Monthly Archives: July 2017

Utilitarian Review 7/28/17

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On Chapo Trap House’s Wonder Woman episode, and leftist Clintonian triangulation.

On why the Vulture is not a working-class hero.

For $5 Patrons, the never-before-seen first draft of a piece on how Elvis didn’t invent rock and roll.

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At Quartz I wrote about

—why conflating Judaism and Zionism is bad.

—Atomic Blonde, and why Jane Bond is better than James.

At Splice Today I wrote about Iron Man, and why it makes sense that a dumb superhero narrative is our iconic Afghan war film.

Utilitarian Review 7/21/17

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Why you should welcome our Oankali overlords.

Online interactions are real interactions.
 
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At Slate I wrote about how Dunkirk points the way to better anti-war movies, even though it isn’t anti-war itself.

At Playboy I wrote about George Romero and smaller than life horror.

At Quartz I said we need to SMASH ALL EASTER EGGS!

At Splice Today I wrote about

—why battle metaphors are a bad way to talk about cancer.

—Three Kings and American savior fantasies.

—Music that isn’t planning to change the world from Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa, My Purest Heart for You, and Red Pill.
 

Utilitarian Review 6/15/17

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Bert Stabler and I put together a list of the 100 Greatest metal albums of all time.

For Patrons I wrote about Lego Batman and evolutionary morality.

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At the LA Times I argued that diversity is a euphemism meaning don’t be a bigot.

At the Verge I wrote about superheroes, race, and Cleverman.

At Splice Today I wrote about

—Elon Musk and working long hours to flatter the ultra rich.

—Full Metal Jacket as rape/revenge Vietnamsploitation.

At the Chicago Reader I wrote about briefly about dronegaze band Planning for Burial and growing up in Wilkes-Barre.

A long twitter thread listing art I love with links to essays.

Utilitarian Review 7/8/17

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I wrote about Baby Driver, Legion, and disability as superpower…for directors.
 
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At the Forward I wrote about how Spider-Man isn’t Jewish anymore.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Rambo as Native American and racializing veterans.

—how Wyonna Earp is crap and the Golden Age of Television is a sham.

At Bandcamp I wrote about the fractured pop of Larkin Grimm’s Chasing an Illusion.