The Daily Skimm, December 31, 2020
Oh, 2020. Not all years are good but you were especially crappy. Our Google searches went from ‘best places to travel on a budget’ to ‘how many plants is too many plants?’ We all baked bread. Everything was cake. We made margs with Martha Stewart, cosmos with Ina Garten, and negronis with Stanley Tucci. No one remembers jeans. Or the UFO videos. Or life before TikTok. We all clapped, and marched, and Zoomed, and tie-dyed. Taylor Swift got woodsy. Zendaya won an Emmy. Emily said ‘oui oui.’ “Schitt’s Creek” was simply the best. So were J-Lo and Shakira. Harry Styles got Vogue. The Kardashians went rogue. Hilaria Baldwin is just living her life. And we all finally know how to properly wash our hands. But in an unprecedented year of nonstop doomscrolling, three topics dominated the news cycle. Let’s get into it all…