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.
—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.
On Patreon
I wrote about:
Alice Guy-Blaché’s lovely short film Falling Leaves, and sister lovers.
Twin Peaks and the real. (If you want more twin peaks writing, you should contribute!)
Utilitarians Everywhere
At the Reader I wrote about Sinead O’Connor and the anti-fascist potential of grief.
At Playboy I wrote about:
—Trump as bloated elitist, and why the rich can be classless.
—I wrote about The Founder, Ray Kroc, Donald Trump, and how we think assholes are winners.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—the mediocrity of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
—The Night Porter and identifying with Nazis.
On Patreon
I’m hoping to do a Twin Peaks rewatch, if I get enough support. I discussed the project here.
I wrote about Alice Guy-Blaché’s The Cabbage Fairy, sometimes cited as the first narrative film, and unnatural or natural birth.
A little outline of a longer essay on Guy-Blaché.
Utilitarians Everywhere
At Quartz I wrote about how fascism doesn’t make great art.
At Splice Today I wrote about:
—freelance panic for the holidays.
—Penelope Spheeris’ Decline of Western Civilization and why punk isn’t just for the misogynists.
—how Jacobin should give up the celebrity-obsessed identity politics and focus on class analysis.
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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.
Utilitarians Everywhere
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.
Utilitarians Everywhere
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.