Utilitarian Review 9/24/16

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News

My ebook Your Favorite Superhero Sucks came out this week. Buy one if you haven’t!

Sean Kleefeld wrote a nice review of the book.

Kit Power wrote a nice review of my first ebook, Fecund Horror.

 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about:

—how cop shows from SVU to the Wire show cops as necessary.

—the Magnificent Seven reboot and post-racial heroes making the west safe for white people.

At the Guardian I wrote about Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Brangelina’s secret relationship.

At Lithub I interviewed Sady Doyle about her new book Trainwreck and how the world loves to see women self destruct.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

how Aaron Sorkin loves the patriarchy.

how David Brooks hates his country.

how Glenn Reynolds hates free speech.
 

Utilitarian Review 9/17/16

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News

My ebook, Your Favorite Superhero Sucks is out on Monday. You can preorder now!

And Sean Kleefeld reviews the book at his site.

Patreon

For $2/mo subscribers I posted a long draft essay about vampire genocide, Buffy, and Twilight.

And I immediately started tinkering with that essay; here’s a new bit where I talk about I Am Legend.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Lithub I wrote about Kate Beaton’s King Baby and how comics are still for kids. (Image above is not from the book, but a related cartoon from Beaton’s website.)

At the Establishment I interviewed Miriam Libicki about her new collection of graphic essays, Israel and Jewish identity.

At the Guardian I wrote about Alan Moore and seeing life as a plant.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

psychedlia from Kikagaku Moyo and Tvlpa.

Red Dawn and white Americans longing to be the underdog.
 

Utilitarian Review 9/10/16

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On Patreon

I wrote about Interview With the Vampire and toothy patriarchs.

A little teaser for my essay on vampire genocide.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Chronicle I wrote about how I’ll probably never write another university press book.

At Playboy:

—I interviewed Jessica Luther about sexual violence in college sports.

—I wrote about Melania Trump and immigration.
 
At Splice Today I wrote about

—the nightmare of unpacking.

the Day After and apocalypse as tv movie.

—Sinead O’Connor—more relevant than Nirvana.

At the Chicago Reader I wrote about the P.S. Eliot retrospective.