Readings

The Long Run

Did I feel high? No, I just felt alive. Alive in the sense of not dead. 

A Perfect Companion: On Alan Rickman

He does the job so well you don’t notice he’s doing it better than anyone else could. 

 

'We Can't Necessarily Anticipate How Magneto Might Act': An Interview with Cullen Bunn

Speaking with the comic writer about the history and current state of horror comics, the hot tempers of Aquaman fans, and life as a child hypnotist. 

Unearthing the Sea Witch

Ursula was a singular Disney villain, and behind the animated tentacles was a real-life, big-haired, poo-eating Baltimore drag queen named Divine.

The New Daughters of Bollywood

The rising influence of women in Indian film has been crucial to how their stories are told on and off-screen, putting more power into their hands. 

Reconciling David Bowie

Following allegations of abuse, we often have conversations about “separating art from the artist.” But what if said art helped you through your own assault?

Grace, Oddity: The Generous David Bowie

Bowie was the one who alerted me to pop as a medium, its shimmering fields of plastic. Even his most mercenary projects were sincere in the gesture’s moment.

The Myth of the Myth of the City of Love

Does Paris Syndrome, a sickness of dashed expectations, even exist? 

The Saint of the Outsider: Growing Up with David Bowie

Listening to Bowie gave you the strength to be strange. 

Simply Everything: On David Bowie

Bowie was a suave enigma who never quite cared about connecting—it hardly seems appropriate to mourn him as a flesh and blood human being. Yet the music he leaves behind has a life of its own.