🖤 Exes & Hexes
We did a very special collab event with @innercircleclt this past week and here’s some highlights from our themed mini version of our live show.
👻 1 in 10 people say they have been ghosted after a few months of dating. And the ultimate ghost(ed) story goes to…Laura Dern. Her boyfriend of two years disappeared while she was out of town… only for her to find out through the news that he’d married Angelina Jolie. Yeah, Billy Bob Thornton has to this day refused to acknowledge he ghosted Laura for a girl she once (wait for it) babysat.
Ghost Stories
IYKYK: I think we can all agree we will decline any dates that suggests two Fireball shots at the top. Stay safe out there, girlies!
📺 The girlies are v excited to binge the second season of Nobody Wants This (Netflix), and yes, they are still watching Stranger Things (Netflix). Overwhelmingly, everyone supports a Gilmore Girls rewatch this fall.
This or That questions that divided the room? Cristina Ricci or Jenna Ortega, and Reality TV Marathon or Full Moon Ritual.

find the perfectly placed witch hat
A Girlie You Should Know from the night? Corri Smith. She’s the founder of Charlotte’s powerhouse agency Black Wednesday and the new Last Minute Club, known for her all-black style, spooky charm, and creative girl-gang energy that turns every idea into a moment.
We know the girlies are ready to relive the night - we’ll share where to find your pics soon!

ultimate girlie coven
✨ Poll-a-palooza.
Bushwhacked. It turns out most of us think the Kim K. pubic hair panties were a marketing stunt (40%), half of us thought whatever it was, it was weird (55%), and a small crowd is confident we’re over correcting for laser hair removing too close to the sun (5%). Kim K said one of her costars in the upcoming All’s Fair admitted to wearing them…

A couple weeks ago, Carol asked the girlies about our mental prep when it comes to the dreaded end of day warfare known as washing your face. 42% of you revealed that you stick to the sink and all the discipline it entails.
Some girlies replied with their tips to make the makeup removal ritual easier (true girlies!!) including oil cleansing, and microfiber wristbands.
💬 What We’re Chatting About:
Skylar: The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix). I watched it on the plane and had to hold back some truly ugly sobs. It’s an elevated documentary that hits both my true crime obsession and my filmmaker sensibilities, and I cannot recommend it enough. It’ll break your heart, and you’ll immediately want to text your entire group chat (or just everyone in your phone) about it. I did. (Shout out to my boyfriend for responding to my emotional essay the second I landed.)
💎 I love a museum heist. It feels elegant but mysterious, which are two adjectives no one has ever used to describe me. So yeah, this week was a lot like my super bowl when crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre.
Love is Blind. And dead in Denver. This season was a wild ride, and while it certainly satisfied my need to say “what in the actual fuck” every 20 minutes, that’s about it.
Carol: You’ve found me on hour 4 of trying to fill a Nuuly cart for:
– a wedding in Vegas
– a girlies NYC trip
– several stand-up shows
– and cozy Thanksgiving
I am fighting for my life in this Nuuly bag.
If you know me, you know 99% of the time someone says “omg I love your [insert any item here],” my immediate response is “thanks, it’s Nuuly.” Like I’m legally obligated. Like I have a contract. I don’t.
I’ve been doing this every month for years and it’s the most painful time of the month for me (I say that as someone whose uterus auditions for Alien: The Musical every 28 days).
I have a crystal-clear vision of myself beebopping through NYC: chic, mysterious, main character, but my current cart looks like I’m hosting a TED Talk on the ethical sourcing of vegan leather.
Nuuly, if you won’t sponsor me, at least assign me a handler. If any girlies have tips to make this journey less painful, please send them my way.
🍿 Pop Culture Bites
Ok to be absent? Kristen Bell received some heat this week for skipping her Today show appearance to celebrate her anniversary with husband Dax Shepard and her out of touch post on instagram.
Lots of celebs celebrating Glen Powell’s “Tracksuits & Tequila” themed birthday party. We would do almost anything to snag an invite next year, Glen 👀.
Mob wife nightmares: NYC’s OG crime families are back in the headlines. The FBI just indicted 17 people for running high-stakes poker and sports-betting rings straight out of a Scorsese fever dream.
The Cloud Crashed: the Amazon Web Services outage briefly broke the internet this week…giving us Leave the World Behind vibes.
I’ll only fly away. Nelly Furtado is stepping back from live performances to focus on new creative projects, marking 25 years since her debut album Whoa, Nelly!
Last-minute costume inspo alert: According to Variety, the top pop-culture Halloween looks for 2025 include throwback icons, viral stars, and serious nostalgia energy. If you’re still scrambling and don’t want to show up in cat ears for the 5th year in a row… consider this your cheat sheet.

Halloween is the one night of the year…
🍂 Basic Witches Bracket: The Winner Takes a Lap
For the last few weeks we have paired up your favorite things about fall to see what would take the inaugural crown of our Basic Witch Bracket.
Hocus Pocus, Pumpkin Spice, and Knee High Boots all had strong early runs, but all were ultimately defeated to make room for the final showdown:
Soup Season vs Crisp Fall Weather
And in the end? It wasn’t even close.
🥇 Crisp Fall Weather (67%) absolutely blew Soup Season (33%) out of the cauldron.
The girlies have spoken: give us crunchy leaves and sweater weather.

long live the basic witch
📖 See You Soon?
11/20: Our November show is on the calendar, save the date!
We can’t wait to share stories at our next location in Charlotte, keep an eye out for tickets to go live soon.
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