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My new ebook on women film directors is out! Buy one today!
 
On Patreon

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.

On Patreon

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.

 
On Patreon

A prayer for Beni from the 1999 Mummy.
 
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At Quartz I wrote about Justin Bieber as feminist revolution.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—new metal releases from Master Book Record, Oranssi Pazuzu, and Amentia.

—300 and how anti-imperialism can be fascist.
 

Patreon

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.

 
On Patreon

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.

On Patreon

Lost in Translation, Pretty Woman, and butt as genre.

Advantageous vs. Get Out.

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.

 
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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.