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Abigail Rosenthal

@abigailrosenthal.bsky.social
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romance reader, concert goer, culture editor @chron.com

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The @chron.com culture team wrote up our thoughts on Drake's "Choosin' Texas" remix www.chron.com/culture/musi...
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Rap superstar remixed Ella Langley's 'Texas' hit and we are asking 'why?'
Who among us hasn't gotten "fried in River Oaks"?
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
we broke down the cursed "choosin' texas" remix @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/musi...
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Rap superstar remixed Ella Langley's 'Texas' hit and we are asking 'why?'
Who among us hasn't gotten "fried in River Oaks"?
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
participating in my first ever fantasy football draft, send me and my team Deacon Blues your good vibes (and suggestions)
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i’m getting real tired of Big Protein
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“school of rock” made me think beer tasted like cream soda for some reason and i was ultimately disappointed
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
we should bring trip hop back
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
when america wrote “ventura highway” it was with the dream that it would one day be used in a tiktok selling me CAKES Sticky Circles nipple covers
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
do big & rich know that they’ve become queer icons for “save a horse ride a cowboy”
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i yearn for the rush of back to school shopping
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
my colleagues @chron.com have a cool roundtable up this afternoon about the anniversary of Bourdain's Houston episode of Parts Unknown. I really liked @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social's contribution: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
I didn't grow up with Anthony Bourdain the way many people did. I grew up in my dad's kitchen at the University of North Texas, where he served as the executive chef of its catering division for years. My dad's kitchen was where I learned about the world, it felt like. His staff was from all over, and they loved to feed my sister and me when we came to work with our dad. That kitchen was where I learned about hospitality, the world outside of North Texas, and about food. 

I also grew up visiting Houston. And even as an adult, it's hard to reckon the stereotypes of our state with the reality. Yes, there are cowboys and rodeos and country music, and that's the stuff that usually makes it on screen. But this is also a diverse, beautiful, welcoming place, with a warmth that comes through in Bourdain's episode on Houston. Bourdain, self-described "yankee trash" with formed ideas about my home state, came with curiosity, humility, and a willingness to listen.

