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.

Nov

The cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, probably in the first season.

November mailbag!

Nov 15, 2024

10 min read

Nov

Submit your November mailbag questions!

Nov 11, 2024

Nov

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

Nov 8, 2024

6 min read

Nov

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

Nov 7, 2024

9 min read

Nov

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.

Nov 1, 2024

5 min read

Oct

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.

Oct 25, 2024

5 min read

Oct

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem raises the roof while Donald Trump awkwardly dances in place.

Politics is our monoculture now

And it sucks.

Oct 23, 2024

8 min read

Oct

Taylor Swift, in some sort of shift, clutches her own head. The image is in black and white.

October mailbag!

Oct 18, 2024

12 min read

Oct

Submit your October mailbag questions!

Oct 14, 2024

Who's afraid of an echo chamber?