Oct
01
Episodes: How to write a kicker
One of the things a lot of younger writers find hard to do that I have always found easier than
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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.
Sep
29
Episodes: "I miss when this site wasn't about politics"
(I love stock photography!)
Let's talk about something tough, something I've been trying to write about
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Sep
27
Episodes: Relationship chicken
(As we head toward Election Day, I thought I'd share a few anecdotes from my political past. They
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Sep
24
Episodes: My top 10 Sierra adventure games (one per series)
If you have followed my career lo these many years, you will know that I have a major soft spot
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Sep
22
Episodes: The Viewers for Quality Television
If you spend a lot of time reading and researching about '80s and '90s TV (and u know
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Sep
20
Episodes: Are you mad at the headline?
Hello, internet:
On behalf of myself, Todd VanDerWerff, but speaking for every single person I know who writes things on
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Sep
03
Episodes: Why the five-star rating system is the best rating system
When I got to Vox, one of the first questions I had for my new bosses was: Did they want
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Sep
01
Episodes: Weird Canadian chips I ate, ranked
I spent my vacation in Canada, specifically the Banff National Park region (10/10, very good park, would park again)
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Aug
30
Episodes: Why I stopped loving comments sections
Let me show you something dumb I wrote.
Okay, first, let me set the scene.
It's February 2013.
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Aug
24
Episodes: 13
The smartest thing I've ever read about marriage is in Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow, a
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