Social Media Vaccine Brags
“I just got my first dose today! Feel free to ask me any questions.” “Woops! I double-booked a vaccine appointment. Must be Covid brain!” “Vaccine selfie!...
F*ck that documentary about Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel
I was already skeptical about the Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. Even the title tells you what you need to know. It’s...
I Miss My MTV: Xtina: chaps, children, and plumbing problems
Questions I have after watching Christina Aguilera (featuring Redman)’s “Dirrty” video Did someone on Christina’s team tell her she had to sex up her image...
Tales of Tenure Terror
I turn my back for a few weeks and academics act like total monsters. Maybe I manifested this? There’s a lot here, and if you love a deep dive, follow the...
A list of things to read that are not about Trump or COVID
The problem with new media is that some wonderful long-form reporting is more quickly forgotten. Here’s some of the best stuff to read. (Ok, some are sort of...
I Miss My MTV: The Perils of Touring and being Beloved By Fans
When a rock band makes it, they think, enough with the crazy touring, partying, and fucking. We are more than that. It’s hard. It’s time to let people in on...
Tales of Tenure Terror
Monster Level Awful Trolling People While Wasting Their Time Academic Wiki Job Universities to Fear Stop Citing Yourself Like Page Six for Academia Predatory...
I Miss My MTV
Archives Intergalactic Choreo Xtina: chaps, children, and plumbing problems The Perils of Touring Too Young to Fall In Love Strike It Up Spooky Halloween...
The Best Film of the 21st Century is on Netflix Today
I rarely enjoy writing, much less reading, someone declaring that a [film] is good and if you don’t like it, you’re wrong. You’re not wrong if you hate this...
Michael Alig: My Problematic Fav
How do you mourn the loss of someone who maybe wasn't great in life but a genius contributer to the larger cultural project? Michael Alig did some horrible...
Showgirls: The Novelization
Graphic by SpiderMartini, available for purchase Here is a handy compilation of the latest installments of the serial novel based on the award-winning film....
Best books I read this year
Every year I say I hate best-of lists but then I do them! The pandemic has reignited my love for reading and nothing makes me happier than someone reading a...
All the things I’ve bought during this year to try to fill the void
This Everlane button-down shirt. I’ve been obsessed with minimal dressing since watching Industry on HBO. The main character wears the same outfit every day,...
Tales of Tenure Terror: How to troll people by wasting their time
How to waste people’s time by making them arguing something that is generally agreed upon: I. Realizing your own mortality, both corporeally and...
I Miss My MTV: Too Young to Fall In Love
I MISS MY MTV is about my lifelong obsession with music videos. “Too Young to Fall In Love” by Motley Crue makes me hornified: horny but horrified. Here is...
I can't believe The National Enquirer Still Exists
The National Enquirer, the magazine that screamed headlines at you as you were doing your obligatory exchange of money for goods to sustain the life of your...
Can't Even
As I am pondering my future and my mortality, and this quote from Anne Helen Petersen’s Can’t Even really hit home. I don’t want a career. I just want a job...
Like these things or don't
Punch Up the Jam is a stellar podcast on a regular day, but this week’s episode was near and dear to my heart, dissecting a Good Charlotte song and the shame...
Recent events reimagined as 90s sitcoms
Raised by Wolves They’re not like your family! The Station-22 family is a blended family- can six kids incubated from embryos relate to their two Android...
Tales of Tenure Terror
We’re all talking about Dr. Jill Biden, who has claimed that she will continue to work as a professor during her time as the First Person. Everyone is...