A few years ago, I discovered a foolproof antidote to a lack of motivation: Beyoncé. Lately, when I’m struggling to convince myself to actually get up and log into that Zoom workout, I’ve been hyping myself up with songs from her repertoire. What can I say? Lyrics like, “I came to slay, bitch” just do something to me. So the news that the megastar singer is bringing her motivational music straight to Peloton users with a series of Homecoming-themed workouts makes a lot of sense to me.

The partnership is meant to commemorate homecoming season, a cherished time at historically Black colleges and universities (and the eponymous name of Beyoncé’s 2019 concert film). Since it’s likely that most of this year’s homecoming celebrations will be virtual due to COVID-19, Beyoncé wants the workouts she created with Peloton to page homage to HBCUs and homecoming season.

As part of this partnership, Peloton and Bey (who’s also an investor in the stationary biking behemoth) will also be gifting two-year Peloton Digital memberships to students at 10 different HBCUs, which can be used to access classes whether you have equipment or not.

“Peloton and I both believe that the power of music can help uplift, motivate and inspire those on their fitness journeys,” Beyoncé noted in a written statement. “I’ve been a Peloton member for several years, and I’m excited to partner with a company that helps people, young and old, be the best versions of themselves, in an innovative and adaptable way. I’m proud to celebrate the students at HBCUs with this donation, to encourage them to find and embrace their own wellness regimens.”

A lot of people are excited about this partnership. Beyoncé was already Peloton users’ most requested artist, after all. So to answer the demand, the fitness platform gave us a taste: A-30 minute stationary bike ride is already available on demand through the service today, and more workouts will roll out throughout the course of the month.

You don’t have to have a Peloton bike at home to do many of these Beyoncé workouts. In addition to indoor cycling classes, the platform will also release Homecoming-themed running, strength, bootcamp, and even yoga classes throughout the month, according to a company press release. You can do these through the Peloton app, which anyone can try for free during the 30-day trial period (as someone who’s always forgetting to cancel after free trials, just set an extra calendar reminder to opt out after a month if you don’t plan to keep it).

Here’s the full release schedule below — happy sweating!

On Demand

30 minute Beyoncé Two for One Ride with Alex Toussaint & Tunde Oyeneyin

Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern

30 minute Beyoncé Yoga Flow with Chelsea Jackson Roberts

10 minute Beyoncé Meditation with Chelsea Jackson Roberts

Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern

20 minute Beyoncé Full Body Strength with Robin Arzón

20 minute Beyoncé Outdoor Run with Robin Arzón (Audio Only)

Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. Eastern

30 minute Beyoncé Ride with Ally Love

Saturday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m. Eastern

60 minute Beyoncé Bootcamp with Jess Sims

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The term ‘love language’, while not new, has been popularized over the last year. Take a look at the results when you search it on Twitter and you’ll discover that most, in explanation of their own love languages, cite ‘sarcasm’, ‘sharing memes‘ and sending playlists. When I explained what love languages were to another friend, he laughed and said he thought they were ‘some horoscope-y thing‘. Are we getting love languages all wrong?

The concept of love languages was introduced in 1992 by a Southern Baptist pastor named Gary Chapman and was aimed mostly at married heterosexual Christian couples. In his book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret To Love That Lasts, Chapman established the theory that everyone has a primary love language: a category of behaviours that they most immediately associate with affection. Based on his observations as a relationship and marriage counsellor, he writes: “Your emotional love language and the language of your spouse may be as different as Chinese from English. No matter how hard you try to express your love in English, if your spouse understands only Chinese, you will never understand how to love each other.”

Chapman, who is based in the United States, says that in order to enjoy a fulfilling relationship (or marriage, in his context), we must be willing to learn our partner’s primary love language if we are to be effective communicators of love. There are five emotional love languages that people speak and understand: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch.

While sharing memes and playlists may be a lighthearted joke, the concept of love languages has clearly resonated with millennial and Gen Z audiences. There are countless Reddit threads dedicated to the topic in the r/Relationships and r/Ask Women subreddits where the subject is taken more seriously than on Twitter, with advice seekers writing about dilemmas that are variations on a small handful of themes: “My partner and I don’t share the same love language” and “I’m failing to ‘speak’ to my partner’s love language.”

