Mar
16
Life during wartime
On Tolstoy, Talking Heads, and slow-motion tragedy
16 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
12
What would you like this newsletter to cover?
I am aware that one’s personal newsletter is not the place to go for massive traffic hits, but my
1 min read
Mar
09
And now Marianne and Heloise from Portrait of a Lady on Fire go to see Hadestown
Or: Sophie the maid has some thoughts on capitalism
6 min read
Mar
02
Green light
Or: Some things I realized about men once I finally admitted I wasn't one
16 min read
Feb
24
Why I'm leaving New York
And what it means to come home
13 min read
Feb
16
Listen to some audio fiction podcasts already
Tired of Netflix? Allow me to suggest an entertainment medium that I, personally, benefit from.
8 min read
Feb
10
Just watch the early "bad" episodes
A TV show teaches you how to watch it. Sometimes, it has to teach you via episodes that don't quite seem to work.
12 min read
Feb
03
In which Roger Ebert almost gets me fired
On unlikely friendships, meeting your heroes, and avoiding yourself on the internet
9 min read
Jan
27
"All Too Well" is Taylor Swift's best song, and I will fight you if you claim otherwise
Okay, it might be "Blank Space" actually
13 min read
Jan
20
What do we want from the TV small town?
On Letterkenny, Schitt's Creek, and the ways we romanticize rural lives
9 min read