Stay for the Murders

Miranda Vidak — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:59:48 GMT

I didn’t expect to be mesmerized by You on Netflix as much as I am. When a movie or a tv-show is made based on a book, I usually want to read the book first.

‘Pamela, a Love Story’ Is No Curated Experience

Miranda Vidak — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:18:00 GMT

My friend Brandon often tells me - “Miranda, society peaked in the ‘90s”. And sometimes he tells me he’s jealous I got to be a teenager and a young adult then and do all the stupidly cool things people did in the ‘90s. If you give me the option to be 20 right now, today…