bo burnham
Bo Burnham greets his audience
The comedian and filmmaker has navigated an increasingly fraught relationship with viewers since he burst onto the scene.
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kirsten dunst
Introducing Kirsten and Natalie
A new occasional series, coming soon
TV
The many joys of the Soviet Sherlock Holmes
It's one of the best TV shows there is.
comedy
The 1970s sitcom divide that still secretly rules American TV comedy
Though less and less of it with every year
horror
Empty horror: A recent string of films underlines the weariness of American life
The Empty Man and The Smiley Face Killers explore a world that is devoid of meaning and utterly hopeless.
emily rogers
How to make deviled eggs (also: a review of THE SINISTER CLIFFS)
Happy Halloween! (From the cis version of myself who's a recipe blogger in an alternate universe...)
trans
Searching for Transition: A Love Letter To Whatever It Is Charlie Day Is Doing In Pacific Rim
Or: The non-binary mad scientist manifesto
freelance
Tabletop RPG Sleepaway makes gender expression part of the fun
The summer camp horror game is sneakily a great place to figure out who you are, outside of binaries.
trans
Jack o'lantern
Why I'm letting them do horrible things to my skull
stage
The ghost
What happened when I went to college just because I had to
freelance
The radical leftist, queer utopia of Hello, Dolly!
"Money should circulate like rainwater. It should be flowing down among the people."
TV
The ferocious battle for Howdy Doody
What do you do when the title character of your TV show disappears because he's a puppet and somebody took him?