music
My 11 favorite songs of 2024
This list is far from authoritative.
Latest
queer
LGBTQ+ people are not going back
This post is (somehow) about Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.
discussion
What's something you thought you would hate but ended up loving?
My answer isn't Wicked, but only because I haven't seen it yet.
movies
2024: The year in trans cinema (made by cis people)
In a year rich with films made by trans people, a trans movie made by cis people scoops up all the hype.
internet
Who's afraid of an echo chamber?
What would it mean to leave our bubbles?
Mailbag
November mailbag!
This month: So many questions about The Mary Tyler Moore show. Also: appetizers!
Episodes 6.0
Submit your November mailbag questions!
It's that time again.
movies
Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art
I promise this is a compliment! (Sort of.)
election
The days that must happen to you
Walt Whitman, the 2024 election, and mourning something that will never be
politics
The only thing that is certain
OR: How I'm dealing with my election stress.
oddity
Oddity is a mess. It's also incredibly scary.
The Irish horror film has what it takes to succeed: an enormous wooden man who makes a scary face.
politics
Politics is our monoculture now
And it sucks.