On Patreon
Lost in Translation, Pretty Woman, and butt as genre.
I wrote a couple posts about True Blood:
—one on vampires as persecuted white people.
—one on camp characters in a not particularly camp show.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Slate I wrote about the anti-war movement’s desperate need to push specific policy proposals.
At Splice Today I wrote about
—some great new Stoner Rock albums.
—The Promise and lying to ourselves about remembering the Armenian genocide.
On Patreon
Rosemary’s Baby and the disappointing ending of Get Out.
The lousy Mycroft arc in Elementary.
Born in the U.S.A. sucks.
For Patrons, I wrote about The Babadook and gender swapping in horror.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—why twitter is (sometimes) less toxic than Facebook.
—New metal releases from The Bug vs. Earth, Oozepus, and Celestial Bodies.
—D.M. Thomas’ White Hotel and the Holocaust as spectacle.
I was in a little list of freelancers discussing their favorite gigs.
On Patreon
the 30 Greatest albums ever! (take two.)
The cover of my new book on women film directors, revealed! It’s by romance novelist and graphic designer Jacqueline Sweet.
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At the LA Times I wrote about Sean Spicer’s Holocaust gaffe and the white bubble.
At Playboy I wrote about why Chris Hemsworth is adorable. Also hot.
At Quartz I explained that art is not a meritocracy, so you should love your fellow artists.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—the film Voyage of the Damned, and complicity with fascism.
News
The first column in the romance novel criticism series I’m editing at Public Books went up. Kathleen Gilles Seidel wrote about Jane Austen in space!
On Patreon
An extended version of my essay on Advantageous, and neoliberal hell.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Reason I wrote about Tom Nichols’ inexpert book on the death of expertise.
At the Forward I wrote about how Magneto has always been a Nazi.
At Quartz I wrote about:
—Stealing Fire and billionaires self-actualizing.
—Maxine Waters, and listening to black women rather than Trump voters.
At Flavorwire I interviewed Nnedi Okorafor about her novella Binti, colonialism and jellyfish.
At Random Nerds I wrote about B’wana Beast!!!! and rejiggering the Mighty Whitey trope.
At Playboy I wrote about Life, which is Alien for scrubbed professionals who hate immigrants.
At Trackrecord I interviewed the folks at Audiotree about the business of making live video recordings for indie bands.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Dirty Harry and the fascism that dare not speak its name.
—the Spider-Man trailer which looks like all the other MCU trailers, yay.
On Patreon
I wrote about Victor Frankenstein on Penny Dreadful and nice buy geeks who aren’t so nice.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Flavorwire I interviewed the awesome John Jennings about his graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred.
At Splice I interviewed Sam Pritchard about how the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing.
Also at Splice Today I wrote about:
—the 1956 film version of 1984 and how Orwell thinks fascism is defined by brainwashing, not genocide.
—why Trump should play more golf.
On Patreon
I wrote about Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous and a future of neoliberalism and conformity.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Playboy I wrote about Iron Fist and how it’s a crappy time to celebrate ignorant billionaires.
At the Forward I wrote about whether there should be more Jewish superheroes.
At Quartz I wrote about the Deep State and how we should fear it because it does the president’s bidding, not because it doesn’t.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog and the Holocaust as ghost story.
—The new Hurray for the Riff Raff album and how your roots can be whatever you want.
Patreon
I wrote about Night Patrol and the egalitarianism of mediocrity.
Utilitarians Everywhere
Scott Beggs invited me on the Broken Projector podcast to talk about my Splice Today series on fascism in film.
In my first piece for the Forward, I wrote about how you don’t need to be anti-semitic to participate in anti-semitism.
At Quartz I wrote about
—Ilana Gershon’s book Down and Out in the New Economy and how self-branding is a boondoggle.
—I Am Not Your Negro and why James Baldwin wouldn’t be surprised by Trump.
At Vogue I wrote about Finn Jones quitting twitter when confronted about race in Iron Fist.
At Trackrecord I interviewed the founder of the record label Sahel Sounds, which like the name says released music from the Sahel.
At Random Nerds I wrote about Santa Clarita Diet and how the best zombies are funny zombies.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Casablanca and anti-Semitic anti-fascism.
—why as a freelancer you’re doomed when your editor leaves.