C.O.U.R.T. Report
Week of 10/20
Jesters,
Had a quick trip to NYC this week. However I am feeling lonely this time of year, despite being an every day fan of dress up. Please see below for this week’s C.O.U.R.T report:
Complaint/Claim
Complaint: Why don’t Drake fans face the same scrutiny as any other predominantly woman-led fandom?
Claim: I literally hate Drake. He is on the opposite side of my spectrum of taste and I entertain too many baited arguments about fandom from his defenders. The truth is, I will never like Drake.
When discussing my newly named hatred with a friend, she said that she bets there’s an overwhelming overlap between those who love Drake and hate Taylor Swift. Mostly those who fall in the “pick-me” category. And it’s like, if you don’t like Taylor Swift, you’re not a girl’s girl. So my claim is if you tell me you love Drake, you’re a straight man or wanting desperately to be relevant to them.
Obviously, I’m Obsessed With
I love the entirety of Charm by Clairo. Legit every single song on the album.
There’s quite a bit of developed lore about Clairo, but I went to Syracuse University while she was a student there, so I witnessed the bedroom-pop star rise literally first hand (which is also what every other Syracuse student who overlapped with Claire would say). I hated the boy she dated then because he was awful, but I enjoyed watching her shine and deflect the swarms of trashy, music industry men who believed she would be their ticket to the big time.
I found this deep in the archives from a Syracuse DIY house show in 2017. Yeah—I was in the front row. I wish her nothing but all the success in the world.
Under Oath
I cried silently on the plane watching Neville Longbottom get awarded 10 points for Gryffindor for standing up to his friends at the end of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone.
I watch Tangled so often that I’ve stopped documenting my watches on Letterboxd.
I don’t enjoy the content cycle that comes with Halloween. It used to be that “Gay Halloween”—the term for the niche, chronically-online, funny costumes worn (mostly) by the queer community— were the only costumes meant to be on the inside of the internet jokes. Halloween used to feel like a Twitter-first holiday, but now it’s in short-form video territory.
I find it interesting to watch the decision pipeline of Halloween costuming be done with the intent to produce content with maximum visibility and virality. Here’s how the questioning goes in my head:
1) how niche but universal can this costume be where others will understand the reference but not copy the concept?
2) Is there a viral audio/sound that relates to the concept?
3) which party should you attend where people will understand this costume and not question it all evening? does it matter if they get it? or only if the internet does?
4) who should be casted/included in the costume idea (potentially someone with great lip-syncing abilities, maybe even some experience in movement, but really we need someone with great camera-skills)
A thought: If you couple-costumed with your unwilling, but non-argumentative boyfriend but didn’t post it to TikTok, did you even dress up?
Repeat Offenses
I have been disappointing myself regularly by struggling to get through my work week only to reach the weekend and realize I’ve made no plans to make me feel better.
Also, I have been falling asleep between 9-10PM lately, which is unusual for me. I can’t bring myself to stay awake any longer.
Temporary Insanity
Finally decided to be brave and get back into my Hinge account, only to discover I did not have even one promising match!!!!!!!!!!!
