Utilitarian Review 10/15/16

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On commission I wrote about Dude, Where’s My Car?, and white dude empowerment fantasies.

Also, my Hammer Dracula ebook is available for early download for for folks who contribute $3/month to the Patreon…so this is your chance to be bitten early (the book is released on Halloween.)
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Lithub I wrote about Dylan’s Nobel and the high esteem we reserve for white guys who are influenced by black music.

At Quartz I wrote about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, establishment liberal.

At the Reader I wrote about three wonderful releases on the Hausu Mountain label.

At the Guardian I wrote about The Accountant, which is no good.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—how “free speech” now mostly means “I don’t like the left.”

—In the Loop, which is very cynical, but still not cynical enough.

Utilitarian Review 10/8/16

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On Patreon

I wrote about Byzantium and vampire patriarchy.

I wrote about Ganja and Hess and bloody assimilation.

I am now just about done with my vampire book. But! I was thinking about writing about Girl Walking Home Alone At Night if I got up to 50 patrons by Sunday. That would just mean two more…so if you’d like to see me write about that film, consider donating!

Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about how Luke Cage critiques images of black masculinity, and how it doesn’t.

At the Guardian I wrote about

—a YA Magazine which suggested bisexual identity is for older kids over.

—Barbarella and nicesploitation.

At the LA Times I reviewed Connie Willis’ Crosstalk. It was eh.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—the film Election and men united against uppity women.

—Luke Cage and how it’s hard to show racism without white people.

Utilitarian Review 10/1/16

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News

My ebook Fecund Horror is free this weekend. Download and share!

Osvaldo Oyola wrote a (somewhat negative) review of Your Favorite Superhero Sucks.
 
Patreon

For Patrons, a revision of my vampire genocide essay.

A piece on Hammer’s 1972 Vampire Circus, and the sexualization of desexualizing children.

The intro and table of contents for my Hammer vampire book.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Random Nerds I wrote about Nnedi Okorafor’s wonderful Binti and reverse colonialism narratives.

At Quartz I ranked the season’s right-wing Hillary hate books.

At Pacific Standard I interviewed James Thomas about his new book, Are Racists Crazy?

At Splice I wrote about:

—Bulworth, which is racist crap.

—Howard Dean smearing Donald Trump as a cocaine user is despicable.

Utilitarian Review 9/24/16

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News

My ebook Your Favorite Superhero Sucks came out this week. Buy one if you haven’t!

Sean Kleefeld wrote a nice review of the book.

Kit Power wrote a nice review of my first ebook, Fecund Horror.

 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about:

—how cop shows from SVU to the Wire show cops as necessary.

—the Magnificent Seven reboot and post-racial heroes making the west safe for white people.

At the Guardian I wrote about Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Brangelina’s secret relationship.

At Lithub I interviewed Sady Doyle about her new book Trainwreck and how the world loves to see women self destruct.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—how Aaron Sorkin loves the patriarchy.

—how David Brooks hates his country.

—how Glenn Reynolds hates free speech.
 

Utilitarian Review 9/17/16

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News

My ebook, Your Favorite Superhero Sucks is out on Monday. You can preorder now!

And Sean Kleefeld reviews the book at his site.

Patreon

For $2/mo subscribers I posted a long draft essay about vampire genocide, Buffy, and Twilight.

And I immediately started tinkering with that essay; here’s a new bit where I talk about I Am Legend.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Lithub I wrote about Kate Beaton’s King Baby and how comics are still for kids. (Image above is not from the book, but a related cartoon from Beaton’s website.)

At the Establishment I interviewed Miriam Libicki about her new collection of graphic essays, Israel and Jewish identity.

At the Guardian I wrote about Alan Moore and seeing life as a plant.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—psychedlia from Kikagaku Moyo and Tvlpa.

—Red Dawn and white Americans longing to be the underdog.
 

Utilitarian Review 9/10/16

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On Patreon

I wrote about Interview With the Vampire and toothy patriarchs.

A little teaser for my essay on vampire genocide.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Chronicle I wrote about how I’ll probably never write another university press book.

At Playboy:

—I interviewed Jessica Luther about sexual violence in college sports.

—I wrote about Melania Trump and immigration.
 
At Splice Today I wrote about

—the nightmare of unpacking.

—the Day After and apocalypse as tv movie.

—Sinead O’Connor—more relevant than Nirvana.

At the Chicago Reader I wrote about the P.S. Eliot retrospective.