Dec
31
What's the best pop culture thing from 2020?
Interpret that question as broadly as you want! I made my list of 11 things I adored from this year
Latest
Dec
28
My 21 favorite things I wrote in 2020
Another year over; a new one just begun
24 min read
Dec
25
How to make puppy chow
Merry Christmas from the cis version of myself from an alternate universe
14 min read
Dec
14
Why don't shows about college work?
Shows about 17-year-olds have a long TV history. Shows about 19-year-olds don't. Why?
7 min read
Dec
09
The paid edition of Episodes is live!
And there's a special deal until Christmas!
2 min read
Dec
07
Trans joy
Or: Being trans in America is hard. Transition is still the easiest thing I've ever done.
9 min read
Nov
30
The stories a sitcom can only tell in its final season
On Kramer's job, Sam Malone's toupee, and Mary Richards's date with Lou Grant
7 min read
Nov
23
How to write about trauma
On Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth, and realizing your memories aren't your memories
17 min read
Nov
20
A paid subscriber edition of Episodes is coming
In which I start recapping TV again for money (and also try to revive the pop culture blogging world of the early 2010s).
3 min read
Nov
16
The phantom
On the Harper's letter and what happened to me in July
12 min read