DiaryOfAnOddMillenial

Black Girl Nerd. Writer: film critiques (Medium: jaylaharrington41.medium.com) fiction, poetry. Photographer: nature, landscapes, cityscapes (header photo by me). Pop culture enthusiast: entertainment. Copyright (c) 2014-2026 Jayla Harrington | All Rights Reserved | My LIT blog: @miscellaneousjaylit

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Introduction

Allow me to reintroduce myself: my name is Jay! Just here to drop my opinion pieces on pop culture in general, black pop culture, diversity, and inclusion in general. If you’re not one for opinions or any of the following, leave this page now. Some of these are a little old because I wasn’t sure if I should post them and was insecure about posting them, but carpe diem! Hope you guys enjoy my short-yet-sweet pieces.

P.S. I’ll re-edit and re-post them as I learn more.

P.P.S. Be prepared for random ratchetry (is this even a word? lol!)

All rights reserved (c) Jayla Harrington

See that lil copyright symbol there? That means DON’T PLAGIARIZE AND/OR USE MY THINGS/THOUGHTS/POSTS WITHOUT CREDITING ME! That is it, that is all, and enjoy your visit to my blog!

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DANLADY KISSED WHILE MY IMMORTAL PLAYED.

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the scream I did when this came on my screen….

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Me on my couch: YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!❤️💙🙂‍↕️😏✅😩😍😝😙

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DEVIL MAY CRY SEASON 2 WAS SOOOOOO BOOOOMMMBBBB!!!! The pace was perfect and so much HAPPENED!!!!

• Dante and Vergil got their reunion

• They was whooping ass left and mf right

• We like Rogue Lady and dislike ACAB Mary DEFINITELY!!! They are indeed two different people!

•Lady and Dante FINALLY KISSED (another ❤️💙ship to add to the collection)

• My baby MAAAAAAATTTTIIIIEEEEE😭😭😭 ended up joining the League of Orphans and eventually got her lick back for it

• Vergil will eventually get his

• He and Lady broke Dante’s heart in the same gotdamn day (raggedy bitches lol)

I had to give this to y’all as a list cuz BAYBEEEEEE!!!!! Season 2 was overwhelming in the BEST WAY and I’m frustrated that we gotta wait another year for Season 3, but cie la vie! I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did!

P.S. THAT DEMON CLOWN GIVES ME THE HEEBIE JEEBIES!!😩😬😬

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romantic lover

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Fire signs 🌹🔥 Sagittarius, Aries, Leo

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🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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DEVIL MAY CRY SEASON 2 PREMIERES TODAY ON NETFLIIIIIIXXXXXX!!!!!

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I just finished watching “We Are Lady Parts” last week and I definitely appreciated how different and fun and layered it was when it came to all the band members! I especially loved the end of S2 where they leak their album featuring “Glass Ceiling Feeling” and become friends and business partners with Momtaz again! Lastly, I would love a S3 where we see Lady Parts navigating fame as a band and their own personal lives and accomplishments: Momtaz Records getting even bigger, Dr. Amina being in the midst of curing something and getting more serious with Ahsan (possible proposal during finale), maybe Ayesha comes out to her family as things get more serious with Laura, Bisma’s comic blows up, and Saira is encouraged to date and find love again (or it finds her). Speaking of, does anyone else get bisexual vibes from Saira or is it just me? Like, she could bag women from time to time if she wanted to (if the vibes were right). Second Wife revealing to Ayesha that LP fans ship her with Saira and then showing her the fan fiction for it was HILARIOUS!!! If Peacock clears them for a third season, I’m def tuning in!

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i love love love how the show does not portray religion as a restricting force over the lady parts even when portraying narratives of inner conflict. Amina is looking for a husband because she doesn’t want to be lonely, not because she has been told to fulfill a submissive wife role. Ayesha doesn’t get kicked out of a mosque for being gay, she gets kicked out for cussing at an old lady. Saira and Ayesha meet at the mosque like so many friendships do, lady parts starts with a prayer. Noor’s problem is bullying and peer pressure, not the way she practices Islam. Amina is meek because she has anxiety, not because she’s oppressed. Ayesha chooses not to come out not because they would disown her but because it would be too emotionally difficult. Momtaz chooses to wear the niqab and she’s loud and funny and sarcastic. there is no dichotomy in the show of normal religious expression (re: aligns with culturally western moral values) vs freaky weirdo religious fanatic. even in the marriage meeting at the beginning of the show the other people are flawed because they’re judgemental and rude, not because they go on hajj and wear jilbaab. because this show is about real people.

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This! All of this!

