In 2011, the illustrious Yale Herald magazine began the tradition of an eight-item blocklist on the back cover. The world is fueled by hate and we at the Herald endorse this way of life.
For a peek behind the curtain: every Thursday at prod, Will and Oscar solicit the editors’ most hated topics of the week. As someone who believes in rage—after all, a friend to all is a friend to none—I’ve become a frequent blocklist contributor. As the year comes to a close, it is my honor to present our top ten blocklist items of 2025-26, as well as a very special selection of our worst ones. Please join me in hatred!
BEST OF THE BLOCKLIST
Pericles
Go stuff yourself.
Kanye West
Why did you make Taylor Swift famous?
Asking Questions
Know your place, white people.
Dumbass Political Pseudo-Jargon
The fuck is a vibeocrat?
Jayson Tatum
Pablo Escoball told us he stole the Kirkinator’s achilles.
The Phrase “Too Much Monkey Business”
RIP Jane Goodall.
Teacup dogs
Eternal infancy is a prison.
Kevin Durant
Allergic to team basketball.
Yale College Democrats
Centrists with a loose relationship to the truth.
My Wife’s Boyfriend
Fuck him. No, wait, not like that—
BLOCKED FROM THE BLOCKLIST
This Mamdami pun:
Call me Mamdami the way I don moms on me.
(May this typo haunt Will and Oscar until their untimely deaths.)
YDN Copy Editors
Stop spelling every goddamn name wrong.
(Blaming the plebes, not the tyrant.)
Staplers
Too much sauce for my Jansport.
(Huh?)