Pop star Ariana Grande even referenced the trend in her sixth album, released last week. On her track “Love Language” she sings: “If you gon’ keep speaking my love language, you can talk your shit all night. You’re the medication when I’m feeling anxious, that’s the kind of shit I like.” This season’s Bachelorette filmed a whole group date centered around the idea of love languages.

Don’t rush going into a relationship with anyone. Understand each other’s love language first. How you express it to each other and how the other person can feel it. Understand them as a person, and if it’s meant to happen, you’ll make it happen. Just don’t rush.

— Zzz (@OnlyZay999) November 9, 2020

All this is to say that people today discuss their love languages as shorthand to indicate what they want in a relationship as casually as they would refer to their horoscope or Myers-Briggs personality type (FYI, you can find out your love language by doing this quiz) but interestingly we don’t advertise our love languages on dating apps. If we spent less time poring over our SO’s birth charts and more on understanding and communicating our love languages, would it finally cause the death of the doomed four-month situationship? According to Chapman, it would.

“Ignoring our partner’s love language is like ignoring the needs of a garden: if we don’t weed, water, or fertilize, it will die a slow death,” he writes. And love languages aren’t just for romantic relationships, he adds. They can be used in platonic relationships, friendships, families and working relationships. Being able to recognize and understand love languages could help bolster your relationships throughout your life.

If you’d prefer your boss to highlight your strengths and wins as well as give constructive criticism, you might be someone whose love language is words of affirmation. Or if your love language is quality time, you might want to spend less time texting your friends and more time gossiping over Zoom with a glass of wine.

Chapman insists that love languages are a great way to form deeper connections and knowing them are vital for platonic and romantic relationships to succeed. But do they work in modern society?

Relationship expert Cheryl Muir believes so. “Love languages are super important,” she tells Refinery29. “It’s a model that helps us understand what our needs are and how to get our needs met and the needs of other people. It’s a great way to understand ourselves and others on a practical level.” She also doesn’t believe that love languages becoming a meme is necessarily a bad thing. “It’s obviously become internet slang but at least people have familiarity of the concept, and with that familiarity we can educate them further.”

She does think that the term ‘love language’ can be daunting for some. “If there was a different way to say it – like ‘communication language’ – that didn’t involve the word ‘love’ it might be more palatable in the early stages of a relationship.” But she adds that, like those who put their Myers-Briggs type on their dating bios, adding your love language could show that you’ve gone through personal development and reflection, which could be an attractive trait for others. It is proof, she says, that this is a person who is “willing to improve their personality, [has] gone deeper into themselves and is a really great person to build and partner with.”

With this information, I decided to take a long, hard look at myself. What was my love language? Out of 30 paired statements, I selected the ones which best reflected what is meaningful to me in a relationship. These ranged from “spending uninterrupted leisure time with my partner” to “friends or family reacting positively to something I’ve accomplished.” I discovered that my primary love language is quality time and my secondary love language is physical touch. Both of which, during a global pandemic, are unattainable for me.

So I looked to see if I could fill my ‘love tank,’ as Chapman (really) calls it, in other ways while living at home with my family during lockdown. I discovered that my mother doesn’t respond to physical touch as she swatted me away every time I went to embrace her. My father, meanwhile, responds diligently to quality time — we sat in silence in the living room, enjoying each other’s company without saying a word.

And so I gave myself the challenge of actively trying to speak my loved ones’ love languages. I cooked dinner for my family (my mom’s love language is acts of service, my dad and my brother’s love language is quality time), I sent my friend a small gift in the post (her love language is receiving gifts) and I’ve been praising and encouraging those close to me whose love language is words of affirmation.

And do you know what? I think it’s working. My family was visibly more buoyant for the rest of the evening after I cooked and we spent time together. My friend said her confidence grew after receiving the gift. Understanding what people need and filling those holes is a validation of themselves and during this difficult time, it’s exactly what we all need. What I need to do now is the difficult task of asking them to understand and begin speaking my love languages back. However, I’ve noticed that doing little things for other people brings me joy, which could mean my third love language is acts of service.

