Personal taste / September 7–8, 2026
Pamela or Penélope: soft sweep or red-hot structure?
Lavender that moves. Red that means business. Two Venice looks, and absolutely no obligation to agree with your most fashionable friend.
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The “Me” in VoteMe is you. We bring the receipts on reality TV, style and culture. You make up your own mind.
The group chat can cope.Personal taste / September 7–8, 2026
Lavender that moves. Red that means business. Two Venice looks, and absolutely no obligation to agree with your most fashionable friend.
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Relationships / August 9–September 1, 2026
Aniya and Carl described wanting room to breathe. The internet, famously relaxed about strangers’ relationships, may need a minute.
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Personal taste / September 3, 2026
Gold florals from 1995. Sheer sparkle from 2000. Apparently, a good wardrobe can outlive several trend forecasts.
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Personal taste / June–September 2026
Nolan goes back to Homer. Spielberg looks beyond Earth. Your summer cinema preference has entered the chat.
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Throwback · Game strategy / February 26, 2026 · finale
Season 4 finale spoilers. The rules allowed another move. Whether you liked it is a separate conversation.
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Boundaries / January 2025
An old friendship. A changed marriage. A meme suddenly doing the work of a courtroom exhibit.
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Personal taste / May 5, 2025
One carpet. Two Harlem references. Your taste has the deciding vote, and it did not need an invitation.
Get the contextPersonal taste / March 2, 2025
Money, power, and people having a considerably worse time than their surroundings suggest. Which film stayed with you?
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Older stories keep their context, sources and voting history. The feed moves on. The record stays.
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