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Utilitarian Review 6/24/17

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I was on vacation for part of this week, so things have been a little slow.

Next week I have a couple of book promotion bargain things happening, so follow my twitter or facebook or Patreon for notification of those.
 
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I did a series of interviews with BLM activists back in 2015. They never got published, so I finally posted them.
 
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I’m editing a series of romance criticism columns at Public Books. Ria Cheyne wrote a great piece on disability in Fay Robinson’s A Man Like Mac.

At Playboy I wrote about the first season of Preacher as a revisionist revisionist Western.

At Random Nerds I wrote about the Defenders and bad crossovers.

At Splice Today I wrote about the trope of the Nazi supervillain.

At Bandcamp I reviewed Svartsyn’s awesome black metal album “In Death.”

At the Reader I wrote about a great new Memphis soul band, Southern Avenue.

I had a little chat with Gerry Canavan about whether Octavia Butler’s Oankali are evil.

Utilitarian Review 6/17/17

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My new ebook on women film directors is out! Buy one today!
 
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Rewriting the Wonder Woman movie.

Why the Great British Bake Off is better than Legion.
 
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At the Forward I wrote a long piece about Scarlett Johansson and Jewish assimilation (or the lack therof.)

At Bandcamp I wrote about the Mexican chiptune scene.

At the Verge I wrote about racial erasure in the Handmaid’s Tale, book and show.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—how Adam West is the sexiest Batamn.

—Defiance and how fascism shapes Jewish identity.

—why The Shack is better than American Gods.

Utilitarian Review 6/3/17

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The original Mummy and sexy exotic Boris Karloff.

On iZombie as a metaphor for acting.

 
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At Playboy I wrote about how cannabis helps veterans and how the federal government doesn’t want them to have it.

In my first piece for the Verge, I wrote about the one serious omission from the Wonder Woman film: space kangaroos.

At the Forward I explained that yes, Gal Gadot is white.

At Quartz I wrote about Bresha Meadows and a criminal justice system that gouges the poor.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Robert Christgau and white critics in blackface.

—nostalgia and great new releases by Jason Eady, Coup Savage, and the Family Band.

—Haneke’s White Ribbon and somebody else’s collective guilt.

—trying to get my vehicle emissions tested and getting the government you pay for.

Utilitarian Review 5/19/17

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For Patrons I wrote about the Hammer 1959 Mummy, imperialism and sex.

I wrote about why trying to convince Republicans is not really the way to political change.

And a post on why you should show political solidarity with people who show up rather than focusing all your efforts on folks who don’t.

I wrote about taking the woman your family enslaved, throwing her in the literary nonfiction machine, and turning the crank.

And I reprinted one of the nicest things anyone has said about me on the internets.
 
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At Quartz I talked to Heath Fogg Davis about his book Beyond Trans and eliminating gender segregation.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—new pop releases by Tanika Charles, Charlotte OC, and the Overcoats.

—the Believer and why self-hating Jews are an anti-Semitic trope.

—Freddie deBoer fulminating against fulminators.

At the Reader I wrote about blues/pop artist ZZ Ward.

Utilitarian Review 5/13/17

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My new book on women directors, The Consequences of Feminism is coming! You can see the table of contents at the link and various ways to secure a copy.
 
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At Playboy I wrote about the new Guy Ritchie King Arthur which doesn’t care at all about King Arthur and is kind of great.

At the Chronicle of Higher Education I wrote about how academic presses need to assert fair use rights.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Jesse Singal’s use of bigoted arguments to defend Rebecca Tuvel’s piece on transracialism.

—Remains of the Day and rich fascists.

Utilitarian Review 5/6/17

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Ackerman’s Jean Dielman and exploitation.

I wrote about why Rebecca Tuvel’s argument for transracialism is bad. And added a little analogy to make it clearer.
 
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At Bandcamp I wrote about a wonderful new album by FIN.

At Playboy I wrote about how free speech doesn’t mean you can’t cancel your NYT subscription.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—Brad Stephens as a nepotism hire at the Times.

—Gwyneth Jones’ Proof of Concept as sublimely confusing sf.

—how J.D. Vance hates poor people.

—Total Recall and fascism.