A Poem on Mental Health and Stigma
I’ve been living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for nearly two decades and a year ago I finally began a course of treatment for it. I can’t even begin to describe the difference it has made in my life. OCD is crippling. It is so much more than anxiety, or a tendency toward obsessive organization or…
I wrote a poem!
I write almost every day and even worked professionally in journalism for a number of years, so it definitely feels odd to be nervous about sharing something I’ve created to a wider audience, but that is universally the case for me with poetry. Most of the time, I would sooner share something I made in…
The Last Temptation of John Anthony Cena
In retrospect, 2021 was mostly a long chain of disappointments and promises unfulfilled. But on one balmy Florida evening in January, like an Abrahamic deity splintering sunlight through water particles moments after washing away everything you knew and loved in a fit of rage, it did bestow on us a Royal Rumble that was simple,…
Brunito
I watched Encanto this weekend thinking I would at least get another handful of songs to add to my Lin Manuel Miranda “Songs to make you sob softly in the middle of the afternoon for no reason” playlist. But thanks to what I would guess are the narrative contributions of playwright Charise Castro Smith, Encanto…
The Crime Fiction Paradox
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about media that I personally adore but would never recommend to a friend. I’m re-reading the endlessly clever and disturbing Last of The Innocent by Ed Brubaker which is to this day one of my favorite graphic novels, but it also requires a near encyclopedic knowledge of and irrational…
On The Green Knight and Simone Biles
I’ve always been really fascinated with the story of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. I didn’t read the full text until college, but I’ve known the story almost my whole life because my older sister, who was always a wonderful storyteller and knew I loved Arthurian legends, told me the story in its entirety…
DC Comics Made Me Do This, I’m Very Sorry
Content Warning: This article is mostly about superheroes boning, continue at your own risk. After a long and painful hiatus, there’s finally a bunch of new popular fiction to talk about. Now that theaters don’t necessitate a hazmat suit and video game companies can ethically and comfortably chain programmers to their desks once more, the…
On Mortal Kombat’s Weird and (Mostly) Unintentional Geopolitical Subtext
If you’re on the fence about seeing the Mortal Kombat reboot, I’ll just say that it’s a movie in which a man saws a vampire in half lengthwise using his special hat that has become much sharper and more durable thanks to the magic granted to him by his mystical tattoo. If that doesn’t sell…
Did You Notice The Fringe Scientific Theory That Somehow Worked Its Way Into Godzilla Vs. Kong?
There have been several worst parts of the pandemic, but the most recent worst part was that due to the current dangers associated with small rooms teeming with breathing patrons, I have not been to a theater in almost 14 months. And that means I had to watch Godzilla vs. Kong at home alone like…
Fine, I Guess We’ll Talk About The Skunk
Whenever I see the phrase “Cancel Culture” in social media posts I always think of the end of William Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury, a story that is largely about the suffocating nature of tradition and keeping up appearances. The story ends with Benjy Compson, a non-verbal neurodivergent young man who serves as the…
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