The Big Silly Gazette has arrived!
YOUR WEEKLY DOSE OF BIG SILLY, STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX
Hi diva — can I call you diva? 😎
I’m Natalie, your host and chaos coordinator for all things Big Silly. I’m here in your inbox because you’ve crossed paths with The Big Silly Trivia Game at some point in the past, and we have something new for you 😘
Welcome to the very first Big Silly Gazette — your weekly inbox fix of pop culture chit chat, community moments, game recaps, and silliness.
As a refresher, Big Silly is a big, silly, sparkling internet family of thousands of pop-culture aficionados and fashionistas — a home for the chronically online — and The Big Silly Trivia Game is a weekly, live, virtual pop-culture trivia show hosted from NYC each Wednesday night.
And this newsletter? Think of it as the afterparty! Let’s get into it, trivia dolls.
Pop culture news of the week
Screen time up? Us too. Here’s what’s on our minds…
Nikki Blonsky: I can’t escape her Cameos on my FYP. Everything is chaotic, and ICYMI, she upped her rates from $20 to $100 a pop. You can now give the luxury gift of “Good Morning Baltimore” to your cousin for their birthday.
Jonascon took place on Sunday inside a mall in New Jersey, complete with boy band support à la Big Time Rush, a Camp Rock reunion, and a performance in a massive indoor pool. It was like a 2009 time machine, and I have FOMO.
White Lotus' most recent episode gave me a tummy ache. As disturbing as it was, I am living for the poolside fashion like Jaclyn’s SAME Swim Rosette Bikini and Chloe’s full pink Jacquemus look from episode 5.
Live-Action Lilo & Stitch erased Pleakley’s drag era: We riot at dawn!! Pleakley was a major topic of conversation in the chat during last week’s game. Thank you to Jenna, who whipped up this modern-day interpretation of Pleak (using a tube of Rhode’s Guava Spritz). She’d look great in Date Cake…
Community chit chat
If you've ever typed "HELPPP" in our in-game Zoom chat, or have Real Housewives fan cams on your FYP — you belong here. Our group chat is open, and we want to hear from you! Just click the button below to weigh in.
Question of the week:
What’s the most iconic reality TV fight of all time, and why?
This Wednesday’s finale is Reality TV–themed, so we’re getting you in the groove…
Be cool — don’t be all uncool!!
P.S. What would our Housewives tagline be?? The best responses will get featured in the next newsletter.
Weekly poll
Big Silly–core poll time! It’s like Ugly Betty x BuzzFeed NYC, circa 2006. What a sentence...
Pledge your loyalty in the poll below — we’ll reveal the results next week.
Upcoming events
The Big Silly community is magical, and we want to share all the fun rumblings we’ve got up our sleeves (and on our moodboards):
Season Finale Game ✨ Reality TV Trivia ✨ 3/26
The winner gets a ticket for them and a friend to Watch What Happens Live! Yes, WWHL. Must be 21+ and NYC-based.
Big Silly Turns One!!
Late April. In NYC. At JEANS. Want to come? More soon…
Should we take Big Silly on the road?
Hamptons? LA? Let us know which city we should visit next!
Trivia recap
Oh yeah, we play trivia too 🌟 If you couldn’t make it, we missed you.
Last week’s theme: GIRL POWER!
A full round dedicated to some of the most iconic women in pop culture.
Every prize came from a female-founded brand, which is so fabulous.
1st place: Grace won $400 to Lisa Says Gah (we’re obsessed with their new Polly Pocket collab)
2nd place: Christina got MERIT perfume — you’ll be smelling like a dream
3rd place: Tyler scored a MyAleph bag charm
4th place: Six will be a hangover-free diva with her inbound Ghia Cocktail Box
Hardest Question:
Only 10% got it right — the answer is nestled at the bottom of this letter 👀
Which artist sings the biggest-selling studio album by a solo female artist?
Taylor Swift
Shania Twain
Beyoncé
Rihanna
Game chat highlight:
"Imagine being a zookeeper and showing up to your job in Gucci??"
The Exchange (Beta)
Omg this is BIG. Welcome to the Big Silly Exchange™ — think Craigslist, but hot and not scary.
Looking for a roommate? Is your company hiring? Need someone to watch Drag Race with? Want to co-host a Big Silly watch party in your city? This is the spot.
Listings of the week:
Katie is getting engaged this summer and is looking for the dress of her dreams
Savannah is looking for fellow content creators in Arizona
Katerina is looking for IRL friends in Brooklyn! Watch party anyone?
Lydia is on the hunt for a job in communications
Tell your friends, sister, spiritual advisor, injectables nurse, etc.
Perks of the week
Rent the Runway gave our dolls a special spring code: BIGSILLYSPRING for 1 free month to frolic into spring in style. I love RTR because it unlocks my Palm Beach sundress–wearing alter ego that always needs nurturing.
Want to partner with Big Silly? We’re always down to collab. DM us or reply to this email 💌
Can’t wait to see you live on Wednesday night to win those tickets.
Until then, stay silly. Stay sparkly ✨
Love,
Natalie 🎀
P.S. The answer to “which artist sings the biggest-selling studio album by a solo female artist?” is... Shania Twain!
big silly x jean’s is so important for my lore
manifesting to the moon & back one of the dolls has a lead on the dress 🤞🏼