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'I Don’t Need to Tell You Things Are Bad'
Prescient movies and public contempt
Mar 27
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Gabe Bullard
6
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51:17
The Power of Lipstick: An Interview with Eileen G'Sell
The latest in the Object Lessons book series explores artifice as an act of empowerment
Mar 2
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Gabe Bullard
,
Arielle Bernstein
, and
Together, Alone
3
2
Stranger Things Was an Ode to the Melancholy Children's Media of the '80s
By embracing action over introspection, the 5th season limits the show's emotional power
Jan 28
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Arielle Bernstein
6
3
2
Looking at Instagram on a Desktop Solved All My Problems
“The medium is the massage”
Jan 15
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Gabe Bullard
10
1
5
Pluribus Is a Primal Cry Against Our Culture of Brain Rot
and a celebration of the angry female antihero
Dec 12, 2025
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Arielle Bernstein
7
3
2
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A Very Long Quarter Century
Blogging was everything, until it was nothing
Dec 5, 2025
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Gabe Bullard
8
4
The Melancholy Magic of the Before Sunrise Trilogy
An interview with Andrew Bertaina, author of ETHAN HAWKE & ME
Nov 3, 2025
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Arielle Bernstein
and
Gabe Bullard
3
2
45:36
Know When to Fold ‘em
Gambling, hustle culture, and the ads during sports broadcasts
Oct 24, 2025
•
Gabe Bullard
7
1
1
The Rehearsal is TV’s Most Provocative Show About Empathy
The show’s central claim is as simple as it is profound: empathy is hard.
Sep 19, 2025
•
Arielle Bernstein
4
1
Neil Postman Always Rings Twice
First as tragedy, then as farce
Aug 15, 2025
•
Gabe Bullard
9
2
In Defense of Artifice
On Wes Anderson and the unexplainable side of style
Jul 17, 2025
•
Gabe Bullard
4
1
The Uncanny Valley of Digital Pop Culture Discourse
What the response to Sabrina Carpenter's album cover teaches us
Jul 9, 2025
•
Arielle Bernstein
6
3
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