When Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Met Star Wars
Just over twenty years ago the original Late Night with Conan O’Brien aired a classic…
So Much More Complicated Than Gatekeeping
I had originally planned to write for today about Martin Scorsese and his comments about…
Twelve Million Angry Men
At the time this essay went up, Todd Phillips’ Joker, an origin story for Batman’s…
Especially For Girls
I think the first time I realized Frank Sinatra had been a teen idol was…
Creating Toxic Fandom
I wonder sometimes. If you were working in a lab to create the most toxic…
The Other End of Age Appropriate
This week, I saw a comment that Incredibles 2 was not for children, and no…
Dissolve On (12/17/2017-12/23/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
You Do You
I suspect one of the greatest reliefs for my mother in her current household setup…
Patterns
Whether I’m actually going to make my son a Black Widow backpack for his first…
When “Geek” Was a Dirty Word
It kind of gets lost in the Gedde Watanabe-ness and the rape, but Anthony Michael…