This year was a little different. Obama pardoned his last turkey, two months before a turkey will replace him. Protesters at Standing Rock—and the unacceptable, inhumane and racist treatment of them—remind us that Thanksgiving is and has always been a feel-good ruse. In the immortal words of Nas, “The Indians saved the pilgrim/And in return the pilgrim killed em/They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday hellday.”
And yet, it all continued apace, turkeys and pies and mac ‘n’ cheese and the spirit of love and family—the only redeemable point of it all—so we may as well see how everyone celebrated.
Remy Ma COOKED.
Ms. Tina sorrrrt of cooked…
…and Mr. Tina overindulged.
Miley Cyrus didn’t care about Thanksgiving because it was her birthday and she got the most amazing tie-dyed dog cake.
Naomi Campbell posts this every single year on Thanksgiving and we can never be mad because, I mean, look.
A little less composed, Bella Hadid art-selfied her pies.
Cute baby alert: Ciara’s son Future!
Sebastian Thomaz, three-year-old son of Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa, was cool with Thanksgiving because of pumpkins but mostly he wishes it were Halloween.
Meanwhile, Mariah kinda acknowledged the holiday but is mostly just ready for fucking Christmas, as ever.
Kylie Jenner remembered her old family, before the bodysnatchers…
…but reminded us she’s someone else now.
Relatedly, Natasha Lyonne was feeling like a Misfit.
And The Rock got drooled on… obviously.
I was personally thankful for Cardi B, and how she can’t stop the hustle.
Meek Mill was thankful for his own hustle, and reminded us of where it got him.
Tink was feeling the love…
Ariana Grande promo’d Hairspray Live! at the Macy’s Day Parade.
Jill Stein, via an Alice Walker quote, reminded us of our our rights (while steadily raising millions of dollars for a vote recount)…
And Ava DuVernay reminded us what’s important.
As did Sky Ferreira.
And Lupita Nyong’o.
And Tracee Ellis Ross.
And Leonardo diCaprio.
And Mae Whitman.
And Zendaya.
And Jason Momoa.
And Madonna.
And Shailene Woodley, who’s been at Standing Rock for weeks.
And Katy Perry.
Taylor Swift went to the beach with some fashion models and Todrick Hall and filmed a mannequin challenge.
Happy Black Friday!
