I'm cringing as I write this.
Academia has made me doubt every single word I write. As I write this my heart is beating fast. Did I use correct grammar? Will the red lines pop up on...
Is this camp?
I take my designation as the arbiter of camp and satire seriously. So it’s important for me to make a call on the new “camp” entry, the opening credits to...
When Did Working Out Become Performance Art
When did the gym become a performance art studio? I blame YouTube. I blame fitness influencers. I blame the hacking culture. I blame optimizing. I’m walking...
My Favorite Films of 2021
Weakness of the Cat Papier Ditch The Living Individual Frankie Broccoliboy Perpendicular Fathers Jesus and the Person Young The Condo of Forever 21
My very timely thoughts on Dune
I saw Dune a month ago in the theaters, and rarely felt much coldness in a movie. The characters were ice figures come to life. At some point, I just settled...
Proud: A Peloton Fan Fiction
Marika arrived at the windowless, stainless steel studio 48 minutes and 20 seconds before air time. That was three minutes and twenty seconds earlier than...
My Yard Sign
In this house, we believe: You stand back and wait for people to exit the elevator before entering. Backing into a parking space is a useless waste of time....
An important list
Movies about a privileged white woman with no sense of self who are driven to the edge of sanity by pervasive surveillance, all while living in a fantastic...
I Miss My MTV: Spooky Edition 2021 Edition
[This is a reprint of last year's Halloween list....so sue me.] It’s the Halloween edition, so I’m sharing the videos that are the scariest and have stayed...
Vintage Golden Girls Recap: Chaos Reigns
Season 2, Episode 22; "Diamond In the Rough" as Reviewed By Lars Von Trier Romance is a falsehood, only pain and suffering provides us with the human...
I am Chill Person Who is Very Fun to Talk To
I watched both Dune and Titane so I am currently leaning into my THOUGHTS about each. Like thinkpiece-level thoughts. Meanwhile, here's things to read by...
Life Isn't Hard When You have a Library Card
I reached my goal of reading 75 books in 2021. This included reading for pleasure and reading for my dissertation. If it sounds like I am bragging, it's...
Vintage Golden Girls Recap
Season 2, Episode 10, "Love, Rose"; As Reviewed By The Designer of Dorothy's Monstrous Teal Crushed-Velvet Tuxedo Dress Some people live on this earth,...
I'm an Anti-Careerist
An Onion article appeared in 2013 that I still think about constantly: Find the thing you're most passionate about and do it on nights and weekends. At the...
My Ark of the Covenant
Do you have a piece of cultural ephemera that you know exists and are dying to see? I can't think of another example other than my own answer, but just nod...
Team Dawn or Team Sonya?
If you love workplace drama + creative types + very online people, this one's for you. Everyone (online) is talking about this NYT piece, Who is the Bad Art...
Peloton fan fic
Recommended reading: Towards a Unified Theory of Peloton. Today was my first day at special Peloton Academy. Only special people got invited. So I was...
The un-death of the author
I don't usually count things that happen on Twitter an event, but this was a moment that made me think about the state of the content creator/audience...
Weekend Reading
This weekend, I am reading Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. Here's some other things to read: The Elizabeth Holmes Line: Sunny made me do it Ebooks Are an...
Rachel Hollis Quotes, Ranked By How Useless They Are
I love to hate on Rachel Hollis! She is a Christian influencer who, after a viral post, launched an empire with the world's most obvious self-help and girl-...