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EXACTLY!!!

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Thinking about Kpop Demon Hunters again aaaannnnddd, as a Black fan to other Black fans, does anyone else headcanon Zoey as Black and Korean (Korean Mom and Black Dad (bear with me)) and from the Bay Area (think Saweetie, H.E.R., Jhene Aiko) instead of Burbank? Since the origins of K-pop are very much Black American, who better to represent the coming together of the two cultures in a respectful way than an AfroKorean-American Zoey? She and Rumi definitely could’ve bonded over the racism/prejudice that they both might have faced with her being half Black and Rumi being half demon. Rumi and Mira (and by extension the Korean audience) also could’ve learned to really appreciate Black American culture through hanging out with Zoey and her paternal family while also protecting her from anti-Black Koreans and K-pop stans in general (if the movie would’ve gone further into Zoey’s background that is). I just find it ironic how she’s the only one of the girls with ties to America and instead of making her half Black and giving her direct cultural ties to the hip-hop genre, they made her half white. Mind you, Burbank is seventeen minutes north of LA and 5.5 hours south of the Bay Area. So unless Zoey was hanging around mad Black people in Burbank (which she couldn’t have because as of this 2025-2026 census, Burbank, CA only has a Black population of about 4%), how did she become a rapper? Did she listen to the likes of Tupac, NWA, and Snoop Dogg in secret? Secret field trips to underground rap battles in LA? Then again, if she was Blasian and from the Bay/LA, would she have left the States and joined Huntrix? I wonder how she ended up meeting up with Rumi, Mira, and Celine in order to even join the group? Just thoughts. Might make a TikTok video or something depending on how much more I’m feeling.

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@pretend-animator Thanks for allowing me to use your art as my pfp! This piece is just so beautiful and meaningful that I had to do it! She might just become my phone wallpaper too lol! I cannot stress how much of an amazing job you did with this one and how I love it so!🥰💯🙂‍↕️🫶🏾

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Synopsis of Zootopia 2: remember what white people did to Oscarville and the result was displaced/dead Black people and Lake Lanier? Yeah, that’s what they did to the snakes and others of the reptile population of Zootopia. They kicked them out and allowed the lynxes to expand Tundra Town…while also taking credit for the city’s weather wall from Gary’s great-granny! Good on them for finding Granny Agnes’s patent and FUCK THE LYNXLEYS! 10/10 for the gentrification metaphor and the literal racism the reptiles faced in the font of “explain it to me like I’m 5.” Lord knows you still gon have people acting dumb like the shit isn’t still actively happening and/or the effects of it happening back then aren’t being felt in the present.

The group selfies are ADORABLE!!!!!😭🥰🥰😊

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i've wanted to draw an elphaba wicked witch hat + durag combo for a while <|:D

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The freeeaakkiinnggg duraaaaguuuuhhhh!!!!!😍🥰🥰

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“For The First Time, I Feel… Wicked.”

Myra Ruiz and Tiago Barbosa perform As Long As You're Mine in the Brazillian production of 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝

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Maaaaaannn, we needed to have gotten this energy in the film!!! Lawd hammercy! THE HIP GRABS BRO! Especially the very last gif!!!! *insert incessant swooning and squealing* 😮‍💨🤤😩😍🥰🪭🪭🪭

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THIS OR FUCKING NOTHIIIINNNGGGGG!!!! Life is already short and we only get to do it once! Like Hazel from Bridgerton said: “We are not meant to simply work and die.” I am entitled to ease and softness and the joy that comes with it in everything from my career (the one I worked for not settled for because I needed the money) to my overall wellbeing to my loved ones.

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HOLD THE PHONE!!!! Thanks to you all in the Bridgerton fandom, I just found out about Benophie’s wedding scene at My Cottage POST CREDITS!!!!! IT WAS BEAAAUUUTTTTIIIFFFUULLLL!!!!😭😭😭 Between Anthony telling Ben how proud he was, Alfie walking Soph down the aisle, Posy sitting in the dead front, and Hazel being the maid of honor, I was overcome by the display! I could’ve cried I was so dang happy! The absolute icing on this already sweet cake is the beautiful portrait of Silver Lady Sophie unmasked painted by none other than her loving husband!!! My face as it faded to black: 🥹🥹🥹.

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'Do you believe me now?' Bridgerton 4.08

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The reassurance! The apology! The raw honesty from both of them in this scene! S4E8 was indeed worth the wait.🥰 Fellas take notes!!!

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I love how this isn't just about loving each other in the happier moments, it's them leaning on each other in the difficult moments too 😭

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Learning. Taking notes.👀📝