> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs and Pieces, July 9th, 2021 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-and-pieces-july-9th-2021-07-2021/ - Published: 2021-07-09T20:00:13.000Z - Updated: 2021-07-10T17:34:57.000Z - Description: Child fight clubs! Nasal spray addictions! Elle Woods! - Author: Jessica - Tags: Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:18 Good news! The paperback of *The Heir Affair* comes out this upcoming Tuesday! (And, of course, if you haven’t read *The Royal We* yet, [you can get it anywhere now](https://heatherandjessica.wordpress.com/buy-our-books/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#theroyalwe).) We are super excited to be chatting with the amazing Casey McQuiston about it on Thursday, July 15th live on the Ripped Bodice Facebook page — [you can RSVP for that here!](https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (They have [autographed copies of the paperback](https://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781538715932?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), too! \[It doesn't say they're signed on the page there, but they have signed bookplates at the store.\]) We're also [giving away a signed prize pack right here!](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/gfy-giveaway-the-royal-we-and-the-heir-affair-prize-pack-07-2021/) More good news: [We rounded up a bunch of sun hats!](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-nation-loves-sun-hats-2-07-2021/) Timely! [A Brief History of Oscar Buzz at Cannes](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/cannes-film-festival-oscar-buzz?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fmylist) \[Vanity Fair\] YAY for [Zaila Avant-garde, who just won the spelling bee!](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/07/08/zaila-avant-garde-wins-2021-scripps-national-spelling-bee-becoming-bees-first-black-champion/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) She's the first African American winner, and she also holds several world records for her adept basketball dribbling. \[WaPo\] This was interesting. I enjoy Disneyland but can't really relate to these folks:[ Disney Adults Are Having A Magical Time Whether You Like It Or Not](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/disney-adults-are-having-a-magical-time-whether-you-like-it??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). But live it up, y'all! \[Buzznet\] Time [for our Bennifer update!](https://pubx.co/OC9adV?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Lainey\] And our Brangelina one! [(This is seriously this LONGEST CELEBRITY DIVORCE IN HISTORY.)](https://pubx.co/SKURiB?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Lainey\] This is such a fascinating (and logistics-y!) chat with [Korina Emmerich, who designed the clothing that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wore in InStyle recently](https://www.klcc.org/post/extended-conversation-indigenous-designer-and-eugene-native-korina-emmerich?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). \[KLCC\] Really interesting: [How Long Can the Newsletter Boom Last Before the Bubble Bursts?](https://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/how-long-can-the-newsletter-boom-last-before-the-bubble-bursts.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Pajiba\] This headline is amazing: [Greenpoint Playground Parents Rumble Over McGolrick Park’s Kiddie ‘Fight Club.’](https://www.curbed.com/2021/07/greenpoint-parents-rumble-over-playground-fight-club.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) People are coming out of this pandemic very weird. \[Curbed\] A good read, at T&C: [The Unexpected Adulthood of *Gossip Girl* Creator Cecily von Ziegesar ](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a36867174/gossip-girl-creator-cecily-von-ziegesar-interview/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is not a headline I expected to read this week: [Eric McCormack was addicted to using nasal spray for years](https://www.celebitchy.com/722709/eric%5Fmccormack%5Fwas%5Faddicted%5Fto%5Fusing%5Fnasal%5Fspray%5Ffor%5Fyears/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). Also, I used to worry that I would get addicted to nasal spray, every time I used a nasal spray. Because I am neurotic. (Now I sort of want to listen to this podcast.) \[Celebitchy\] And I LOVE this headline: [No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/06/monitor-lizards-australia-dig-incredible-corkscrew-nests/619294/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I MEAN MAYBE I DID? \[The Atlantic\] Do we really need this???!! [Could There Be A *Sweet Home Alabama 2*?](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a36968916/could-there-be-a-sweet-home-alabama-2/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[T&C\] On the topic of turn-of-the-century Reese movies,[ the NYT brings us an oral history of *Legally Blonde* on its twentieth anniversary](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/movies/legally-blonde-oral-history.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). What, like it's hard? (I enjoy hearing from screenwriter Kirsten Smith, who Heather and I were on a panel with in Austin about a million years ago, and who was SO nice and fun.) Very interesting: [Great Jones Cookware And The Illusion Of The Millennial Aesthetic](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/great-jones-cookware-and-the-illusion-of-the-millennial-aesthetic??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[The New Yorker\] Unsurprisingly, [Ronan Farrow's Grub Street Diet is really well written](https://www.grubstreet.com/2021/07/ronan-farrow-grub-street-diet.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). This piece is funny: [We Are All Just Out Here Trying to Cope With These LGBTQ Ikea Couches](https://www.autostraddle.com/ikea-lgbtq-pride-couches/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Autostraddle\]