Cindy White

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Senior Editor at the Los Angeles Zoo. No AI, just hand-crafted artisan prose. Formerly: The A.V. Club, IGN, The Watercooler. WGAE, professional fan of cool stuff, mom of twins, work in progress.

The cover of the summer 2026 issue of Zoo View Magazine, featuring a picture of a bright pink flamingo extending one leg backwards and one black-tipped wing pointing towards the ground. The headline in block white letters reads Lessons in Nature.
A framed artwork by artist Ralph Steadman portraying a chaotic caricature of DJT with a red tie and splotches of red, black and sickly green paint all over its face.
A face-forward closeup of a big horn sheep looking directly at the camera.
The cover of the Spring 2026 issue of Zoo View, the official magazine of the Los Angeles Zoo. It features an okapi in a habitat with the title “Spring Training” in white block letters.
A prop shark fin used in Jaws displayed on a white pedestal. Above it is a yellow sign with a quote from the movie, attributed to Chief Brody (Roy Scheider): “You open the beaches on the Fourth of July, it’s like ringing the dinner bell.
An old-timey sign reads “Renaissance Pleasure Faire” in fancy red letters on a yellow background. Below it are musicians dressed in Renaissance garb playing in front of a mural featuring a rearing white unicorn on the left and a red dragon on the right.
A view from below the branches of a cherry blossom tree with pink blooms and a background of blue sky.
A brown sloth rests face up on a perch in his habitat, eating a corn cob. His clawed feet are raised in the air, grasping into a branch.
Two teen girls stand opposite each other. The one on the left has her left arm outstretched and is touching her index finger to the other’s forehead in a gesture mimicking a new hug invented by a character in the Welcome to Nightvale live show.
The cover of the Winter 2026 issue of Zoo View featuring a chimpanzee mother holding her infant in her arms and a pinecone in her mouth. In the bottom right corner a headline in white letters reads A Great Ape Baby Boom.
Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along
A cartoonish drawing of a skinny orange cat with a tiny Santa hat seeing himself reflected in a red ball ornament. The text beneath it reads “Happy holidays! Eddie’s waiting for you guys!”
A stall at a Christmas market filled with logs decorated with faces and traditional red hats, known as tío nadal in Barcelona.
A phone case with shipping labels and a logo of a cartoon back cat with a white mustache carrying a smaller back cat in its mouth.
A Bornean orangutan mom sitting with her newborn infant in her arms.
In the foreground. a raven on a perch. In the background, the outer wall of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge in the distance.
An orange kitten sleeping on his back with all four paws splayed out in the air.
An image of an orange kitten reaching out a paw to touch the lens of the camera taking the picture.
A tiny ginger-striped kitten being held by a young person whose face you can’t see. She is wearing a shirt with wide orange and white stripes that match his coloring. He is asleep with one paw raised in a magnanimous greeting to his Bluesky subjects.
A promotional poster for the VH1 series Hindsight. It shows two young women sitting on a subway. One of them is wearing a wedding dress, the other is dressed in 90s grunge style with a black leather jacket. They are both drinking through straws from fast food beverage cups.
A front-facing picture of a tiny orange kitten with his two tiny front paws perched on the arm of a beige armchair.
A nighttime shot of the Hollywood Bowl all lit up from far away in the cheap seats.
A natural sand-colored rock formation surrounded by several patinated bronze statues depicting people who inspired John Steinbeck's book Cannery Row. A statue of Steinbeck himself sits atop the rock with a pen and notebook.
The exterior of the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain. The exterior walls of the building are painted red and dotted with golden sculptures in the shape of bread loaves. The wall in the picture ends at a cylindrical tower, and both are decorated with large white egg shapes.
A standee for Date Everything with some, characters from the game: Mac the computer, Skyler (who represents the glasses you use to make things come to life), Dorian the door, Kopi the coffee maker, and Beverly the minibar.
A blocky concrete structure against a blue sky background. The second floor has windows and above that is the flat, circular top that makes up the roof.
An empty open office space with a single white square pillar in the foreground. There is a framed sign propped up on the floor against it with a list of G/O Media’s “company values.”
The text of the sign reads: Manzanar National Historic Site belongs to the American people, and the National Park Service wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified (1) any areas that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.
A couple of brides walking down a grassy aisle at woodsy outdoor wedding ceremony.
