Ellie Friar and the Triumph of DeathIn 2017, three young Oregonians killed a girl’s father. In 2022, a macabre YouTube channel made a long video about it. Why should you care?Oct 28, 20223Oct 28, 20223
Inside the Memory CardMy father’s ghost is haunting an Animal Crossing village.Aug 22, 2021Aug 22, 2021
Life Lessons from GanondorfThere is no practical reason anyone should ever be able to win a one-on-one fight playing as Ganondorf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is…Aug 8, 2021Aug 8, 2021
I Read 350 Pages of Conspiracy Theories in 3 Days. Here’s What I LearnedEver since the assassination of JFK, Texas has been prime real estate for plots, ponderings, and general hokum, so I was not surprised to…May 12, 2021May 12, 2021
You Fucking People Make Me SickYou may have noticed that I haven’t published very much over the past year. The pandemic has made many things that were easy difficult and…Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
You Are Not an Employee and Games Are Not Your JobI have two devices on which I play video games: a Nintendo Switch and a low-to-moderately powerful laptop. This puts me in the privileged…Sep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020
Critiquing Bernie Sanders Isn’t the Same as Betraying HimI didn’t have anywhere to live during the 2016 primaries, but if I’d had a permanent place of residence I would’ve definitely cast my vote…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
Published inHuman PartsHow Should You Talk to God?Notes from a neophyte spiritualistOct 19, 20193Oct 19, 20193
The Media is Fucking Up the 6ix9ine StoryI’m working on a much longer piece about 6ix9ine right now, but I wanted to take a break from that project to briefly discuss something…Sep 20, 20191Sep 20, 20191
A Short, Angry Essay About Living with a Learning DisabilityI couldn’t tie my shoes until I was in the 5th grade.May 15, 20193May 15, 20193
Isharon IsharonClarence feels as though he should be intimidated as the car shrieks to a halt on the curb beside him, but his response is closer to that…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019
Hidden Like a Vein: Describing Emotional AbuseThere’s nothing like a romantic relationship to make a person fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy — a concept more commonly expressed as…Nov 15, 201813Nov 15, 201813
Why FilmStruck Was Never Going To Work OutFilmStruck was a fantastic idea. As someone who owns a John Cassavetes box set and can make a good case for Masahiro Shinoda being the best…Nov 1, 2018Nov 1, 2018
Happy New Year, Losers: The Dangerous Rise of the Sympathy DocBefore their project begins, a documentarian reckons with at least as many ethical considerations as technical ones. For example: How much…Sep 22, 2018Sep 22, 2018
Why Plot Holes Matter (And Why They Sometimes Don’t)Imagine you’re watching a movie at the theater. At one point, a character says something that subtly but directly contradicts a plot point…Aug 30, 2018Aug 30, 2018
It Sucks to Be Single in Trump’s AmericaHow to keep the existential panic at bayAug 15, 20185Aug 15, 20185
What Films Overlook About AddictionAfter rehab, I found worryingly few films that truly represented meAug 4, 201833Aug 4, 201833
An Oblique History of TrapFor “wellness,” naturally, is no cause for complaint — people relish it, they enjoy it, they are at the furthest pole from complaint…Jul 25, 2018Jul 25, 2018
Five at a Time #6: I Was In Jail With My Nephew#26 The Killing of a Sacred DeerMay 12, 2018May 12, 2018