Sidebar: Martha, Love is Blind Drama, and Cheese Heists

Love is Blind Fails, Hanif Abdurraqib’s Sneaker Collection, and more in this week's links and recs

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Weekly Entertainment Picks: Must-Watch Shows, Essential Reads, and Top Podcasts

This is my weekly roundup of links and recommendations. If we talked IRL, I’d likely derail our entire conversation with “Sidebar, have you read | watched | listened | deep dived on this?”

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Martha (Netflix) My new lifestyle will be watching the Martha doc that just dropped on Netflix. I cannot wait to watch it tomorrow when I have blocked off time to sit at the foot of a sociopath with a glue gun and learn what she believes to be the key touchpoints in the story of her life. Sure, she went to jail for insider trading, but who among us hasn’t made some mistakes? She has already offered some fierce feedback for the doc, which feels very Martha. Even though I find her terrifying, her taste is undeniable and I can’t wait to see this and discuss it. Stay tuned for an invitation to a Martha chat.

Love is Blind DC Reunion (Netflix) I’m not necessarily suggesting you watch this, but I do need people to discuss this with me. How in the year 2024 are we letting the Lachey’s host things? How are they STILL so bad at it when they tell us repeatedly this is their 5th year overseeing the mess that is Love is Blind. Tyler gives a really unconvincing response to the question of how he and his wife have navigated news that perhaps he did more than just donate sperm to a friend resulting in three children. No pushback, no calls for explanation. Somewhere, the ghost of Barbra Walters is screaming. She would never have left it at that. I need you to watch this and discuss it with me!