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Pop culture and entertainment writer, editor, and author. Gardening Gal. Doctor Who devotee. Pilates hottie. Michonne Grimes stan. A Carolina girl, always. E: writertaigooden@gmail.com

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Tomas being the smartest person in the room is the biggest plot twist on the show in a long time 😂😂 #BeyondTheGates

05.03.2026 02:38 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How Hayley and Randy have gotten away with ANY con is beyond me. They are both dumb as hell. Meeting right in the open at Uptown for Chelsea and Madison to see 😭 #BeyondTheGates

05.03.2026 02:34 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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a woman in a red bandana is making a funny face and saying you are so dumb . Alt: a man in a red bandana is making a funny face and saying you are so dumb .

Bill always talking shit and acting like he’s the sharpest man in the DMV and married to a whole scammer who is playing right in his face 😒 #BeyondTheGates

05.03.2026 01:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I really want Ashley to chill. Grayson probably don’t even have a mama, the man is suspect AF 😂

The chief of staff is over everyone as she should be #BeyondTheGates

05.03.2026 01:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This month I had two different North Carolina comics events reach out to me about being part and I was distressed to realize I don't have a list of other NC creators to send them.
If you're a comics person that live in NC, reach out and get me your email address so I can connect you.

24.02.2026 22:21 👍 13 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0

Right?! It’s so weird how she’s so defensive and protective of Hayley, who obviously isn’t a good person. I guess it’s her staunch loyalty to Bill 😩

18.02.2026 22:01 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I was happy to see Nicole treat Kat like a daughter whom she actually loves 😂 I swear her and Ted act like Kat is a gnat at a barbecue #BeyondTheGates

18.02.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I tell ya what, it’s wild when Tomas is the only person who seems to be suspicious of Hayley and Lynette’s obviously suspect behavior! Bill and Caroline are both idiots. #BeyondTheGates

18.02.2026 21:56 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

For real 😂😂😂

18.02.2026 21:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

aisle = 🛒

isle = 🏝️

aisle = 👰💍🤵

I'll = 🙋‍♀️➡️

11.02.2026 15:24 👍 835 🔁 139 💬 22 📌 18
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a man sitting in a crowd with the words i love this song below him Alt: michael jackson sitting in a crowd with the words i love this song below him

Random Thought: One of my favorite parts of Pose season 1 is when Stan ruins his whole life and loses his marriage and then Angel chooses herself over an unrealistic fantasy with a man who will never respect and understand her world. And then he disappears never to be seen nor mentioned again!

03.02.2026 17:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE FIRST FREEDOM: THE STORY OF OPAL LEE AND JUNETEENTH Author Angélique Roché on Her Impactful Graphic Novel We spoke to writer Angélique Roché about the origins behind her new graphic novel The First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth.

Happy Black History Month! Thanks @writertaigooden.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to interview the legendary @angeliqueroche.bsky.social about Oni Press' new Juneteenth graphic novel The First Freedom nerdist.com/article/the-...

02.02.2026 15:46 👍 11 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1

I am a failure 😭

31.01.2026 00:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Derek is weird AF for following that man and telling Ashely’s mom about what her grown daughter is up to knowing that she’d run to Ashley and be in her business smh. #BeyondTheGates

19.01.2026 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Also I find Naomi to be a brat and insufferable. I truly don’t know how Jacob deals with her 😭 #BeyondTheGates

19.01.2026 14:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Finally caught up with #BeyondTheGates and I’m sorry but I am still Team Kat. Ted needs to stop telling Eva about Dupree family business and the only reason she went to Kat to be supportive was to make Ted happy. They don’t like each other and that’s okay.

19.01.2026 14:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Claudette Clovin was the first to protest segregated seating by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery Bus on March 2, 1955. As a dark-skinned, pregnant teenager, leaders initially overlooked Clovin. Keep her memory alive. Such bravery in challenging Jim Crow should be remembered.

13.01.2026 23:15 👍 105 🔁 60 💬 2 📌 2

RIP Claudette Colvin, a Civil Rights legend 💜

14.01.2026 02:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For the first time in far too long, I sat down for an entire hour last night and read a book for my own entertainment. It felt good to flip those pages and sip my elderberry tea. I don't have very much joy in my life overall, so that hour really meant a lot.

08.01.2026 18:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Michael B Jordan wearing a burgundy suit and a smile and looking like a full course meal my lord

Michael B Jordan wearing a burgundy suit and a smile and looking like a full course meal my lord

Michael B Jordan outside with so many impeccably tailored suits on 😮‍💨 I cannot focus 😭

07.01.2026 03:16 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now people are either going with really unique spellings of common names or just inventing new stuff lol. There are a lot of pop culture names too, like Arya.

06.01.2026 23:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have a relatively unusual first name (it’s not Tai) and I remember always wanting to find my name on a keychain. But I was also glad to not be mixed up with 20 other folks with the same name.

06.01.2026 23:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Name cycles are so fascinating to me. When I was in school in the 90s and 2000s, there were so many kids named Jessica, Ashley, Brandon, John, etc. I don’t think my kids have any classmates with those names. Idk a Brandon under 35 😂

My nephew is named Michael but he’s also named after his dad.

06.01.2026 23:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m having a really hard time watching #BeyondTheGates right now. I know this cancer storyline with Anita is so important for folks to see but it is deeply triggering for me ☹️

06.01.2026 19:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

30.12.2025 01:22 👍 12670 🔁 1277 💬 703 📌 154

I’m in SC and it’s 70 right now. I want to scream 😭

24.12.2025 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes come on! Lol I only have cookies left to do later

24.12.2025 18:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Cooking it early on Christmas Eve (Wednesday) so we can eat it through Friday. By Saturday I will be ready to cook again lol. Will probably do a quick French toast bake or something Christmas morning.

22.12.2025 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm doing something different with food for Christmas this year. I don't feel like cooking a bunch of stuff and eating the same food we literally just ate a month ago. So, I am gonna do a crabcake dip, a beef dip w/ chips, veggie tray, smoked chicken wings, cookies, deviled eggs, and meatballs.

22.12.2025 15:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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a man with dreadlocks says " now that you mention it " Alt: Dave Chappell with dreadlocks says " now that you mention it I’m bleeding in my chest”

My kids said I was born in the 1900s 😭

17.12.2025 03:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0