Melanin Mayhem

Can’t wait for my dreams to become a reality

Younger folk are getting really good at spotting AI slop, to the consternation of marketing execs.

The good news is that if it persists and Gen Z and Gen Alpha continue to scoff at the generated stuff, then marketing departments aiming at them will just have to give up on using it because they won't be able to figure out how to fool their targets with it.

The bad news is that this won't apply to scams and campaigns aimed at older people, so once again we're going to have a situation where the kids will be the ones lunging across the coffee table to stop Mom from giving her financial info to that really obvious fake scam mom oh my god do NOT buy that it isn't even a real thing.

Met Gala 2026 x Famous Works of Art Part 1

Top to bottom, left to right:

Alexa Chung, Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies

Amy Sherald, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)

Angela Bassett, Girl in Pink

Anok Yai, Weeping Madonna

Chase Infiniti, Venus de Milo

Georgina Rodríguez, Our Lady of Fátima

Gracie Abrams, Woman in Gold

Heidi Klum, Veiled Vestal

Hunter Shaffer, Mäda Primavesi

Jamila Robinson, Landscapes by Richard Mayhew

Jon Batiste, Steve

Jordan Roth, Pygmalion and Galatea

Karan Johar, works by Raja Ravi Varma

Liu Wen, works by Erté