In 2020, my now-husband and I moved to Houston from Austin, and we got into a lot of Parts Unknown while stuck at home during the pandemic. That Houston episode reintroduced the city to me as an adult, even if I couldn't leave my apartment and explore. Watching Bourdain explore the city and its fusion of cultures reminded me of being in my dad's kitchen, my pocket of Texas growing up that had multiple languages, music blasting from a stereo above the prep station, and countless lunches and snacks snuck to us when dad wasn't watching. It feels good to see that reflected on screen, even years later. It makes sense to see our reality.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the wake of Frank Beard's death I remembered the time ZZ Top put out their own version of the Houston rap classic "25 Lighters" www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Remembering ZZ Top's weird, perfect tribute to a Houston rap classic
Inspired by Lightnin' Hopkins and a classic Houston rap banger, ZZ Top had an idea.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
at the risk of sounding stupid, why are apps this much bigger lately???? please give me my storage back
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“scollop” - gordon ramsay saying “scallop”
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“i didn’t know this would be so sad” - my husband as we listen to an audiobook about tuberculosis, the leading cause of death from infectious disease
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
seeing a lot of these so-called driverless tesla cybercabs with drivers in them
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Muppeturgy @muppeturgy.com · 12/08/2026
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bart @bartsmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I spent way too much time looking for this, but I think I found it. Incidentally that pizza place, which opened up at least 10 years ago, just closed last year
1021 Fountain View Dr
Carol Stream, Illinois
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 11/08/2026
Since August 1, 2016—50 years to the day after the UT Tower shooting—it’s been legal to carry concealed firearms into most public university spaces in Texas, including classrooms. When the law went into effect, UT Austin students reacted by brandishing dildos.
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‘Cocks Not Glocks’ at 10
A decade on, the iconic campus protest has come to symbolize a time of relatively free expression.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
all my posts fester in obscurity until @kissphoria.bsky.social finds them
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
i think about this image like every day
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
i think about this early pandemic meme at least once a week
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“the thing with these instagram reels is one tells me i have CPTSD, one tells me i have OCD, and one tells me I’m a virgo. which one is it.”
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
hell yeah willie www.chron.com/culture/musi...
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Texas data center boom gets a new foe: Willie Nelson
"The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center near our town."
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
indoor pools have such an evil energy to me
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
my empty bottle of pink gin for a norwegian life of luxury @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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I wish I was Erling Haaland's dead raccoon
Oh, to be a taxidermied drunken raccoon, whisked away to Norway.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
anyway if you want a newsletter written by a gay woman who is actually funny, sign up for YALL HEARD, the newsletter read by world leaders, sex workers, plumbers, dentists, doctors, professional athletes, cats, dogs, iguanas, and all of your extended family: www.chron.com/newsletters/...
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Chron.com Newsletter | Y'all Heard?
A weekly look at Texas’ most compelling people, offbeat stories and cultural flashpoints.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
clocking into my part time job (love island)
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
My dispatch from Houston's Oranje Fan Walk, where I discovered why they call it "the beautiful game." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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At Houston's Dutch Orange Walk, I found the heart and soul of the World Cup
In an unlikely, unwalkable city, two cultures came together, united by the beautiful game.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
no one can say i’m not committed to my work
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
sometimes i'm doing real journalism and sometimes i go to work and say "can I please just make a photo gallery of the England hooligans getting rowdy at a pub in Dallas" and @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social thankfully says yes: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Please enjoy photos of plastered England fans drinking a Dallas bar dry
England fans had a smashing time drinking nearly $30,000 worth of beer at a Dallas pub. The photos are incredible.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
i would never let a man make me breakfast on love island. those pancakes are way too thick. pathetic.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
i can't get enough of people discovering stuff about america and i love every bit of it www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Tourists are discovering (and loving) these very American things
Imagine coming face-to-face with a longhorn for the first time.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
between charli xcx’s “ss26” and olivia rodrigo happy depressed girl summer
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"it smells like piss in here" bro i bet! www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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VIDEO: Surprise elephant promptly pees all over Texas GOP convention
A big guest brought a big puddle.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
i am now immensely invested in curaçao's world cup run www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Smallest nation in the World Cup brings overjoyed 'blue wave' to Houston
For a nation of only 156,000, being in the World Cup is "euphoric."
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“i was a big sum 41 fan as a kid” - my husband
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
you’re gonna be waiting awhile for that “friday night lights” reboot @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/tv/a...
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Friday Night Lights showrunner, quarterback talk reboot
“We had geniuses in that writing room. … People use the word reboot, but if I look at that creative team, I think that's more of a continuation.”
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
remember when coldplay made parachutes. that rocked.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
maybe the real AP Swatch collab is the friends we made along the way @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Houston's hottest club is the AP Swatch collab line at the Galleria
People in line are making friends and sharing food as they wait days for an exclusive watch.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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So many LGBTQ Texans are moving to this city, it may declare an 'emergency'
Seattle is one of the many places that transgender Texans are resettling after fleeing their home state.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
back in the (texas canon) saddle with kacey musgraves and “golden hour” 🦋 @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/musi...
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Kacey Musgraves' masterpiece opened up country for everyone
"You won't meet anybody who loves traditional country music more than me...But I won't let that keep me in that box."
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
really need a glamorous and benevolent old woman to gift me an absolutely beat to shit birkin bag
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
i strive to be as culturally important as the person who decided to put “my moon my man” in heated rivalry
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
i interviewed d4vd at ACL in 2024 and he taught me how to dap someone up
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
(four months late) who wants to talk about the bone temple
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 03/04/2026
Lot of recalled products down there.
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
idk i just think beck’s “loser” is the best cover “glee” ever did
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"I definitely see how we can continue to build a relationship with like Houston as a whole, but specifically the East End as well." a great one from @jamildavid.bsky.social on what is soon to be a real houston institution @chron.com www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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How a new Houston burger spot is quickly becoming a community staple
The burger spot on the Esplanade on Navigation is a reflection of growing up in Houston.
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
overheard at #sxsw: “i don’t remember what a hyundai looks like”
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Abigail Rosenthal @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
and it was very interesting!
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