Utilitarian Review 10/4/17

 
On Patreon

On Humans and how robot narratives are programmed for racism.

How to pass gun control.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Verge I wrote about Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and police violence.

At Quartz I wrote about Cass Sunstein’s new book and whether Donald Trump can be impeached.

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Ben Sasse, Pajama Boy and attacking Nazis by comparing them to Jews.

Monkey Business, and being a screwball comedy after all the screwball comedies are gone.

Utilitarian Review 9/16/17

 
News/Begging

So my little ebook on women film directors still doesn’t have any reviews. If you’re one of the twelve people who read it, consider posting a few words to say how you did or didn’t like it? Crowdsource your inner essence, while joining my tremulous marketing process!
 
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For Patrons I wrote about Inglourious Basterds and Holocaust denial.

I argued that voting rights should be the Democrat’s top priority—yes, even before health care.

Utilitarians Everywhere

At A Beautiful Perspective I wrote about SWOP Behind Bars’ program to get cell phones to incarcerated sex workers on their release.

At Bandcamp, I wrote

Blood Drive and the bloody intestines of quality television.

a list of bands influenced by the music of Ennio Morricone

At Splice Today I wrote about

—how The Girl from Hanoi shows that all American war films are imperialist.

—the fantastic music YouTube channel Vinyl Reincarnation.

—about an amazing album of music for 80s Japanese commercials by Yasuaki Shimizu.
 

Utilitarian Review 9/2/17

 
Patreon

On pundit’s obsession with protecting on campus speakers and chattering class solidarity.

On using openmindedness as a smokescreen for ugly views.

On pretending racism is cultural borrowing.

For patron’s, a first draft of my piece on the zookeeper’s wife and gentile saviors.

 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At the Verge I explained toe James Cameron that Wonder woman has always been a feminist icon and a sex symbol both.

At Quartz I reviewed a new book about how we need to let refugees work.

At Playboy I wrote about Jack Kirby’s weaknesses and honoring him by making art he wouldn’t.

At Slate I wrote about Joanna Russ’ We Who Are About To, which is better than William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

At Patreon I interviewed Botanist about eco apocalypse black metal.

At Splice Today I wrote about

Stephen King’s It which is both mediocre and memorable.

Predator and camouflaging America’s Latin American wars.
 

Utilitarian Review 8/30/17

News

Steven Grant, comics writer, provided a nice blurb for my book Your Favorite Superhero Sucks.
 
On Patreon

Murakami vs. Pollock for title of avant gardiest.

The left shouldn’t define itself in opposition to Democrats. (and vice versa)
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Splice Today I wrote about:

—Robert Altman’s Mash and the confused idea that misogyny will overthrow the status quo.

—drone artist Saito Koji and the album that wasn’t there.

Utilitarian Review 8/19/17

 
Patreon

On Angela Nagle’s excellent critique of counter-culture misogyny and how her book does the exact thing she decries.

I explained why the term alt left is bad and should be avoided.

On the Hooded Utilitarian

Somewhat randomly, we had a couple posts on HU for various reasons.

Nix on what Meghan Murphy doesn’t get about feminism and sex work.

Paul Austin on Television’s great forgotten album.

 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Quartz I wrote about:

—how the ACLU shouldn’t defend fascists.

Atypical and how autism is used in the media to excuse sexism.

At Playboy I interviewed N.K. Jemisin about her book the Stone Sky, racism, and apocalypse.

At the Verge I wrote about the goofy original Defenders comics, which are not much like the television show.

At the Reader I wrote about the Scorched Tundra metal festival.

On Splice Today I wrote about:

Eastern Condors, a Honk Kong Vietnam picture which makes all other Vietnam pictures look like half-assed messes too.

how Facebook is so cheery it depresses me.

—how the left is pretty unified, relatively.

At Bandcamp I reviewed a new drone/spoken word album from Heinali and Matt Finney.

Utilitarian Review 8/11/17

Los Jaivos

 
On Patreon

Advice for academics talking to journalists, and vice versa.

For Patrons, the first draft of my essay on race in Hateful Eight.
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At Playboy I interviewed Zinnia Jones about straight men claiming they don’t find trans women attractive.

In the romance criticism series I’m editing at Public Books, Qiana Whitted wrote about Alyssa Cole and the possibility of love for black women.

At Bandcamp I put together a list of awesome Latin American prog.

At Splice Today I wrote about

Lee Fang, neoliberal shill.

Jacob’s Ladder and Vietnam as American dream.

At the Reader I wrote a short blurb about British R&B newcomer Jorja Smith.