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Naveen Andrews and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout

An FTX tv show looms.

on FTX, Silicon Valley scammers, and the ascension of "content" as our highest cultural value.

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The grifter content mill

Titanic

A timeless shipwreck fantasy. 

 on watching Titanic 3D in theaters, Tubi, and some fashion news.


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Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in Carol

Innocence, fertility, and fragility in queer cinema.

on recurring motifs—vomit, eggs—in queer movies, in a piece originally published in issue 11 of The Fence Magazine.

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The female gays

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Who’s afraid of some saggy tits?

on a persistent trope in A24 horror movies: the jumpscare of a naked older woman.

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Mommy issues

K-pop web3

Can the stans embrace it?

on K-pop's embrace of (and resistance towards) new technologies.

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K-pop's web3 future

Netflix Metadata

Farewell to freeloading.

on the end of password-sharing, etiquette lists, and Hysteric Glamour’s return. 


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Netflix's password police

Layoff Vlogs

Just another day in the life.

on tech layoff vlogs, AI-generated Buzzfeed quizzes, and blonde discourse.

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Mapp and Lucia Social

Early 20th-century reality tv.

on Mapp and Lucia, a treasured comfort program.

Prunella Scales and Geraldine McEwen in Mapp and Lucia, 1985. (BBC/YouTube)


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The Real Housewives of Tilling

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