Feb
18
Cowboy Bebop: "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Gateway Shuffle"
In which I think about what it means for TV to be "cinematic"
7 min read
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.
Feb
16
How to make roast chicken
The cis version of myself from an alternate universe tells us how she met Hubby David
16 min read
Jan
31
My neighbor Fox Mulder
The truth is out there, and it's a cat shaped like a bus
9 min read
Jan
25
Cowboy Bebop: "Asteroid Blues" and "Stray Dog Strut"
In which I wax philosophical about procedural worldbuilding
10 min read
Jan
17
Kirsten and Natalie #2: Little Women (1994) and Beautiful Girls (1996)
The movies and precocious girl children, explained.
12 min read
Jan
10
What's up for Episodes in 2022
We're switching some things up
4 min read
Jan
03
11 rad things I wrote in 2021
In a really cruddy year, I still wrote some things I was proud of
12 min read
Dec
27
The Bake Sale Bunch #17: Sophie Saves Christmas
Excerpts from the classic book series about a bunch of trans women who love to bake (sale)
12 min read
Dec
13
Taylor Swift's evermore is a Christmas album
Finally, someone creates art that is very specifically about being sad between December 22 and January 3.
8 min read
Dec
06
"Jeopardy! fans are like trans people: There’s not actually that many of us, but everybody knows a few."
Reigning Jeopardy! champion tells me all about her historic run, her trivia history, and Ken Jennings.
14 min read