The best news of 2021
Emily Writes Weekly
I hope you have had a wonderful Boxing Day. Not even gonna lie, I love a Best Of list. This is a list of my favourite news stories of 2021. I would love to hear yours…
In no particular order - because let’s be real, I don’t have enough energy for that - here’s my top 2021 news stories. The stories that made me laugh or cry or both. The best of the best when most of the news was terrible…
- Pablo Escobar’s coked up hippos can’t stop rooting.
- Bernie’s mittens.
- Oprah forever.
- Walnut the Crane is my bird-wife.
- Francis Bourgeois.
- Kim’s Met Gala outfit.
- The (best gift) Ever Given.
- Teslas have buttholes.
- Jeff Bezos Dick Rocket.
- Pete Davidson.
- Capybaras start class war, well done comrades.
- Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s big, swollen, vaccinated balls.
- Shakira and the wild boars.
- They weren’t the only swine going hog-wild.
- "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver."
- Matt LeBlanc our Irish uncle.
- Just selling farts in a jar.
- Is it a Bones or No Bones Day?
- Meta - and the best headline ever.
- Whomst among us has not run away from The Church to do sex with a Satanic erotic fiction writer?
- Good job Reddit.
- Jean and Jorts.
- Sharon’s pumpkin pie.
- Soon may the Wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum 🎶
- #BamaRush
- GameStop.
- Bat.
- The courage of Simone Biles.
- The knitting of Tom Daley.
- And of course: Bennifer.
And that’s it for today! Before the end of the year I’ll be sending subscribers a long-reads list to enjoy over the break (I’m hoping you’re getting a bit of a break!)