“In a time of crisis, more than anything, we need to feel loved,” Chapman writes. “We cannot always change events, but we can survive if we feel loved.” When we crave intimacy and deeper, more fulfilling connections, we need to show our partners, friends, family and colleagues that we love and appreciate them. If there was ever a time to learn each other’s love languages in order to strengthen our connections and survive, it’s now, when we can’t all be together.

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The “home for the holidays” Christmas rom-com is getting a much needed revamp this year. The first trailer for Clea Duvall’s Happiest Season has dropped, and it’s telling an old story in a brand new way.

Harper (MackenzieDavis) and Abby (Kristen Stewart) are in love — in fact, Abby’s ready to propose. So, when Harper invites her home to meet her family over Christmas for the first time, she’s overjoyed. 

“I get to go meet the people who made my favorite person,” she says in the trailer.

But here’s the thing: Harper’s parents (Mary Steenburgen and Victor Garber) don’t know that Abby’s favourite person is gay. As a result, she’s kept their relationship a secret, leading them to believe that Abby is her roommate and an orphan who doesn’t have anywhere else to go. 

Stewart proved she was born to do comedy in 2019’s Charlie’s Angels remake, and I’m thrilled that she and Davis are flexing those muscles. These two have range, and watching them play off one another is the Christmas miracle I didn’t know I needed.

But in between the holiday hijinks, there are real stakes at play: Harper is terrified that if she comes out to her parents, they’ll start to look at her differently, or even reject her. Meanwhile, Abby is hurt that her girlfriend would hide her, and is worried this might mean their feelings aren’t genuine. 

In a candid conversation with Stewart for InStyle back in October, DuVall, who wrote the script with Mary Holland (who also co-stars), explained that the script came from a very personal place. “I wanted something that represented an experience I haven’t seen, which was something close to my own,” she said. 

Stewart, who was once told to hide her sexuality in order to make it in Hollywood, echoed that feeling, adding the movie “deals with very poignant things that, for me, are extremely affecting and triggering.”

“I loved the couple,” she added. “They’re both people I really felt protective of in different ways, because I’ve been on both sides of that dynamic where someone is having a hard time acknowledging who they are and the other person is more self-accepting.” (The actress is now dating screenwriter Dylan Meyer.)

Emmys triple-threat Dan Levy  — who comes just shy of stealing the trailer with his signature snappy delivery — co-stars as Abby’s best friend and confidante alongside Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Ana Gasteyer, Jake McDorman, and Michelle Buteau.

November 25 can’t come soon enough (while it’s streaming on Hulu in the U.S. it will play in some Canadian theatres) — but you don’t have to wait until then to start getting festive. The Happiest Season soundtrack is already available, and features covers and new music by all-queer artists including Tegan and Sara, Sia, Bebe Rexha, Brandy Clark and Charlie Hanson.  

Watch the full trailer for Happiest Season below:

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Even if you’ve been kinder to your hair during quarantine, deliberately cutting back on heat styling during the work week, you may still be dealing with strands that grow too slowly or seemingly not at all. Lax at-home hair maintenance might actually be sabotaging your grow-out plan, but luckily, there are a few easy-to-follow remedies for maximizing your growth potential.

Ahead, seasoned hair experts spill their top hair-growth tips. You can implement just one or put them all into practice, and you’ll be reaping the benefits of extra inches before you know it.

Address Your Specific Scalp Needs

It may sound intuitive, but healthy hair starts all the way up at the root, which means that your scalp is an integral part of the equation. If hair growth is your primary goal, it might be smart to schedule a visit with a trained trichologist, an expert in the functions of the scalp and the factors contributing to hair loss and abnormalities. “A trichologist will offer a customizable scalp treatment,” explains Bridgette Hill, a trichologist and colourist based in New York City. “Individualized treatment allow us to combine topical products, ingestibles, and scalp stimulation to promote circulation and combat any congestion that may be preventing optimum hair growth.”

