Bubble Trouble

Bubble Trouble

editor's notes

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Editor’s Notes: Bubble Trouble

The queerness found in a lot of these Bubble Trouble essays isn’t necessarily surface-level fizz but something deeper in the gut.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 13, 2023

Bubble Trouble

personality quiz

quizzes

Quiz: Escape This Bad Date and We’ll Tell You Which LaCroix Flavor You Are

For every good date, there are at least three bad dates. I made that ratio up, but it feels right.

ashni —

Mar 12, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

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comedy

Ranking All the Lipsmackers Chapsticks in the Coca-Cola Party Pack

I also solve the urgent mystery of what happened to Lip Smacker Dr. Pepper.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 12, 2023

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comedy

It “Happened” to Me: I Went to the World of Coca-Cola and Barely Made It Out Alive

Enter this strange and fizzy queer retelling of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — if you dare.

ashni —

Mar 11, 2023

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sobriety

food and drink

Ranking Prebiotic Sodas by Taste (and Asking a Doctor What They Even Do)

Finding drinks that scratch the alcohol craving itch for me is essential, and right now that thing is prebiotic sodas. 

danijanae —

Mar 10, 2023

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first person

Cherry Coke Triptych

Giving up caffeinated soda was one of the hardest parts of being pregnant.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Mar 10, 2023

britney spears

Bubble Trouble

first person

On 2018’s Britney Spears Diet Pepsi Cans and the Most Intense Gaslighting of My Career

I used to love grocery shopping after my divorce. I would buy things that only I liked.

Nico —

Mar 9, 2023

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first person

Coca-Cola Used To Be Fifty Cents and We Used To Be Close

(Stop writing about the Coke when what you’re really trying to write about is the end of a friendship and then another and then another.)

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 9, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

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food and drink

Uncommon Pairings: Canned Sparkling Wines and the Chips That Go With Them

Canned wines have solved the problem of me not wanting to commit to an entire bottle of something.

ashni —

Mar 8, 2023

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first person

Grind Culture Made Fizzy Energy Drinks My Toxic Writing Partner

This is not a cautionary tale or a poignant anecdote about finding myself amid waves of imposter syndrome

Julie Gentile —

Mar 8, 2023

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sobriety

first person

Seltzer Tastes Like Punishment

There are so many good songs about drinking but none about seltzer, have you noticed that?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Mar 7, 2023

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first person

Beers I Drank From Ages 14 to 20 That Made Me the ‘Man’ I Am Today

Every punk party — whether it was in Ft. Lauderdale or Lake Worth or North Miami — had the exact same drink options. Either you were drinking Mickey’s or you…

Stef Rubino —

Mar 7, 2023