Bad Friend Art
Colin Farrell’s friend breakup in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ is eerily similar to my own. His is just more cinematic.
Colin Farrell’s friend breakup in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ is eerily similar to my own. His is just more cinematic.
The rise of radical politics in shows like “Andor” offer me a surprising source of hope.
Factory-produced clothing still requires human hands. When we pay less for our clothing, it is the cost of labor at play.
The act of the trans trade, and its ritualization, came readily to hand for me, but it’s a distant possibility for so many of us.
What parts of me are still fed by my New York environment? Are other parts of me getting hungrier? For more, or for something else entirely?
I want to preserve this old gas station because it feels like preserving myself.
Whether one calls it “adaptation” or “assimilation” is a matter of one’s personal politics. But I—like the food I love—am undoubtedly changing.
While the world has continued to change, Kraft’s product has remained the same, somehow evading inflation at one or two dollars per box.
For all of its commitment to diverse representation, the game was fundamentally another apocalypse story about the reproduction of white patriarchal violence.
In the ‘Beloved,’ ‘The Baby,’ and ‘Barbarian,’ Black women grapple with vengeful mothers and children. In my life, I’ve broken that cycle.
Rebranding beauty rituals as self-acceptance does nothing to remove the obligation that says we must aspire to be beautiful.
Love and connection require emotional risk. After the harrowing nature of the last three years, I needed ‘Our Flag Means Death’ to remind me.
The critiques Mindy Kaling received shaped the representation we see on-screen today as much as her successes did.
“Sign o’ the Times” is candy for a cute little he/they like me.
I aged out of leotards and ballet—not perfectionism. But tight buns suck. And so do tightly scripted holidays.
In her rejection of performing happiness, Grande invokes gratitude for the impact she’s made on others. I have to believe the same.
It is a sin against myself to be anonymous.
Wednesday Addams does not want to play with you.
I wanted to be loud, wild, and sexually liberated like them. I just didn’t know how.
They provided a blueprint by showing the critical apparatus in a container transparent enough that I could see the inner workings.