TV Updates #NoConfederate Last night during Game of Thrones, while Cersei unleashed her full cruelty and Jon Snow wondered exactly how Daenerys got her waves so even and perfect, the hashtag #NoConfederate trended #1 across the US, and #2 worldwide, for most of the 9 – 10 PM hour. It was the result of By Duana • Jul 31, 2017 02:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: People Make Me Happy Sometimes I wonder if I’m full of sh*t because I mock cheesy greeting cards and email-chain poems but some of this name stuff makes me so happy. Don’t tell anyone, lest you ruin my ‘contrarian’ cred. But today we have two of the things I love most: By Duana • Jul 28, 2017 04:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Problem with ‘My People’ Duana, I'm desperately seeking your sage advice. Having read your fascinating book (and every single one of your name blog posts), I feel like I'm slightly more equipped to handle naming my still-yet-to-be-named little one. But with only a month, and the gender to be determined By Duana • Jul 26, 2017 05:33 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Girl Talk, Mindy’s New Project, and ‘Tante Céline’ Our podcast is always fun to record and often we’re having a celebratory beverage as we record – but this week we were recording moments (well… several moments) before running out the door to see Girls Trip. The movie had the best live-action comedy opening of the year, it was By Duana • Jul 24, 2017 05:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is This A Real Name? Dear Duana, We're expecting a baby girl any day now and she will be our second child. our first born is a boy and we were able to find a name for him that we both loved early on: Aidan. We chose this name because it's By Duana • Jul 24, 2017 04:07 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Married To My Name Dear Duana - Three years ago as we were about to welcome our first daughter your voice was in my head. (She's a Veronica, by the way. Best name for our kiddo hands down.) Awkwardly, I'm writing for your input on a situation I've By Duana • Jul 21, 2017 04:35 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: WWDD? Duana, I find names fascinating. I am due with my first babe in just under two weeks and I have been pretty set on a name up until now. Just to dial it back, about six months, I was pretty damn convinced that we were having a girl as I By Duana • Jul 19, 2017 05:28 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: We Do These Here Dear Duana, I don't know if you do these types of requests but figured it was worth a shot. I am six weeks away from starting university at a school where I know almost no one. I'm excited. It also gives me the opportunity to go By Duana • Jul 17, 2017 04:23 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ruminations On The Carter Twins’ Names As Lainey said earlier, we can officially celebrate the birth of the twins because they were officially acknowledged by Bey – and by her mother Tina. But I am not going to surprise anyone when I say that I didn’t feel like celebrating. I’m going to be honest— I By Duana • Jul 14, 2017 03:05 pm
TV Updates 2017 Emmy Noms & Snubs Look, we all got here together. We have only ourselves to blame. We all revolted against the domination of vampire series and cop shows, and watched and watched the copious offerings cable had to bring us, and we ran to each new offering with open arms. This is what we By Duana • Jul 13, 2017 03:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How To Nick A Name Hi Duana, Unlike most people who ask for your help, we have already named our baby girl. She is almost one year old. But Houston, we still have a problem. Our last name is a three syllable Italian name so I wanted a first and middle name that felt light/ By Duana • Jul 10, 2017 04:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Trendy Does Not Equal Popular Hi Duana, I would love your help please! My husband and I are having our second boy, due in July. We have a name all picked out, but I'm worried that it's becoming trendy or will be seen as a trendy choice. This is compounded by By Duana • Jul 07, 2017 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Moving to Higher Name Ground Hello! I am due mid-July and the gender is a surprise. I've been scouring your columns for inspiration and reassurance - and I have found some, but we are on somewhat shaky ground when it comes to a boy's name. I also want to have a By Duana • Jul 05, 2017 03:46 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Jay Z’s would-be empire and why we love trucks And we’re back! Since so many of us had a holiday weekend, it feels good to dig into work talk… even though this week, the talk seemed kind of work-adjacent: In Jay-Z’s case this is because lots of people haven’t yet heard 4:44, since it’s By Duana • Jul 05, 2017 02:53 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Cultural Inheritance? Or Inherited Significance? Hi Duana, I'm due with my first at the end of June. We just found out we're having a boy, and of course we only had a (perfect!) girl's name picked out. For background, my husband is Belgian and I am American. I am By Duana • Jun 30, 2017 04:09 pm
Music K’Naan, Riz Ahmed in Immigrants video Well, this was opportune. Earlier today Lainey asked whether politics belongs in gossip—I would say it’s impossible to talk about pop culture, anyway, without it. Sometimes these days we will talk about possible topics for Show Your Work and note that there’s been so much real-life news By Duana • Jun 28, 2017 04:21 pm