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On the flip side, down-the-back princess hair also requires a standing salon appointment with a hairstylist skilled in the art of dusting dead ends. “Make sure that you’re in the hands of a stylist who understands barely-trimming,” says Teddi Cranford, owner of White Rose Collective in Manhattan’s East Village. She tells us that a stylist who trims for growth will be able to cut into the hair in a way that maintains — and promotes — extra length, and doesn’t just lop off a few inches.

Use A Deep Conditioner

Those who are frustrated by their slow grow-out process are often forgetting the TLC. Masking, deep conditioning, and being super gentle with the hair are all equally important. “I recommend using a hydrating hair mask weekly to maintain hair strength and prevent against split ends,” says Cranford, who recommends Olaplex. “I also would make sure you’re using a hydrating shampoo and conditioner that won’t dry your hair out.” This is especially important if you’re using hot tools or getting highlights because both make your hair prone to breakage, which is the opposite of what you want.

Eat A Healthy Diet

You may not be able to make your hair grow faster than it’s genetically capable of growing, but you can help maximize its potential by eating a healthy, nutrient-rich diet. “If you lack in certain minerals, vitamins, and proteins, your hair will start growing slower,” explains trichologist Iain Sallis. “To make hair grow at its optimum level, you need a lot of protein and iron. Red meat, oily fish, and eggs are fantastic for hair, as they all have the sulfur-rich amino acids your body uses to make new hair cells.” Hair-growth vitamins are often pricy and can be hit or miss — so start by focusing simply on putting good nutrients into your body, and enjoy the fringe benefit of longer, shinier, all-around healthier hair.

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For normal people, pettiness means not inviting someone to brunch, or crying foul play when you’ve obviously lost an election fair and square. But for the British royals, the shade is a lot more subtle. This time, The Firm has sent a message by refusing to let Prince Harry and Meghan Markle participate in Britain’s Remembrance Day (basically their Veteran’s Day).

The Sunday Times reported that Prince Harry, who lives in Montecito, California with his wife, spent upwards of $1,300 USD on a wreath of poppies that were to be laid in his name at the Cenotaph, Britain’s official war memorial, during the November 9 annual service commemorating war veterans and the dead. Mind you, this is an event that’s near and dear to the Duke of Sussex’s heart, as the ex-royal served in British army for a decade, including two tours in Afghanistan, and founded the Invictus Games, an international sports event for injured and sick veterans and army personnel.

According to The Sunday Times, Prince Harry was “deeply saddened” to hear that his “personal request” to have his wreath laid by Buckingham Palace was denied by courtiers (his grandmother the queen, however, reportedly wasn’t told) because they feel he no longer represents the monarchy.

So the couple did what any normal person would do — their own thing (petty or sincere, interpret it as you wish, but it’s kind of genius either way). The two decided to “personally recognize Remembrance in their own way,” according to their media team, by visiting war graves at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were photographed laying a wreath at the graves of two Commonwealth soldiers, as well as flowers that Markle picked from their own garden.

While some Brits felt that this was a deliberate ploy to take away the thunder of the ceremony in London, others felt it was simply a way for the couple to make due with an awkward situation, and have them take part in an event that is important to Prince Harry despite being barred from officially participating.

Prince Harry and Meghan have marked #RemembranceSunday by visiting the Los Angeles National Cemetery today. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to “personally recognise” the day in their own way. pic.twitter.com/jFRr3RPbRv

— Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) November 8, 2020

Wreath drama — a first, but it seems like the royal battle has only begun.

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During Prada’s fall ‘19 runway show in Milan, Miuccia Prada made waves when debuting the Monolith Oxfords, a chunky, lug sole take on the collegiate shoe staple. More than two years after the style’s initial descent down the runway, it remains one of the most frequently spotted footwear styles on the streets, particularly during fashion month, and a regular on the Instagram feeds of influencers like Courtney Trop of Always Judging and Reese Blutstein of Double Exposure. Even Addison Rae, one of TikTok’s biggest stars and Kourtney Kardashian’s lockdown BFF, favours them. (So does Kourtney.) The platform style has become so popular, in fact, that designers across the board are now putting their own spin on the traditionally preppy silhouette, thus making them one of this year’s most prominent and sought-after shoe styles for fall. 

