On Patreon
Lost in Translation, Pretty Woman, and butt as genre.
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.
On Patreon
Rosemary’s Baby and the disappointing ending of Get Out.
The lousy Mycroft arc in Elementary.
Born in the U.S.A. sucks.
For Patrons, I wrote about The Babadook and gender swapping in horror.
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At Splice Today I wrote about:
—why twitter is (sometimes) less toxic than Facebook.
—New metal releases from The Bug vs. Earth, Oozepus, and Celestial Bodies.
—D.M. Thomas’ White Hotel and the Holocaust as spectacle.
I was in a little list of freelancers discussing their favorite gigs.
On Patreon
the 30 Greatest albums ever! (take two.)
The cover of my new book on women film directors, revealed! It’s by romance novelist and graphic designer Jacqueline Sweet.
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At the LA Times I wrote about Sean Spicer’s Holocaust gaffe and the white bubble.
At Playboy I wrote about why Chris Hemsworth is adorable. Also hot.
At Quartz I explained that art is not a meritocracy, so you should love your fellow artists.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—the film Voyage of the Damned, and complicity with fascism.
On Patreon
I did a list of the thirty greatest albums ever.
A couple other folks made best of album lists too
And here’s a list of the top 5 albums ever. (one more list next week and then we’re done, I promise.
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At Buzzfeed I wrote about The Zookeeper’s Wife and gentile savior films.
At the Forward I wrote about Ghost in the Shell and whitewashing Asians and Jews alike.
At the New Republic I argued that Bernie Sanders saying “liberal elites” is basically the left punching itself right in the face.
At Splice Today I wrote about
—Salon Kitty and the allure of sexy,corrupt fascists.
—the anti-war left, which needs a strategy better than, “warmongers are bad”.
At the Reader I wrote about the 9 piece country rock outfit Sweet Spirit.
News
The first column in the romance novel criticism series I’m editing at Public Books went up. Kathleen Gilles Seidel wrote about Jane Austen in space!
On Patreon
An extended version of my essay on Advantageous, and neoliberal hell.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Reason I wrote about Tom Nichols’ inexpert book on the death of expertise.
At the Forward I wrote about how Magneto has always been a Nazi.
At Quartz I wrote about:
—Stealing Fire and billionaires self-actualizing.
—Maxine Waters, and listening to black women rather than Trump voters.
At Flavorwire I interviewed Nnedi Okorafor about her novella Binti, colonialism and jellyfish.
At Random Nerds I wrote about B’wana Beast!!!! and rejiggering the Mighty Whitey trope.
At Playboy I wrote about Life, which is Alien for scrubbed professionals who hate immigrants.
At Trackrecord I interviewed the folks at Audiotree about the business of making live video recordings for indie bands.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—Dirty Harry and the fascism that dare not speak its name.
—the Spider-Man trailer which looks like all the other MCU trailers, yay.
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.
On Patreon
I wrote about Jennifer Phang’s Advantageous and a future of neoliberalism and conformity.
Utilitarians Everywhere
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.