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

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Dec
06
Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, stands in the middle of greenery in a shirt over a red bra. She wears a ball cap and

My 11 favorite songs of 2024

11 min read
Dec
03
Anthony Andrews (all in white, holding a bear) and Jeremy Irons star in the BBC miniseries version of Brideshead Revisited.

LGBTQ+ people are not going back

This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
7 min read
Nov
29
Cynthia Erivo, made up in all green, stars as Elphaba, and Ariana Grande (in all pink) plays Galinda.

What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?

4 min read
Nov
22
Karla Sofia Gascon stars as Emilia Pérez. This photo is a close-up of her looking at something nearby.

2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)

12 min read
Nov
20
A cave is filled with brown stalactites and stalagmites. There's a pool of green water in the distance.

Who's afraid of an echo chamber?

What would it mean to leave our bubbles?
8 min read
Nov
15
The cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, probably in the first season.

November mailbag!

10 min read
Nov
11

Submit your November mailbag questions!

Nov
08
Robin Wright and Tom Hanks stand in a 1970s-ish living room. They both look subtly, creepily younger.

Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art

6 min read
Nov
07
An open road traveling through the mountains.

The days that must happen to you

Walt Whitman, the 2024 election, and mourning something that will never be
9 min read
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