There was a wonderful charm to the old web. We'd talk about the things we loved and were excited to share it with the world. Not for likes or clout, but just because. Let's do that again
Kaveh Akbar
Martyr! is familiar and totally alien, an articulated empathy of what it feels like to be of this place and that, and of rediscovering what it means to be of the homeland. Kaveh Akbar brings characters that are real and instantly recognizable, and puts them in uncanny landscapes that seem alien while they shouldn't be
December 2024
📚Chana Porter
Chana Porter's novella is a beautiful reflection on memory, form, permanance, and loss. "Tips for Attending a Dinner Party When Your World Has Ended and Another World Is Just Beginning" also might be one of the most heart warming openings to a book I've read in a while.
When I think about this book, I think about my dogs and all the people I've lost in life, and how their memory isn't just their passing but all the moments that led up to it
August 2024
📚Dev Patel
Monkey Man expertly blended mythology, fascism, gender, and class struggle and deserved a lot more flowers. Zakir Hussain's cameo in the second act is perfect, a nod to classic Bollywood. Dev Patel in this (as in the Green Knight a few years ago) shines as an actor.
April 2024
🎬Coralie Fargeat
Body horror meets the male gaze.
April 2024
🎬Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie
The streaming era has been terrible for television in many ways. However, a show like The Curse wouldn't exist in any other era. A consistent background hum of discomfort highlights this part-parody, part-reflection of HGTV-esque reality, with scattershot yet brilliant critiques of gentrification, white savior complex, the camera gaze, and so much more.
January 2024
📺Black Lives Matter.
No human is illegal.
Sex worker rights are labor rights.
Our liberation is bound together.