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Where Have All The B Movies Gone, Part 2
Here’s Part 2 of last month’s craft essay on Orson Welles, B Movies, and Writing Badly
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Does Conspiracy Have a Gender?
On Deep Fake Britney & Rich Men
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Where Have All the B Movies Gone?
On Writing a Messy, Extra, Feels True Novel
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"Hi Barbie!" as code for "Hi Abortion Rights Supporter!"
By way of a Review of Theatre Camp
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The Summer Camp Culture Saved the Economy
From the TSwift Lift to Barbenomics, Girl(ie)s Rule the World
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Notes Toward A Critical Barbie Theory
Because I spent four(teen) years prostrate to the higher mind
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One Minute Musings on Oppenheimer
90s Hot Guys, Vibrating Seats, & Oppenheimer's Statement Belt
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Barbenheimer's Eve
What does it mean when we joke about Barbie + Oppenheimer?
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WTF Is Wrong With You, Carrie Bradshaw?
Nostalgia, Nameplate Necklaces, & Appropriating Taste
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Mrs. Satan
Are witches kitschy? A surprising answer!
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Is Cannibalism Campy?? 🍽️🧠🖤
Some notes on bad taste, J Lo, and Y2K perfumes
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Hi!! Welcome to Kitsch! Camp! Schmaltz! Schlock!
Weekly recs in Bad Taste, Bad Taste only. & some Susan Sontag, of course <3
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Kitsch! Camp! Schmaltz! Schlock!
Kitsch! Camp! Schmaltz! Schlock!
"Life is too important a thing to ever talk seriously about it." --Vera, or The Nihilists. Weekly recs in bad taste, bad taste only!!
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