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# Fugs & Pieces, March 21, 2025
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-march-21-2025-03-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-21T19:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-21T17:21:19.000Z
- Description: Art fraud! Flamin' Hot Cheetos collectibles! Rodeo looks! Celeb love! Old hotel menus! And more!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:29

Greetings and salutations -- let's get into it.

Over at Drinks With Broads this week:

\-- We are currently hosting [a massive live chat so we can all yell about this weekend's basketball!](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/your-march-madness-live-chat-lives) It's open all weekend, so come by if you need company.

\-- We covered the [GOOP *Vanity Fair*, the ANGRY ORCAS of *Doctor Odyssey,* some really weird shit regarding the bonkers inventor of Pirate's Booty, and my beloved *Great Pottery Throwdown.*](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/goop-orcas-pottery-and-pirates-booty)

\-- Here's your recap of [the penultimate episode of this season of *Severance*.](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/devour-feculence)

\-- And [your fresh dispatch from *The White Lotus.*](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/you-could-end-up-a-concubine-to-some)

\-- And also![ We run down all the latest revolving door fashion news, the new *Freaky Friday*, and run a great book giveaway.](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/can-fashions-revolving-door-keep)

\-- I agree with Lainey that [Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco seem legit REALLY happy.](https://www.laineygossip.com/i-believe-in-selena-gomez-benny-blanco-who-are-promoting-their-album-joint-interview-rolling-stone/80845?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- This IS good news: [Rare 2025 Good News: ‘Coyote vs Acme’ to Be Saved](https://www.pajiba.com/news/rare-2025-good-news-coyote-vs-acme-to-be-saved.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- Ugh: [The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem.](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves) \[The Atlantic\]

\-- An interesting convo in the /AskFoodHistorians subreddit: [Old hotel menus were enormous. Did their kitchens really offer all those options every day?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFoodHistorians/comments/1jct5ie/old%5Fhotel%5Fmenus%5Fwere%5Fenormous%5Fdid%5Ftheir%5Fkitchens/?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fshared)

\-- Cool: [A Dispatch from the Real-Life Creepy Town in 'Severance'](https://ministryofpopculture.substack.com/p/a-dispatch-from-the-real-life-creepy?) \[Ministry of Pop Culture\]

\-- At Travel & Leisure: [I'm a Former U.S. Secret Service Agent — Here's How It Changed the Way I Travel](https://www.travelandleisure.com/evy-poumpouras-united-states-secret-service-agent-travel-8732058?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- This is SO interesting at the NYT: [The Food on ‘Severance’ Is Its Own Chilling Character \[](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/dining/severance-lumon-food.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.5E4.3I58.pOf6NwH8fZR8&smid=url-share&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)gifted link\]

\-- A really sweet remembrance of Michelle Trachtenberg by Mara Wilson: [My Cool Friend Michelle.](https://www.vulture.com/article/mara-wilson-essay-child-actress-michelle-trachtenberg.html?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves) \[Vulture\]

\-- We had a rollicking chat [about Plane Outfits earlier this week.](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-whats-your-plane-uniform-03-2025/) For those of you keeping score, [I DID buy these Quince pants and I DO love them!](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14773785?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- Do you want to look at [an 18th century Gloucester farmhouse?](https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/thomas-dane-gloucestershire-farmhouse?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[House and Garden UK\]

\-- Eater asks, [What Happened to ‘Appetizers’?](https://www.eater.com/2025/3/20/24385130/what-happened-to-appetizers-menu-naming?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Terminology-wise, not as a thing.)

\-- A really interesting profile: [Shonda Rhimes on Oprah, Netflix and the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Incident That Nearly Ende](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/shondaland-20-years-shonda-rhimes-betsy-beers-interview-1236166638/?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves)[d It All.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/shondaland-20-years-shonda-rhimes-betsy-beers-interview-1236166638/?utm%5Fsource=pocket%5Fsaves) \[THR\]

\-- That [big Madewell sale is still up and running if you're in the market for something and feeling shoppy](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14771910?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)!

\-- Speaking of feeling shoppy, [Saks is ALSO running a big sale and some of the deals are actually quite good](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14778792?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io); I linked to [this Farm Rio dress a few weeks ago, and here it is on sale!](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14778900?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I also love this blue and white number if you, say, are getting married and [need something to wear to your wedding shower.](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14778926?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) A lot of[ jeans are marked down, too.](https://go.shopmy.us/p-14779034?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- You know I love an art fraud! At BBC: [Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece](https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20250311-rembrandt-to-picasso-five-ways-to-spot-a-fake-masterpiece?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- Some people have too much money. At Smithsonian: [This Flamin’ Hot Cheeto Is Shaped Like a Pokémon Charizard. It Just Sold for Nearly $90,000 at Auction.](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-flamin-hot-cheeto-is-shaped-like-a-pokemon-charizard-it-just-sold-for-nearly-90000-at-auction-180986273/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

\-- The NYT reports: [The Houston Rodeo Is the Super Bowl of Country Culture](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/travel/houston-rodeo-livestock-show.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.5U4.39H6.32c18ClOeKGJ&smid=url-share&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[gifted link\]

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