Nature abhors a vacuum, but what loves it? This guy! (srsly tho. I want watch this wacky Thai film) #AUsefulGhost youtu.be/vcrx14GZ_Io?...

"Ease is not a moral failure, and good food does not require suffering," writes Food editor @ashliedstevens.bsky.social about using shortcuts like pre-cut onions to cook for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/05/i...

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Many of you have called or texted to ask my thoughts on the rapidly developing situation in #Venezuela I hope this blog post helps shed light on where our focus should be in the coming days —> doubleclick.blog/the/ REMEMBER: Talk to Venezuelans about Venezuela!

"The body remembers pleasure as quickly as it forgets skill," writes @ashliedstevens.bsky.social about rediscovering the joys of dance AND her appetite in this beautiful essay for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/01/d... #Hello2026 #HappyNewYear

We did a podcast where we talked about how we feel no real connection to the show as gay men and got a couple of weeks of harassment out of it. I'm happy for the show's fans but it left a bitter taste and I have no desire to catch up on it

I enjoy #BL, but the fandom can be often be a toxic pile-on & limiting in nuanced discourse/ #journalism "It’s when enjoyment turns to blind passion that the problems begin," writes the brilliant @colemanjspilde.bsky.social about #HeatedRivalry for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/02/d...

As a Vietnamese American, I had no idea that "Auld Lang Syne," wasn't the default on NYE, but Vietnam loves to play ABBA instead. I investigated, and the roots of course, go back to the war www.salon.com/2025/12/31/a... @salon.com

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Ahhh, my ADHD brain has definitely turned to little treat buying in the past year. @andizeisler.bsky.social breaks down how we consumed in 2025 for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/28/f...

"Our hive mind fears constantly recycle into relevant warnings about whatever conformist, politically driven movements define a given age," writes @mctelevision.bsky.social for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/29/f...

Cat distribution system working hard! news.mongabay.com/2025/12/year...

Happy #TheCottage day to all #HeatedRivalry fans! @mctelevision.bsky.social breaks down why the heated part is so important to this romance for @salon.com (There are no spoilers from the finale, so it's safe to read!) www.salon.com/2025/12/26/h...

Happy Honda Days! 🚗

I made a @salon.com holiday viewing guide mainly so I could recommend #JulieAndThePhantoms again for families who need a #KPopDemonHunters alternative for their kids www.salon.com/2025/12/24/a...

Love has no gender🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Love is love❤️ love you all🤍 Merry Merry⭐️✨

#TheBoyfriend S2 trailer lfggggggggggg www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Rb...

Gachiakuta is getting a stage play in Tokyo in May and Kyoto in June!

Don't mind me, just dying over @colemanjspilde.bsky.social 's cheeky end-of-year hagiography of / ode to #GwynethPaltrow for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/22/t...

Culture consumed Dec. 14-20: #HeatedRivalry #10Dance #DynamiteKiss #bl #kdramas

Canadian economy rallies as #1 export now Heated Rivalry

#RobReiner rightfully gets love as a director, but @mctelevision.bsky.social also acknowledges what he brought to his work in front of the camera for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/21/t...

"If this is how it’s going to be from now on, I’d like to be raptured, too," writes @colemanjspilde.bsky.social for @salon.com summarizing many of our feelings about the past year www.salon.com/2025/12/21/t...

There's just too much to watch, but this year I made a point to up my #animation/ #anime intake to collaborate with @mctelevision.bsky.social & @colemanjspilde.bsky.social for @salon.com #bestof2025 www.salon.com/2025/12/19/b...

"Infrastructure for knowledge production that took years to build cannot be rebuilt overnight." ASA member Stephanie J. Nawyn @snawyn.bsky.social (Michigan State) adds to this reflection on the effects of the administration’s science funding cuts. @us.theconversation.com

Whyyyyyy are we overrun by onscreen yule logs? And are there any worth our time? @mctelevision.bsky.social investigates 🕵️🔥 for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/18/h... #yulelog #christmas #kpopdemonhunters

I am alllll about #Furia this year. So glad it made the cut for @mctelevision.bsky.social on her #Top10 #BestTVShows of 2025 for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/17/1...

“#WhenHarryMetSally rings so true because there isn’t a single false note in its lovely sonata," writes @colemanjspilde.bsky.social about the #RobReiner classic for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/17/w...

What I watched last week Dec. 7-13:

TCA EOY Spotlight | @hanhonymous.bsky.social "I learned of one cook's campaign to have the cuisine depicted in this K-drama be considered by UNESCO for cultural heritage. Interviewing him, I was able to weave together a story that outlined Korean palace cuisine." www.salon.com/2025/10/26/b...

What a cast! 👀

🤔https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/boots-canceled-netflix-one-season-1236609600/

it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

"My mom once suggested ordering a giant sushi platter instead of cooking, and you would’ve thought she’d suggested we don’t have fish at all," writes Francesca Giangiulio about the Feast of the #SevenFishes for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/14/w...

If you're baking Christmas cookies, may we suggest using soy sauce? For @salon.com, Joy Saha spoke to Kat Lieu, author of #108AsianCookies about the Asian ingredient that can add extra oomph www.salon.com/2025/12/13/l...

We all need a bit of a pick-me-up for this year. Fun read by @andizeisler.bsky.social for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/12/t...

#TheDickVanDykeShow is "one of modern TV's most foundational influences" and "still holds up more than six decades later," writes @mctelevision.bsky.social for @salon.com #DickVanDyke #DickVanDyke100 www.salon.com/2025/12/13/t...

If you've yet to purchase Woodworking, the debut novel from Emily St. James (that's me), the ebook is on sale everywhere for a few days. Just $1.99! Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah! bookshop.org/p/books/wood...

Culture consumed Nov. 30-Dec 6

Welp, I won a National Arts & #Entertainment #Journalism Award for my @kehuyquan.bsky.social feature on @salon.com #movies #interview #awardsseason

Makoto Shinkai confirmed in a video message on Saturday he is currently working on a new work.

Angelina Mazza interviewed #HeatedRivalry author Rachel Reid for @salon.com about the true origins of her first book in the #GameChangers series www.salon.com/2025/12/06/h...

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

"The best films of the year were audacious enough to reach a hand into the shadowy corners of our collective unrest," writes @colemanjspilde.bsky.social for @salon.com (Plus a film w/ a very good cat in it!) www.salon.com/2025/12/05/9...

The #ElfOnTheShelf is "a proud, rosy-cheeked tool of the surveillance apparatus," writes @andizeisler.bsky.social for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/12/04/t...

Since #HeatedRivalry is heating up the queer romance discourse again after #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue did, time to revive the story I did for @salon.com TWO YEARS AGO about how this storytelling is popular with Asia #BL series you can watch as easily as you do #kdramas www.salon.com/2023/10/01/b...

I think I need to reread #PeopleWeMeetOnVacation before the movie comes out www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1C9...