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.

Dec

Michael Caine (in nightcap) joins several Muppets on the Muppet Christmas Carol set.

December mailbag!

Dec 20, 2024

12 min read

Dec

A small, plastic hot dog in a bun, covered in mustard, rests among pine branches. It has a little loop atop it for hangi

How to make hot dogs

My recipe blogging cis self confronts the darkness at the heart of the multiverse.

Dec 18, 2024

18 min read

Dec

Submit your December mailbag questions!

Dec 16, 2024

1 min read

Dec

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Wicked. They lean close together to look in a mirror.

How the Wicked film brings the book's queerness back into the spotlight

Dec 13, 2024

8 min read

Dec

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

Dec 6, 2024

11 min read

Dec

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.

Dec 3, 2024

7 min read

Nov

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?

Nov 29, 2024

4 min read

Nov

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)

Nov 22, 2024