Patreon

—I wrote 7000 words on Alice Guy Blaché, the first female director, and feminism vs. essentialism.

—I wrote a poem about freelancing and despair.
 

Utilitarians Everywhere

At the LA Times, I pointed out that Trump won, so why are we supposed to feel sorry for his voters?

For my first piece at Trackrecord I wrote about Rhiannon Giddens and how folk music became white music.

At Quartz I wrote about selfies as art.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Stranger Things and how non greeks (like my son) aren’t so bad.

—how women directors are different, and how they aren’t.

 
Patreon

—I wrote a long piece on gaze theory, Pyscho, and Project Runway. (for patrons)

—I wrote a very NSFW parody of a T-Mobile ad.

Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about

—fascist US presidents before Trump.

—Iron Fist and boring white guy billionaires.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—I interviewed Lirael Lowenstein, a street medic, about black bloc tactics and myths about protest.

—I wrote about Trump and Gates and plutocracy.

—I wrote about Alice Guy-Blaché’s lovely short, silent, gender-bending film Pierette’s Escapades.

On Patreon

—I started my Twin Peaks rewatch with s1e1, and talked about genre tropes over an abyss.

—I wrote about the Black Mirror episode Nosedive, and glib anti-politeness.

—I explained why Trump is not Big Brother (Big Brother isn’t racist.)

Utilitarians Everywhere

At Splice Today I wrote about

—why Elementary is better than Sherlock.

—Yoko Ono’s friendly butts.

—Jude Sierra’s lovely m/m romance Idlewild.

For the Reader I wrote about Myzica‘s sugary indie pop.

 
News

I’m editing a romance novel criticism column at Public Books! It doesn’t pay, alas, but if you’d like to write about a favorite romance novel for a general audience, contact me (myname at gmail.)

And a nice little review of my Wonder Woman book that I missed.

On Patreon

I wrote about:

Alice Guy-Blaché’s silent film about the horrors of gender flipping, The Consequences of Feminism.

why Nocturnal Animals is a misogynist piece of crap.

Adorno, Freddie deBoer, and why we shouldn’t be paying attention to something else.

Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about

—Westworld, Sherlock, and how television is eager to prove it is smart art.

— Leigh Gilmore’s Tainted Witness and how not believing women got us Trump.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—Sherlock’s Molly Hooper and Trinity Syndrome.

—Elaine May’s incredibly painful The Heartbreak Kid.

—marketing the city of the monkey god.

I was on the podcast 60db talking about Westworld, Sherlock, Project Runway, and what’s wrong with quality television.