On Patreon
I wrote about the Howling and moralistic Reaganite werewolves.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—my favorite nonfiction books of 2016.
—Trinh T. Minh-Ha’s anti-documentary, Reassemblage, about how Westerners look at Senegal.
—musicians hating Donald Trump for the same reasons everyone hates Donald Trump.
—pop culture think pieces, and why you can’t take the politics out of art.
Patreon
I wrote about Time Bandits and child abuse.
A list of my 30 favorite albums from this year.
A list of my favorite essays I wrote this year.
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At Quartz I wrote about all the things Princess Leia got to be.
At Playboy I wrote about sci fi alien sex (and Westworld and Passengers.)
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Dawn Richard’s awesome album Redemption.
—Near Dark and male protagonist dipshits.
—how the judges screwed Laurence Basse on Project Runway.
—how Bowie and Prince didn’t live in a better time.
—how to support free speech you shouldn’t give a fascist a book deal.
At the Chicago Reader I wrote a brief review of hardcore band Udusic.
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News
Kit Power said my Hammer Dracula book was one of the best nonfiction reads of the year.
Anita McDaniel reviewed my Wonder Woman book at the American Journal of Communications.
On Patreon
I published an unpaywalled 4000 word piece on how men are targeted for violence, and why MRAs make things worse.
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At the LA Times I wrote about identity politics and being Jewish at Christmas in the age of Trump.
At Quartz I wrote about
—Rogue One’s underwhelming visuals.
—my top ten bandcamp albums of the year.
At Religion Dispatches I argued that it’s not immoral to believe in miracles.
At Splice Today I wrote
—on Euzhan Palcy’s A Dry White Season and mainstream compromise.
—that both Sanders and Clinton ran decent campaigns.
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I released a little ebook on American political films. Buy one!
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At Quartz I wrote about
—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as camp antiwar masterpiece.
—Bernie Sanders and picking up Trump’s political correctness talking points.
At the Establishment I wrote about It’s a Wonderful Life as bleak Trump-era paean to white male resentment.
At Splice Today I wrote about
—how the media’s handling of the DNC emails was unethical even if it wasn’t a Russian plot.
—Clueless as an assimilation fantasy.
On Patreon
I wrote about Trump, Deliverance, and masculine anxiety around the white working class.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Quartz I wrote about post-truth as a post-truth euphemism.
At the Reader I wrote a little blurb on prog band Thank You, Scientist.
At Splice Today I wrote about The Wachowski Sisters’ Bound and gender as (or as not) performance.
At Lithub I argued that critics should compare apples and oranges (and that Lair of the White Worm is better than Old Man and the Sea.
News
My book on American political films is available for preorder.
A recent review of Wonder Woman books, including mine.
Patreon
For subscribers I wrote a bleak post about The Dead Zone and Trump.
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At Quartz I wrote about Jill Stein’s recount and the Democrat’s leadership vacuum.
At Splice Today I wrote about
—Catherine Breillat’s wonderful Sex Is Comedy, and all the things a woman director can be.
—Trump’s tweets and fascism.
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Suzette Chan interviewed me about my book Your Favorite Superhero Sucks, which you can buy here.
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At Eruditorum Press I wrote about the ethics of vampire genocide. This is an excerpt on my vampire book, which you can buy here.
At the Guardian I wrote about:
—Black Mirror and near future fictions.
—Billy Lyon and why no one likes anti-war films.
At Quartz I wrote about Stop and Frisk, Zero Tolerance, and why law and order solutions don’t work.
At Lithub I wrote about Martin Lund’s book on Superman’s Jewishness (or lack thereof.)
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Bend It Like Beckham, the female gaze, and the blurring of identity and desire.
—Bernie Sanders’ book, for worse and mostly for better.
—the dangers of incompetent fascism.