Urban Honking

Well like any film buff worth their weight in geldings I am of course a huge fan of the original, best, and eternal Kubrick Spartacus, starring Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, and an extremely emo Kirk Douglas. And, like any tired lonely schoolteacher whose husband is in Paris, I am of course a huge […]

If all tools express a natural law, then the saw enunciates. It is preexistent, delicate biology translated upon the anvil. We set and sharpen and polish its teeth ‘til the metaphor gleams. The saw has a long and surprisingly fabled history. This is the first in a series of posts retelling various mythologies of The […]

I first saw this movie upon it’s release, probably by myself, at the Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis in 9th grade. Pre-riot grrrl revelation/punk rock newbie portion of my life, but immediately prior to that cusp. I know I saw it at least once and I was evangelical about it to all three of my friends. […]

You guys, what even was this movie. First of all, am I the only person on earth who finds Channing Tatum to almost not even be a human person? He is like a big blob of flesh that makes vaguely tone-based sounds. He is less expressive than a fetus or someone in a coma, or […]

The following is the thing I wrote to accompany my 2011 Pazz & Jop ballot but did not get published on the Village Voice because of various time suckage issues. BUT IT IS STILL IMPORTANT cuz it addresses thoughts about women/feminism/rapping/fucking that I have had this year. As B. Ames would say in an entirely […]

The Guerrilla Girls created this original piece for Plazm issue #9. Now that Newt is somehow seen as a viable Republican candidate for President, it’s time to dust it off again. This was made prior to the investigation into Newt’s ethical behavior in congress, and of course well before he became a high-paid lobbyist for […]

I’ve seen so many movies, but I keep forgetting to blog about them. So, MINI REVIEWS! GO! MONEYBALL I liked it a lot! Everyone said it was boring but I found it riveting, and I even cried, TWICE. I hate all sports and think people who cry about them are stupid, so I consider this […]

Oh, LO! I have been writing my facial features off! HERE ARE SOME (not all) OF MY MORE RECENT JAMS FOR YOU TO READ. I wrote an essay on 2011: the year dubstep became a thing in the legit American mainstream (instead of just the thing that American bass fiends fight with each other over […]

In order to facilitate a hop from the east side of the International Date Line to the west, the island nation of Samoa just skipped from December 29th directly to December 31st. Samoans went to sleep last night on Thursday, and woke up Saturday. The change was intended to better link Samoa with its Asian […]