Jonathan Apollo
Bio
I bang my keyboard and words come out. Sometimes, they're worth reading. Sometimes, they're even good.
40-something, M, NYC. He/Him/His. #TPWK
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Stories (21/0)
Aaron, Oh, Aaron: My Thoughts On the Life of Aaron Carter
I remember when Aaron Carter prophesied that he would die an early death. In the liner notes for the singer’s 2001 Oh, Aaron album, the singer; then, just months shy of his 14th birthday, contemplated the life that had brought him immense fame and an immeasurable level of sadness that his young fanbase could never fathom.
By Jonathan Apolloa day ago in Beat
The Worst Part
My grief from losing Momma still has ways of surprising me. This coming September will mark three years since she physically left this Earth. There are days where it feels like it just happened yesterday and others where the sadness of every bit of those three years circles somewhere deep within. The latter is where I find myself most of the time – a dull yet continuous heartache that’s occasionally manageable if I can find a good enough distraction. If grief is the remaining love we never get to express (or “love persevering,” as some characters may say), then I know this is something I will feel on wavering levels for the remainder of my life.
By Jonathan Apollo14 days ago in Families
Hanging On for Dear Life
I still remember the first time I heard “Hanging On for Dear Life” by Jennifer McGill… and the other first time. The very first was way back in the early 90s. In the middle of a very late night, I was awake and bored enough to watch a movie that I recorded weeks before. The movie was My Boyfriend’s Back, a silly horror-comedy that most film buffs regard as the one credit the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman probably wished he could erase from his acting resume.
By Jonathan Apollo26 days ago in Beat
Backstreet Bubble Burst
At the start of 2017, TMZ photographers approached Brian Littrell, a member of the Backstreet Boys, outside LAX. He was asked what he thought of multiple Hollywood stars “hating” on the reality star who had recently become Commander in Chief.
By Jonathan Apolloabout a month ago in Humans
We Need to Talk About Jennifer Lopez
Mariah Carey was riding a career high in 2000. Since her 1990 debut, the multiracial songbird – who proudly celebrates and elevates her Black heritage – had churned out smash hit after smash hit, with 14 of her singles hitting the peak of the Billboard Hot 100 (with five more to follow).
By Jonathan Apollo2 months ago in Beat
- Top Story - March 2024
This Is Me... NowTop Story - March 2024
Like many, witnessing the events leading up to and during the Black Lives Matter uprisings of 2020 changed me. In the past, comments about other’s perceptions of my Blackness made me feel disconnected from other Black people. However, seeing the ever-growing list of names and faces of beautiful Black men, women, and children meeting horrific ends at the hands of police, neighborhood watchmen, and the occasional Karen, along with other injustices, forced me to not only take back my Blackness from those people but own it.
By Jonathan Apollo2 months ago in Humans