A crowd of protesters with anti-Trump signs. One protester holds up a mylar balloon in the shape of an ugly orange baby with straw-colored hair wearing a diaper.
A crowd of protesters with anti-Trump signs. One protester holds up a mylar balloon in the shape of an ugly orange baby with straw-colored hair wearing a diaper.
A woman a the City of Torrance protest dressed as the Statue of Liberty holding a tablet that reads “I said what I said.” Her other arm is joyfully raises in the air. She has sunglasses and a huge, open-mouthed smile.
A sign up against a door with the words “NO MORE KINGS” and a picture of King George from the Schoolhouse Rock short, recolored with orange skin.
“Another act of vandalism in downtown L.A. as Robert O’Hara defaces Hamlet at the Taper”
A split-screen image of Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck in Dept. Q. On the left is a three-quarter image of him holding a jacket and looking scruffy and angry. On the right is a closeup of him, still looking scruffy and angry, but also really hot.
Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot in a scene from Murderbot. He is dressed in high tech sci-fi armor facing the wall of a ship, leaning his forehead against it.
A pair of back flip flops on a sandy beach in front of the edge of a blue and lime green beach towel in the foreground.
A black T-shirt with a green and white sci-fi design showing a dotted line representing moon’s orbit around a graduated green orb with a silhouette of a futuristic city rising from it. In white letters it reads “The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon,” a fictional serial from the Murderbot book series by Martha Wells.
In a still from a recent episode of Daredevil: Born Again, actress Katherine LaNassa looks very glamorous in a white cocktail gown, holding a glass of champaign at a black-tie event.
A grey and white chihuahua resting with his head down on a tiger print blanket.
A screenshot of the Dow Jones on April 7. The red line starts low, goes sharply up, then falls back down again, in a configuration Tesla drivers may find familiar.
A beige couch with a yellow and white pillow in the shape of a fried egg.
A zoomed-in close up of a leafy tree with oblong leaves in green and red. In the center there’s a small nest with a hummingbird in profile, facing right.
A painting by Goya, sometimes called The Dog or The Drowning Dog (he didn't give it a name). The upright image is dominated by a splotchy golden background that takes up two thirds of the visual space. The lower third is a brown mass--it could be the side of a hill or a wave muddy water--ascending towards the right edge of the painting. Visible just above it near the center of the image is the head of a small dog looking up towards the top of the slope. The unbalanced proportion of the piece, the earthy (or possibly unearthly) color palette, and the worried look on the dog's face combine to create a sense of unease in the viewer.
A Rose Parade float under construction. A giant Elphaba from the Wicked movie juts out from the front of the float holding a broomstick. Below her is a hill colored in alternating pink and purple and the words “DEFYING GRAVITY”
A log with a painted face in front of a plate with cookie crumbs. He is the tío de nadal of Catalan tradition who poops out candy after kids beat him with a stick on Christmas morning.
A blank star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the words “ME bitch” handwritten in black marker on it by an anonymous graffiti artist with big dreams.
Another stall at a Christmas market in Barcelona selling tió nadal figures and accessories.
Another stand at a Christmas market with more tió nadals in different sizes and other decorations.
An outdoor stall with shelves of logs in different sizes with painted faces, wearing red hats and blankets.
The exterior of La Sagrada Famila, the massive modernist basilica in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudi. There is a crane in the shot because it’s still not finished after 140 years.
A view from a window on the 7the floor of a building across from a block of modernist houses on Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona, known as “The Block of Discord” (after the Greek legend about the apple addressed to “the most beautiful”) The streets are filled with people. It’s sunset and the houses are lit. The strings of light above the street are not.
A cartoon drawing based on Goya’s Saturn. It is an old man biting the arm off a headless body.
A set of cute cartoon images inspired by masterpieces on display at The Prado.
A view of the city of Toledo, Spain from a bridge outside the city. Constructed of brick and stone, it sits on a hill looking all medieval and picturesque, like a huge movie set. Except it’s real.
A plate of Spanish churros and porras (which are basically jus supersized churros) with three cups of dipping chocolate and one cafe con leche
A painting of Witt, Greg, and Beatrice in the woods with the title Over the Garden Wall written in glowing script.
A grey and white cat face peeking out from inside a sock drawer
I’m assuming “no explanation” doesn’t mean no alt text, so this is a picture of a narrow alleyway lit with an eerie red light.