Mar
21
Cowboy Bebop: "Jamming With Edward" and "Ganymede Elegy"
In which I get why everybody told me that this show had "some gender stuff"
8 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.
Mar
14
The Worst Person in the World is about dissociation
This Norwegian dramedy kinda sorta captures what it's like to be totally adrift from your own self
12 min read
Mar
07
Cowboy Bebop: "Heavy Metal Queen" and "Waltz for Venus"
In which the show is trying things, and I appreciate it (even if it doesn't always work)
9 min read
Feb
28
Kirsten and Natalie #3: Jumanji (1995) and Mars Attacks! (1996)
In which Kirsten Dunst gets lost amid some special effects and Natalie Portman learns to love being weird
11 min read
Feb
21
Cowboy Bebop: "Ballad of Fallen Angels" and "Sympathy for the Devil"
In which I have no idea what's going on, but I love that for me
7 min read
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
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
24
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