The HBO America trilogy
Another half-baked schema for thinking about television from Emily VanDerWerff
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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."
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.
August mailbag! (preview)
A little preview of this month's mailbag!
August mailbag!
This month: the works of John Crowley, our personal AI policies, and movies that could have used a sex scene.