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Apparently, I'm a "sociopath."

Jan 19

I’ve taken at least a dozen showers since I binge-watched HBO’s limited series, Mrs. Fletcher, and I still haven’t managed to scrub away the ickiness.

Dec 8, 2021

My grad school writing professor told me to prepare a manifesto to read aloud to the class. Here's what I wrote.

Dec 2, 2020

Earlier today, when I noticed that the actress Rose Byrne was trending on Twitter, I figured it was for either one of two reasons: Byrne…

May 2, 2020

It was 1990, the year of the Hubble Telescope and the World Wide Web, of Pretty Woman and Dick Tracy. It was the year of “Vogue.”

Apr 29, 2020

Quarantine from COVID-19 means screening the films I missed last year — and reading them to filth.

Apr 3, 2020

By cancelling people on social media, we are cancelling ourselves.

Nov 5, 2019

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