The X-Files

When did network television dominance end?

I have an answer to this question: on November 22, 1998

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter One: The Avatar State," "Chapter Two: The Cave of Two Lovers," and "Chapter Three: Return to Omashu"

In which I love a second season

The Lobster

Changing the Grey: How The Lobster helped me come out as asexual

by Adam Bumas

The Last Airbender (2010, dir. M. Night Shyamalan)

Oh God make it stop

We've forgotten the power of protest musicals' most popular songs

"Let the Sunshine In" from Hair and "Seasons of Love" had all their context stripped away for an awful inauguration medley.

The loop

Or: things I learned from reviewing TV at The A.V. Club

On Substack

And the future of this newsletter

Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Eighteen: The Waterbending Master" and "Chapters Nineteen and Twenty: The Siege of the North"

In which my inner 9-year-old thinks this is the best show ever made

What are you going to watch this weekend? (March 11 edition)

Happy Thursday! It’s time to ask the eternal question: What are you watching this weekend? I honestly don’t have a clue what I’ll be watching! I’m looking for something new to check out. I might give It’s a Sin a shot, then pair it with

The Haunting of Bly Manor and the horrors visited on the othered body

In the Netflix limited series, trauma is the greatest terror of all. But it's also reserved for those with less societal privilege.

The best advice I've ever gotten for writing fiction

Why and when to think about your story from a new perspective

Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter 15: Bato of the Water Tribe," "Chapter 16: The Deserter," and "Chapter 17: The Northern Air Temple"

In which I don't know what to do about Aang