I’m going to start with the assumption that most people don’t actually believe straight, white, cis people invented “slay” and “throw shade” and “spill tea.” (This could be, as they …
Congratulations on your hard-earned self-discipline and whatever. Good for you. Except Science has determined that discipline is a finite thing, and all that fancy willpower you have just drains away …
I was Andy before Andy was cool. Not entirely, of course. For instance, I made it two years at a national fashion industry publication that shall remain nameless but was …
Y’all, it’s all in fun. <3 to all the creative (adjective) teams that worked hard on this creative (noun), except maybe the Hotel Chocolat one. One might think that I, …
It’s Autism Acceptance Month, and… I am that. It’s not something I’ve been secretive about. And I’ve tended to talk about challenges I deal with related to it, in part …
Why is the U.S. one of the only two countries in the entire world that allow D2C prescription drug advertising? Probably because it takes a very specific balance of healthcare …
Dear Baby Creatives, The brief is not the enemy. Is it restrictive, reductive, and occasionally written by someone who doesn’t fully understand exactly what creative does? Absolutely. But even that …
Someone tell me who willed Fast Food CEO Mukbang into existence. Why did Wendy’s U.S. President Pete Suerken go on Xitter to very pointedly eat a Wendy’s hamburger (while very …
Do I usually do the Famous Person in Black History kind of profiles? No, and no judgment — I just lean more toward contextual stuff. But now here I am, …
I introduced the Creepy Awards (a companion piece to our annual Weepy Awards) in 2023 as a celebration of the weird-ass stuff many ad agencies crank out every year for …
