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.
I am aware that one’s personal newsletter is not the place to go for massive traffic hits, but my readership has been trending downward (with the exception of a couple of blips here and there) of late. As I only live to serve, consider this your free space to
Or: Sophie the maid has some thoughts on capitalism
Or: Some things I realized about men once I finally admitted I wasn't one
And what it means to come home
Tired of Netflix? Allow me to suggest an entertainment medium that I, personally, benefit from.
A TV show teaches you how to watch it. Sometimes, it has to teach you via episodes that don't quite seem to work.
On unlikely friendships, meeting your heroes, and avoiding yourself on the internet
Okay, it might be "Blank Space" actually
On Letterkenny, Schitt's Creek, and the ways we romanticize rural lives
Or: I watched the Mr. Robot finale and had an existential crisis
A cut excerpt from my recent end-of-the-2010s culture piece
New Year’s strikes me as a potentially great holiday to build into pop culture — but it’s very rarely present in even TV series (which usually opt for Christmas episodes). There are a few “drunken New Year’s Eve” tales, but the spiritual and symbolic significance of one year