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December mailbag!
What's the difference between a New Year's movie and a Christmas movie? Also: the Muppets AND The Polar Express.
Emily St. James
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.
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How to make hot dogs
My recipe blogging cis self confronts the darkness at the heart of the multiverse.
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movies
How the Wicked film brings the book's queerness back into the spotlight
It's all about the talking goat.
music
My 11 favorite songs of 2024
This list is far from authoritative.
queer
LGBTQ+ people are not going back
This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
discussion
What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?
My answer isn't Wicked, but only because I haven't seen it yet.
movies
2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)
In a year rich with films made by trans people, a trans movie made by cis people scoops up all the hype.
internet
Who's afraid of an echo chamber?
What would it mean to leave our bubbles?
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November mailbag!
This month: So many questions about The Mary Tyler Moore show. Also: appetizers!
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movies
Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art
I promise this is a compliment! (Sort of.)