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Created as an alternative to boots for men, the low-heeled, ankle-height lace-ups — first called Balmoral shoes after Scotland’s Balmoral Castlecastle — became known as Oxfords after a rise in popularity at England’s Oxford University. Soon, they became popular with men everywhere. In the early 1900s, black-and-white, low-heeled “saddle shoes” were created as a way for women to get in on the trend. Initially crafted out of leather, following the Great Depression, the shoe appeared in more affordable materials and, not long after, adopted a lower, rubber heel. 

While classic Oxfords remain a popular style with both men and women today, as Prada’s cult-favourite iteration — currently available in three different materials — goes to show, sometimes the classics aren’t the only way to go. Instead, in 2020, you can find Oxfords that are lifted and made to make a statement rather than blend in. Following in Prada’s lead, The Row put their own spin on classic Oxfords, crafting theirs for fall out of pony hair and offering them in shades of ivory and black. Meanwhile, Swedish footwear brand Eytys gave their iteration a platform sole and a round toe, Marni opted for contrast stitching and a square toe, and Adieu put in a heavy rubber sole and added green accents. Of course, plenty of lower-priced options by the likes of Dr. Martens, Zara, and & Other Stories were also manufactured for fall to make the footwear style accessible no matter the budget.

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Since launching a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 to bring his vision for Hair Love to life, Matthew A. Cherry has taken his children’s book to incredible new heights. In 2019, Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation partnered to turn the book — which is about a Black father, Stephen, learning to style his daughter Zuri’s hair — into a short film. In February, Hair Love won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. 

Now, the critically-acclaimed story is available in an audiobook version, and the narrator is Blue Ivy Carter herself. Cherry announced that Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s eight-year-old daughter would be the voice of his book on Instagram. “Our Hair Love audiobook is live. Narrated by Blue Ivy Carter. Link in bio and available everywhere audiobooks are sold.” He shared a clip of Blue Ivy introducing the book, and we’d be lying if we said we didn’t listen to it nearly 20 times. 

Fans immediately took to social media to share their excitement for Blue Ivy and point out the more profound significance of her narrating a book about natural hair. Blue Ivy, who is only eight years old, was subjected to cruel cyberbullying and mocked about her natural hair for years, a painful experience all too familiar for many young Black girls and women. The partnership is huge for Blue Ivy and sends a broader message about the importance of empowering Black girls and women to recognize their beauty and power — despite what society says.

Blue Ivy at such a young age, faced so many attacks and comments about her hair from adults who should have known better.
Even television stations like BET joined in publicly on the mockery.

To have her narrate a story on “Hair Love” is just so fitting and perfect. ❤️ https://t.co/iPuSKhXakx

— ✨Doreen✨ (@DoreenGLM) November 9, 2020

Matthew Cherry booking Blue Ivy to narrate Hair Love. iconic. & not only because she’s Beyonce’s child but also, too many people dragged that baby for her natural hair. get that check Blue. 😭

— 𝐌. (@askaboutmaya) November 9, 2020

blue ivy being mocked for her hair since she was a baby and then choosing to narrate an audiobook based on an oscar winning short film about hair love!! she’s really making graceful power moves at 9 years old https://t.co/9y0EPIFOec

— nahsˣ (@nahscontrols) November 9, 2020

Blue Ivy Carter reading a book called “Hair Love” after being bullied online for her natural hair is really just touching my heart

— 🎄𝑑𝑎𝑒✨ (@bey_dae) November 9, 2020

It also marks another part of Hair Love’s epic legacy, which goes far beyond the written word. Cherry has used his platform to advocate for The Crown Act, legislation that would legally prohibit discrimination based on a Black person’s hairstyle or texture nationwide. The United States House of Representatives just passed The CROWN Act, which now goes to the Senate for approval.

With Blue Ivy aboard the Hair Love train, there’s no better time to download the audiobook and continue championing The Crown Act to protect more young Black women and men from discrimination and bullying based on their natural hair. 

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Ariana Grande has brought back a decade of iconic eye makeup with the release of her new album, Positions. Already, TikTokers are breaking out their black liquid eyeliner and eyeshadow palettes to create their own interpretation of the ’60s-inspired cut crease.

