If you’re still hanging on to your X (formerly Twitter) account, you already know that the platform’s viral hit of the week — besides memes about Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher restarting production on their TV shows — is an EBay auction.
The online bidding behemoth is the place to be on the internet right now thanks to a benefit put on by the Union Solidarity Coalition, founded earlier this year to support crew members who’ve lost health insurance during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The event, whose net proceeds will go to the organization’s crew healthcare fund, features some unique celebrity experiences — Natasha Lyonne helping you solve the New York Times’ crossword puzzle; Lena Dunham painting a mural in your home — which has inspired plenty of jokes about what fans would really shell out for. (One fake item depicted on social media priced details about the Archie Panjabi/Julianna Margulies feud at nearly $10 million — a bargain to any deep-pocketed “Good Wife” stan.)
And, of course, it has also inspired envy among those of us at The Times who cover culture and probably can’t justify a $3,250 Zoom on the ol’ expense account. So we decided to live vicariously through our writing and selected our most coveted items from the auction instead.
Collection of autographed celebrity children’s books ($420)
A collection of autographed children’s books may seem useless for an adult in her late 20s (who probably won’t be able to afford to have kids in this economy). But my therapist often uses the term “healing the inner child” and I’m sure these books fall under that monthly budget. “24 Minutes to Bedtime”! Maybe these stories will finally stop my endless doom-scrolling on TikTok. Although I do secretly wish that the great and gorgeous Channing Tatum would read me “The One and Only Sparkella.” And that Daniel Kwan and I could go for a walk as he reveals the secrets of how to be everything, everywhere, all at once….
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