Things I Like That You Are Free to Like or Not Like Because Art is Subjective
All the news is about the same thing this week (Max Ehrich’s new Instagram girlfriend) so I will tell you about some things I am enjoying. Spam Kings: The...
I Miss My MTV: Strike It Up
You know I love a scam, so here’s a hot 1990s music video scam. There’s something so deliciously European about Black Box. A DJ and a beautiful singer/dancer...
Everything sucks, here's a dumb sketch I wrote.
So everything is terrible and I don’t how much more stress my poor stomach can handle. There’s a lot of academic shenanigans going on, but instead of Tenure...
Countdown to Christmas
Does the Hallmark Channel run out of names for their 472 Christmas movies? The Christmas Wish The Christmas Dish The Wish for Christmas The Christ in...
Our Dissertations, Ourselves
I’m ready to share more of my dissertation topic. A dissertation topic is a sensitive issue: it’s like an extension of our academic identity. And since...
Tales of Tenure Terror: Stop Citing Yourself
What’s the opposite of predatory journals? Predatory articles. You may have heard about this article that has 182 words but 212 references. Also? All...
I Miss My MTV: Spooky Edition
It’s the Halloween edition, so I’m sharing the videos that are the scariest and have stayed with me like a living nightmare. You have been warned! Yes, these...
Culture Mix Tape
Before ‘GLOW’ got canceled, its actresses of color felt ‘disempowered’ by their rolesAaron Sorkin, Full of Sorkin, Sorkins all over the Chicago 7The...
I Think About This A Lot: When Stories Are Over
Your favorite show is canceled. What do you do? Get bummed out. Move-on. Watch some reruns. Two of my favorite shows recently have been canceled, Mindhunter...
Tales of Tenure Terror
I’ve been delinquent with research for this for academic reasons (I’m officially a doctoral CANDIDATE btw). There have been several stories that have hit,...
Culture Mix Tape
Shaun King Is A White Liberal’s Wet DreamThe Alt-Right’s Star Racist Propagandist Has No RegretsWhy are sitcom dads still so inept?Literary ambition....
I Miss My MTV: Too Funky?
I credit George Michael with launching the era of the supermodel. The supermodel was so great at her job. She was a vessel for every sort of proto-feminist,...
Culture Mix Tape
The Boys Is the End of the Superhero As We Know ItInfinite Jest (the politics of Tenet)Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph Reveal the Power Imbalance of The...
I Miss My MTV
I love music videos. They were a big part of my formative years, and as you all know, my best friends were television and music. Music videos are not movies...
Tales of Tenure Terror: Predatory Journal Owns Itself
Predatory journals are a fascinating scam and one that never seems to go away. Likely because it preys on the anxiety and arbitrary nonsense that fuels...
Culture Mix Tape
Worth ReadingThe Fall of Troy Hearst hired a belligerent leader to disrupt its magazine business. Then fired him mid-disruption. Now it’s left with — what,...
Showgirls, the novelization: Marty, get the ice!
Previously: I Can't Even Thread a Needle And, if you like it (or don’t), consider subscribing to support me in my cultural academic journey? [Explicit...
Tales of Tenure Terror: another fake Twitter, Gilley strikes again
Academics creating and using fake Twitter accounts is not a new thing, but it is still so satisfying when the case is cracked. This time it is pretending to...
Culture Mix Tape
The internet is trash! But sometimes not:On the “Misogyny Paradox” and the Crisis of Heterosexual Coupledom‘That’s So Gay’: How ‘PEN15’ Nailed the...
Controversial Subversive Podcast: An Origin Story
Brenda couldn’t remember if the podcast idea was hers or Nell’s. They joked about it for a while, after they would frequently get together and complain about...