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We Call It Love: A Transracial Adoptee Celebrates Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25
"Hedwig wasn't a window into another world; it was a portal back to myself."
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Episodes Monday Rundown August 10–16 2026
This week: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Spider-Man, and the Winnie-the-Pooh hot takes you've been waiting for.
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August mailbag!
This month: the works of John Crowley, our personal AI policies, and movies that could have used a sex scene.
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Three
In which the book begins to find... a plot??
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The thing Transparent was smartest about was never trans identities
The series remains one of the best in TV history at depicting the way we remember and forget our pasts.
Sterling Point
Episodes Monday Rundown August 3–9 2026
This week: Sterling Point, Superman, and the state of the evangelical church in America.
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The Vampire Lestat
The Vampire Lestat really could have used a frame narrative
The show's chaotic structure was fascinating, but would it have killed someone to just interview that damn vampire??
Infinite Jest
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Two
It's week two of our summer book club, and we're talking BODIES! Specifically, how having them sucks.