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MAGPIE
A lifestyle blog that's kind of a mess from a broad just doing her best
The magpie is a mouthy bird who hoards sentimentality, lives unabashedly, and will eat almost everything. That is me. I’m the magpie. Also my name is Maggie. See what I did there?
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Media Gal Pals That Gave Me Life in 2019
I tried to write about fifty different sentences that truly encapsulated how trash 2019 was but for the life of me couldn't embody all...
maggiemac
Jan 2, 20205 min read
Scream Queens To Inspire You This Spooky Szn
It may be surprising to some to find out that I have a special place in my heart for horror/thriller films. From gorgeous cinematography...
maggiemac
Oct 2, 20197 min read
Magpie Reviews: ArtFair Philippines 2018
In my continuing brazen campaign to be sponsored by the Filipino Tourism Board (#itsmorefuninthephilippines) to get to attend free events...
maggiemac
Mar 18, 20183 min read
Magpie Reviews: Netflix’s Queer Eye
Growing up with an interior designer mother, I watched a lot of TLC. We’re talking What Not To Wear, Trading Spaces, Extreme Makeover:...
maggiemac
Feb 21, 20184 min read
The Magpie Reviews: The Bodyguard
In my family, we’ve had a long-running joke that my dad is secretly Kevin Costner. It all started when a couple years ago, Dad mentioned...
maggiemac
Nov 28, 20174 min read
The Magpie Reviews: Alias Grace
In the hollow emptiness of the aftermath of finishing Stranger Things II, I was weak. I was searching. I was vulnerable to boring Netflix...
maggiemac
Nov 8, 20175 min read
News Sources as Mean Girls Characters
We live in a brave new world in which credible news sources and freedom of press are so 2000 and late. We’re so divided that the actual...
maggiemac
Oct 19, 20175 min read
The Magpie Reviews: 11th Annual International Silent Film Festival
I thought I’d do this new thing where I write specifically about events in Manila for three reasons: It forces me to live as normally as...
maggiemac
Sep 4, 20173 min read
The Magpie Reviews: Anne with an “E”
The new Netflix series “Anne with an ‘E'” seems like it would be directly catered to me. It’s a perfectly measured combination of...
maggiemac
Jun 26, 20174 min read
The Magpie Ranks: Law and Order: SVU Detectives
If you can’t hum along to the iconically minimalistic Law and Order: SVU theme song (*duh-DUH duh-duh-duh-duh-da-duhhhhh*) or can hear...
maggiemac
Apr 30, 20173 min read
The Magpie Ranks: American Girl Dolls
Listen folks, it’s the holiday season. I’m about to see a lot of family, hear a lot of unsolicited opinions, and be vaguely present...
maggiemac
Nov 20, 20163 min read
The Magpie Reviews: The Girl On A Train
*THIS IS FULL OF SPOILERS LIKE ANY RESPECTABLE REVIEW. Also I didn’t read the book because I stopped buying into fad reading crazes after...
maggiemac
Oct 15, 20166 min read
The Magpie Reviews: “Brooklyn”
You didn’t ask for it but here it is. My new “The Magpie Reviews” series is a blatant pander to on-trend millennials and an excuse for me...
maggiemac
Oct 3, 20165 min read
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