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Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Los Angeles
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
Sep
15
A white woman in a police uniform pulls a gun. Everything is snowy, and she is dressed very warmly.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025

12 min read
Sep
12
The KPop Demon Hunters wag their fingers right in your face. I'll be honest. I just ASSUME they're the KPop Demon Hunters? Maybe they're someone else entirely?

September mailbag

10 min read
Sep
08
Two people crouch in the wilderness, one old, one young. They stare at the sky in horror.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025

13 min read
Sep
07

Submit your September mailbag questions!

1 min read
Sep
03
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr., both in all black suits, perform on a large stage.

Why is Hamilton mostly remembered for the things it's not?

The musical, now 10 years old, seems forever defined by the political moment in which it debuted.
8 min read
Sep
01
The cover of Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend features her leaning by a man's crotch as he holds her blonde hair like a leash.

Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025

11 min read
Aug
29
The famously enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa, perhaps the most famous painting ever created.

Maybe AI could make something interesting. It couldn't make "art."

6 min read
Aug
25
A white, blonde woman with blue eyes, clad all in white, wearing a crown of sticks, leans toward camera in close-up.

Episodes Monday Rundown August 18 - 24 2025

10 min read
Aug
22
Greta Gerwig -- with wavy blonde hair and a top that makes her boobs look AMAZING -- talks to a brunette man whose face we can't see on a sitcom set.

August mailbag

10 min read
Aug
20
Hildy and Walter talk on the phone in the immortal black and white classic His Girl Friday.

How I write (hopefully) effective dialogue

Here's some advice for you to take or leave.
11 min read