My Weekend Crush

Well by now you’ve probably seen the famous Emmanuel-Don’t-Do-It Emu and his lesbian farmer best friend. Yes, I said lesbian farmer. Taylor Blake, 29, lives on her grandparents' South Florida hobby farm with her girlfriend and posts daily farm life content. And she went viral this month thanks to her chaos-loving, camera-pecking emu, Emmanuel.

Holy crap this is wonderful pic.twitter.com/kSUiQd0XQP

— David (@p4ndr_) July 15, 2022

OK, so he does not always choose violence. But he is always with Taylor. And their interactions provide a needed balm for modern life. Truly, I want to go to there.

Emmanuel, you’re my best friend! pic.twitter.com/vqBIHst1FB

— eco sister (@hiitaylorblake) July 18, 2022

How viral did they go? Well, she was on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last night, so that famous (and, yes, that’s her girlfriend). Anyway, I don’t know how the larger public didn’t clock Taylor as a lesbian immediately — loves animals and wears overalls with Crocs and/or boots and a ballcaps pretty much constantly. But then, The Straights are always bad about non-100-Footers.

With all of the Emmanuel content going crazy, I thought y’all might also enjoy this gem pic.twitter.com/yUIXPQoz5M

— eco sister (@hiitaylorblake) July 18, 2022

Anyway, just like the rest of The Interwebs I’m in love, both with Taylor, all her animals and farm life in general. Truly, it’s the best way to experience lesbian farm life without actually having to be a lesbian farmer. And I’m all for it. Also, she’s really good at this making content for TikTok thing at her @knucklebumpfarms account. Like really good. Enjoy the scrolling, if you haven’t already. Or, you know, watch it again. Honestly, I see Emmanuel as an icon for the “Become Ungovernable” movement. Do it, Emmanuel. DO IT. Happy weekend, all

p.s. Taylor has another emu named Ellen. Straights, how did you not know?