"BookTok Made Me Read It!"
A 2023 reading retrospective.
Read MoreEntertainment For the End Times: The Best Stuff I Read, Watched, and Listened To in 2021
Here are the best things I read, watched, and listened to in a vain attempt to stave off my ever-growing sense of existential dread and detachment from reality. Enjoy them all now before it’s too late.
Read More"The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" Has Gone Completely Off the Rails and No One Is Talking About It
Look. I know there’s a lot of unacceptable bullshit going on right now that is unarguably more important than a not-even-that-popular Netflix series, but if we can’t turn to pop culture in these dark times, what do we even have left?
Besides, anyone whose mouth isn’t surgically attached to Trump’s asshole like the world’s crustiest, whitest human centipede knows how fucked what’s happening on Capital Hill is. What people don’t know (or perhaps are just too afraid to say?) is how in three short seasons, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has gone from a very solid show full of promise to pure, nonsensical chaos.
Read MoreSome Cannibals, a Businessman and a Witch Walk Into a Room, Or: My Year in Books
Last year, in an attempt to do a little digital detox, I made a goal to read a book a month. Unlike previous goals such as “don’t eat cookies literally every day,” reading was easy to stick with—so I’ve kept up the tradition and almost doubled my books read count in 2019. Here are the books that graced my nightstand this year (and which ones I’d urge you to read too).
Read MoreA Book-of-the-Month Club to Cure Your Existential Dread, Or: The Best Books I Read in 2018
At the end of 2017, I realized I was often falling asleep with a terrible sense of anxiety as I worried about the devastating, soon-to-be-felt effects of climate change, the uncertain future of women’s and minorites’ rights in Trump’s America, and why only 20-some people had liked my latest Instagram post even though it’d been up for half a day. It’s a terrible time to be alive.
Reducing screen time seemed like the only reasonable course of action, so I made a goal to read at least one new book a month in 2018. Turns out I’m still a nerd, and I ended up easily burning through at least two books a month. Here’s what’s been sitting on the nightstand (or coffee table, or toilet tank).
Read MoreBlame It On the Girls
Cards on the table: I started watching Girls after I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens and wanted to see more of Adam Driver's weird, sexy face and thick, sexy body. I quickly binged the first four seasons and watched the latter part of the fifth season as it aired (read: as it was released on HBO Go). Last night, I watched the final two (sadly Adam Driver-less) episodes of the both season six and the entire series. My spoiler-free review: Ugh. But really, are any of us surprised? Read on for a slightly more spoiler-y take.
Read MoreBack In Black
It's that time of year, where, once again, I marvel at how one woman can play approximately 2,034,185 characters so distinctly that I consistently forget one actress is portraying all of them. Clone Club is back, y'all! Spoilers for Orphan Black, season four, episode one lay ahead.
Read MoreUnderwood 2k16
And now, for my latest (and belatedest) binge watch: House of Cards, season four. As per usual, there are big spoilers within.
Read MoreOscars for Dummies: Your Guide to Viewing 2015’s Most Basic Movies
Since I can’t comment on any of the films nominated for Academy Awards, here’s what I have to say about the films I did see this year.
Read MoreAKA Finally, a Female Anti-Hero
I really love shows that revolve around tiny women beating up monsters. It's kind of my genre. So it's fitting that my binge watch this past week was Marvel's Jessica Jones on Netflix. (Be warned all ye who click below: Spoilers.
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