April 28, 2023: Don’t be scared. Claire Dederer has a really aces new book out called Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma …
Monsters!
Come On, Eat the Yogurt
March 30, 2023: Salon has just posted (see here) my essay “Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male …
Dear Edward
February 26, 2023: Actually, I don’t mean that Edward. Dear Edward is an Apple TV+ show that I write about …
Yoko Goes to Mexico
February 17, 2023: No, she doesn’t (although of course she’s been there). But the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (Mexico’s …
Back by Overwhelming Lack of Demand
December 31, 2022: I know you don’t care, and I don’t care that you don’t care. I’m still going to …
Not a Gratuitous Picture of Tom Jones
November 20, 2022: This picture of Tom Jones? It will make sense if you watch Prime Video’s Mammals. While you’re …
Yes, She’s Adorable, Dammit
August 13, 2022: So…Salon just posted “Monogamy, without the ‘-ish’: A humble and definitely not cool defense of the closed relationship” (see …
Funny AND Cool
August 2, 2022: Say, remember when three years ago I wrote that piece for The Cut about how I think …
Weaseling My Way into The New Yorker, Part II
July 25, 2022: Guess what? I found a second way to get into The New Yorker; it’s via the magazine’s …
Help Us, James Hetfield: You’re Our Only Hope
June 14, 2022: Well, when it comes to getting serious gun control to happen in this country, he may be. …