On Patreon

I wrote about Victor Frankenstein on Penny Dreadful and nice buy geeks who aren’t so nice.

 
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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.

—Valerie June, Queen of Rock.

On Patreon

I wrote about Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous and a future of neoliberalism and conformity.

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

—I wrote a poem about freelancing and despair.
 

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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.

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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.)

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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.