To reference the Positions album cover, every part of Grande’s look proves to be a sartorial homage to the 1960s. From her teased, voluminous blowout to her rounded, elongated manicure, the beauty accents scream nostalgia for the decade that brought us chart-topping rock and roll, counterculture fashion, and the popularization of the dramatically-winged cat eye.

Trending alongside the chorus of ‘Positions,’ the Grande-inspired TikTok makeup tutorials are nothing sort of impressive. While the cat eye and cut crease are very distinctive in style, they’re versatile in the sense that the wearer can make it all their own by changing up colours and playing with angles to complement their own eye shape. While some stick to the exact soft neutral palette of Grande’s look — like users @jasadetunji and @chloeandcosmetics below — others leaned into personalization, adding nude lip liner, glitter eyeshadow, and strip lashes.

@jasadetunji

positions inspired makeup 🤍 #fyp #foryoupage #foryou #makeup #positionsarianagrande #arianagrandeinspired

♬ positions – Ariana Grande

@chloeandcos

Positions inspired makeup tutorial ✨🤍 whats your favourite song on the album? Let me know👉🏻 #positions #arianagrande #makeuptutorials

♬ positions – Ariana Grande

Given Grande’s signature beauty aesthetic, leaning into the ‘60s is not a complete departure from the style her fans already know and love, which always includes a variation of a sleek high ponytail and a modern winged cat eye. Plus, seeing how fast TikTok creatives adopted this particular ‘Positions’ makeup vibe, we’re curious: Could the ’60s be coming back in fashion for winter 2020? If Grande has anything to say about it, yes.

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Since U.S. Election Day we have been lucky enough to be peppered with amazing memes; from Gritty to Michigan, every kind of meme has had its moment in the sun. Shortly after the media projected Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential race, however, the Trump administration unintentionally gave the internet the ultimate meme inspiration: Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 

Unless you’re a Philadelphia local with gardening needs, you likely only just heard of Four Seasons Total Landscaping this weekend. But the rest of us learned about the company amidst our celebration of Trump’s defeat, when the president announced his team was holding a press conference at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia. In fact, the president was mistaken and there would be nothing at the stately luxury hotel. Rather, the campaign would be holding a press conference outside Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a local business with a similar but very much distinguishable name. The result was a divinely laughable and ridiculous affair that saw Rudy Giuliani baselessly claiming voter fraud (with the help of a convicted sex offender, no less), all in a gravel parking lot under an unusually cruel November sun.

Rudy Giuliani has arrived for his presser at the Ritz… pic.twitter.com/eOnuBxtCMY

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) November 9, 2020

New background for your Zoom calls this week. You’re welcome. pic.twitter.com/kFU1Cwjblm

— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) November 9, 2020

Though people were at first joking that Giuliani must have confused the two venues, sources confirm that the campaign fully intended to appear at the local landscaping firm all along, Trump caused some confusion by tweeting that it would be at the City Center hotel, only to delete his tweet and publish a new one with the amended information. This cross-communication can’t be anything less than what the meatier vs. meteor meme predicted. 

To clarify, President Trump’s press conference will NOT be held at Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia.
It will be held at Four Seasons Total Landscaping— no relation with the hotel.

— Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia at Comcast Center (@FSPhiladelphia) November 7, 2020

We’re grateful for the confusion, as it led to some very amusing memes, but even without the hotel mix-up, Four Seasons Total Landscaping’s neighbouring sex shop and crematorium would have already made for a set of jokes designed to send us over the edge — some might even say the adjoining businesses are the perfect picture of Trump’s range.

Metaphorically speaking, aren’t we all nestled between a sex shop and a crematorium?

— Ali Davis 🏳️‍🌈 (@Ali_Davis) November 8, 2020

Four Seasons Total Landscaping is also my secret code name for a bikini wax.

— Emmy Rossum (@emmyrossum) November 7, 2020

the tumblr ball pit deflated so four seasons total landscaping could fly

— JP (@jpbrammer) November 8, 2020

So while there’s usually very little to laugh at when it comes to this president and administration — it’s just too dark to be truly funny — Four Seasons Total Landscaping gave us all that release. Just in time to say goodbye to Trump forever.

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