Steven Spielberg, Netflix, and the “Real” Movie
Some thoughts on those bullshit new Oscars rule proposals
The Cutprice Guignol
The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House
March 4, 2019
March 3, 2019
Everything You Need To Know About Rape Jokes
HEY! Did you know that my debut novel, Rape Jokes, is coming out in just a couple of weeks, via the amazing Frayed Edge Pres? I’m so screechingly excited about this that I feel like I need a little lie down just to handle it, but before I put the wet towel over my eyes, I figured I’d share everything you need to know about my book with my dearest blog readers.
February 28, 2019
Riverdale S3E13: Requiem for a Welterweight
You know when you’re deep in a dream, and everything seems to make sense? Like, you’re watching something on TV, and then you’re in the show, and then you’re dating one of the actors, and then you’re back watching that story unfold? How the logic bends and folds and falls in a way that just doesn’t make sense, and then you wake up, try to explain it, and can’t?
February 27, 2019
Not Sick Enough
Honestly, I’m going to get back to the fun stuff soon, I am. It’s just that Riverdale has been off air for three weeks and maybe it’s the only thing giving my life meaning, you know? Well, time for one more introspective bungee-jump before it’s back tomorrow.
February 25, 2019
Russian Doll and the Loops of Compulsion
Wow, Lou, try writing about anything? Other? Than your mental health problems? I hear you cry, and I politely ignore you and write this article anyway. I’ve been watching Russian Doll over these last couple of weeks – which is ridiculous, really, because I could have gotten the whole thing done in an evening and had time to nip out for cat food afterwards. But honestly, rarely have I so uncomfortably identified with a character as I have with Alan Zaveri in Russian Doll, and I’m finally ready to take a prodding poke at this series as a whole and what it has to say about compulsion.
February 25, 2019
Oscar Season: Green Book
Green Book won the Best Picture Oscar I guess, here’s our review of this patronising mess
February 22, 2019
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Chapter Fifteen
Alright. If you happen to follow any of my social media (Twitter, mostly), you’ll know that I’ve had a hell of a fucker of a week, and honestly I just want to dive head-first into this book and forget any of it happened while I talk about banging random members of the adult cast of this story. Oh look, here comes one now!
February 19, 2019
The Acceptable Eating Disorder
Trigger Warning for discussion of anorexia, bulimia, and general eating disorder behaviour.
February 18, 2019
Oscar Season: A Star is Born
a star is born, again, apparently, ugh
