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Episodes
Writings on culture, identity, and a bunch of other things from Emily St. James.

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Nov
01
Waves crash in toward the shore. The sky is grey.

The only thing that is certain

OR: How I'm dealing with my election stress.
5 min read
Oct
25
Two women sit at a long wooden table. At the other end of the table is a horrifying wooden man with mouth wide open.

Oddity is a mess. It's also incredibly scary.

5 min read
Oct
23
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem raises the roof while Donald Trump awkwardly dances in place.

Politics is our monoculture now

And it sucks.
8 min read
Oct
18
Taylor Swift, in some sort of shift, clutches her own head. The image is in black and white.

October mailbag!

12 min read
Oct
14

Submit your October mailbag questions!

Oct
11
Bandleader Lawrence Welk spreads his arms out wide to celebrate the end of another number.

Liked Saturday Night? Here are more backstage TV stories that should be movies.

9 min read
Oct
09
Laura Palmer's dead body, blue lips, wrapped in plastic, lays on a beach. We can only see her face.

Twin Peaks asks us to look at horrors. And then we forget.

Do you know who killed Laura Palmer? No. Really. Do you?
8 min read
Oct
04
Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Syd (Ayo Edibiri) on The Bear get things out of their lockers. He's looking back at her.

Why The Bear is a comedy

8 min read
Sep
27
Our present-day Demi Moore sits on a couch right in front of a picture depicting her in the '80s.

The transness inherent to The Substance

8 min read
Sep
25
Donald Trump stands in front of a large crowd of supporters, speaking at a podium.

Sanewashing and the abusive cycle of Donald Trump campaign coverage

Endlessly parroting whatever Donald Trump says is helping no one but him.
8 min read