Content Consumed: Fashion Week, Kyrgios, and AOC

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Content Consumed

5 min readSep 7, 2022

Happy Wednesday of this beautiful short week!

In today’s edition of Content Consumed…
🚕 New York Fashion Week is for everyone
🎾 Why were we rooting for tennis bad boy Kyrgios?
🧨 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez covers GQ
📺 My picks for the 2022 Emmys

New York Fashion Week is for everyone

Like the U.S. Open or the Venice Film Festival, I don’t think much about this event until it arrives every year. But here we are! Diving into NYFW once again.

What to watch out for, ladies and gents:

More inclusivity and community. Every year, the fashion industry seems to be working harder to include different bodies, skin colors, and ages in their runways and campaigns. Keep an eye out for cultural creators like Ottesa Moshfegh, activists like Aaron Wiggs, and even designers’ friends and family members. (Of course, there will also be Kendall and Gigi and Bella. Naturally.)
Big debuts. One to watch: Virgil Abloh’s successor at Off White, Ib Kamara, will host his first show.
Politics, both local and national. Controversial New York Mayor Eric Adams will be kicking off the week with a cocktail party to affirm his commitment to the fashion industry (and the $$$ it brings the city). There’ll also be sustainability and carbon-neutral show pledges, and midterm elections / Roe v. Wade-influenced pieces may appear on the catwalk.

💬 Want more fashion talk? I loved this piece from a local Glasgow student photographer, asking residents (and photographing them): “What’s your favorite outfit to dance in?”

Rooting for the bad guy: Nick Kyrgios

Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest arena in NYC’s U.S. Open campus, filled with cheers and hollers and applause whenever tennis’ resident bad boy Nick Kyrgios scored a point last night.

Was it because the Australian Kyrgios was playing Russian star Karen Khachanov (who would go on to win the match late in the 5th set)? Or was it because America loves an antihero like racquet-breaker, bottle-thrower, and constant-curser Kyrgios?

Kyrgios has received more fines for his shoddy on-court behavior than any other player in pro tennis history. From smashing objects around him to insulting the crowd, the umpires, his opponents, and even his supporters, Kyrgios isn’t exactly known as a good guy. He’s even facing assault charges in his homeland right now.

Does he even like tennis?! He’s said he’d rather play basketball.

So why do we root for him? Is it the entertainment factor? It must be. Because I can’t tear my eyes away from the screen when he’s constantly chirping at the audience and breaking an average of three racquets per match. How American of me.

AOC covers GQ Magazine

Surely it was a risky proposition from both ends. For GQ, to promote a divisive left-wing female politician on its cover. For Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to reach a (potentially) new audience through a beloved men’s magazine. The main topic of discussion: abortion rights.

Will it pay off for both parties?

The comments on GQ’s cover announcement have been, obviously, full of trash people. Comments range from “this is a men’s magazine, why is there a woman on the cover?!”—despite many women having covered GQ, in significantly more objectifying ways—to truly abusive memes about AOC.

Brushing past the discussion over whether or not AOC should’ve been on the GQ cover, here are some of the most interesting/important bits from the interview:

She’s pessimistic about ever attempting a presidential run due to her identity as a woman and a person of color.
She explains in simple terms why she’s covering a men’s magazine: “For almost every woman that has gotten an abortion, there’s a man who has either been affected or liberated by that abortion too.”
She explained more details about her own rape, and the complexities of reporting, or not reporting, your rapist: “If the vast majority of sexual assaults happen by a familiar person, the last thing you’re going to want to do is throw someone in jail.”

Read the full piece here. It’s worth the read, for sure.

My picks for the Emmys

Alright, alright. Disagree if you want! But here are my votes for the Emmys (which airs this weekend).

📮 Drama Series—“Succession”. My god, how could you watch Season 3 and *not* pick Succession? The depth of characters, the twists of the plots, the iconic sets and flawless production… no one else is a clear winner.

📮 Comedy Series—“Abbott Elementary”. This breakout series from Quinta Brunson has stolen my heart and the nation’s love. Its Parks and Rec style of comedy-drama with deadpan humor and sweet connections make it the cable show of the year.

📮 Limited Series— “The White Lotus”. You already know I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for season 2 in Sicily starring Aubrey Plaza, and the first season deserves recognition for its all-star cast and delicious storytelling.

📮 Lead Actor in a Drama Series—Jeremy Strong (“Succession”). Do I really need to explain this one?

📮 Lead Actress in a Drama Series—Zendaya (“Euphoria”). My one and only take on this: Euphoria would not be what it is—successful, with a cult following, taking over the Internet with every episode—if Zendaya was not the star.

📮 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series—Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”). This feels like a sleeper candidate for the win. But if you’ve seen The Great, you understand why Nicholas Hoult has my vote. The facial expressions, the delivery of lines, the unique ability to make us hate and love a character all at once… he’s killing it.

📮 Lead Actress in a Comedy Series—Issa Rae (“Insecure”). I really wish I hadn’t hopped on the Insecure train so late. Issa Rae is such a talent as a writer, producer, actress, and showrunner and I can’t wait to follow her career for decades.

💬 Want more Emmys talk? Read this piece from The Hollywood Reporter, where one TV Academy voter explains their choices. It’s a great insight from a professional, even if I disagreed with some of their takes.