Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Los Angeles
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.
Oct
17
Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Episodes: Structure vs. content (or, why I get into 99 percent of the Twitter fights I get into)

Today, I got exasperated with people on Twitter, and it all boiled down to the same thing it always does:
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Oct
16
Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Episodes: Why is baseball so much better on the radio?

Somehow, the last several Octobers have involved a lot of car travel for me, which has meant lots of listening
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Oct
15
Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

Episodes: 2 bed, 1 bath

The night we moved into the apartment on Bonito, we were already running behind. I was to leave the next
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Oct
14
Episodes: Movies that feel like Halloween

Episodes: Movies that feel like Halloween

Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak, which comes out on Friday, is a perfect Halloween movie. (You can look
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Oct
13
Episodes: The piece of writing I'm most embarrassed by

Episodes: The piece of writing I'm most embarrassed by

Over the weekend, I took in the film Sleeping With Other People, mostly because I needed the air conditioning. (Los
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Oct
10
Episodes: What if you just gave me money to drive around in my car?

Episodes: What if you just gave me money to drive around in my car?

During the brief unemployment that preceded my current career, I realized that the job I was probably best cut out
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Oct
09
Episodes: The complete, definitive ranking of "Once More, With Feeling" musical moments

Episodes: The complete, definitive ranking of "Once More, With Feeling" musical moments

These are, without dispute, the 11 best musical moments in the soundtrack to "Once More, With Feeling," the
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Oct
08
Episodes: I want to tell you some things about first-person criticism

Episodes: I want to tell you some things about first-person criticism

I read a lot of writing from young, wannabe critics in my job. That's partially because of my
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Oct
07
Episodes: Cock-eyed optimists and many, many broke girls

Episodes: Cock-eyed optimists and many, many broke girls

Every TV critic has one or two shows they backed from the pilot stage, only to have them blow up
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Oct
06
Episodes: Why horror doesn't work on television

Episodes: Why horror doesn't work on television

It's October, the start of my three favorite months of the year; the time when Halloween, Thanksgiving, and
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