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Jan
27
"All Too Well" is Taylor Swift's best song, and I will fight you if you claim otherwise

"All Too Well" is Taylor Swift's best song, and I will fight you if you claim otherwise

Okay, it might be "Blank Space" actually
13 min read
Jan
20
What do we want from the TV small town?

What do we want from the TV small town?

On Letterkenny, Schitt's Creek, and the ways we romanticize rural lives
9 min read
Jan
13
Life jacket

Life jacket

Or: I watched the Mr. Robot finale and had an existential crisis
11 min read
Jan
06
From the cutting room floor...

From the cutting room floor...

A cut excerpt from my recent end-of-the-2010s culture piece
5 min read
Dec
31
What's your favorite pop culture New Year's Eve/Day?

What's your favorite pop culture New Year's Eve/Day?

New Year’s strikes me as a potentially great holiday to build into pop culture — but it’s very rarely
Dec
30
My 11 favorite things I wrote in 2019

My 11 favorite things I wrote in 2019

(Not including all of the things I wrote in 2019 that you won't see until 2020 at the earliest)
13 min read
Dec
28
Let's make tiny New Year's resolutions together

Let's make tiny New Year's resolutions together

A few years ago, I made the New Year’s resolution to learn how to use chopsticks — and I succeeded
1 min read
Dec
27
Give us your pop culture prediction for the 2020s

Give us your pop culture prediction for the 2020s

What do you think will happen to pop culture in the 2020s? You can take this question as seriously or
Dec
26
What was your favorite pop culture moment of the 2010s?

What was your favorite pop culture moment of the 2010s?

This should not be more than just a few split seconds — no more than a minute or two — of a
Dec
25
What was the best TV show of 2019?

What was the best TV show of 2019?

We’ve already discussed the best TV show of the 2010s, so let’s turn our focus to just the