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.
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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?
fleabag
Fleabag: "Season 2, Episode 5" and "Season 2, Episode 6"
In which this is a love story
boy meets world
The surprisingly conservative core of Boy Meets World
The '90s sitcom, often lauded as progressive and ahead of its time, was all about lauding middle-class whiteness.
swag
Ban swag
On the very bane of my existence (right now)
fleabag
Fleabag: "Season 2, Episode 3" and "Season 2: Episode 4"
In which Fleabag wouldn't like me much