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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

The following LaCroix flavors: Peach-Pear, Lime, Berry, Mure Pepino, Pure, Melon Pomelo, Lemon, and Pamplemousse

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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Lip Smacker chapsticks in fanta strawberry, fanta grape, fanta orange, root beer, sprite, coca-cola vanilla, cherry coke, and coca-cola classic, surrounded by gummy sodas, potato chips, and bottle caps.

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

Bubble Trouble

distorted glass bottles of Coke against a wavy blue and purple background with bottle caps and gummy sodas

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

Bubble Trouble

sobriety

four cans of prebiotic sodas surrounded by chips

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

Bubble Trouble

Three retro cans of Cherry Coke surrounded by gummy sodas and bottle caps against a jazz cup pattern

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

Bubble Trouble

three cans of coca-cola classic and three cans of diet coke

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

Bubble Trouble

Cheez-It White Cheddar, House Wine canned wine in a rainbow can, three loose potato chips, a bag of Takis, a bag of Kettle Cooked potato chips, a gold can of Underwood canned sparkling wine, and a can of nonalcoholic sparkling wine

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

Bubble Trouble

organic yerba mate in Enlighten Mint flavor with chips around them and a jazz cup design in the background

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

Bubble Trouble

sobriety

an overhead shot of a nearly empty cup of soda, surrounded by gummy sodas and bottle caps

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

Bubble Trouble

The following beers: Mickey's, Coors Light, Natural Ice, Miller Genuine Draft, and Bud Light Lime

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