"Just like a Möbius strip, we might be sliced down our middles, even split in half. But the bind that holds us together will always stay intact," writes @apockros.bsky.social.

I wrote about Sorry, Baby, Materialists, and our current climate of sexual politics for @thepointmag.bsky.social! thepointmag.com/forms-of-lif...

New on Forms of Life, @apockros.bsky.social on what “Sorry, Baby” understands about our current climate of sexual politics that “Materialists” doesn’t:

Bared my soul in the @nytimes.com magazine. It’s about looking at art, my mother, and what happens when you practice the difficult task of patience.

REVIEW @apockros.bsky.social “The first thing one will notice in Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, ‘The Room Next Door’ (2024) …is that it both preserves this formula and subverts it in crucial ways.” #cinema thepointmag.com/criticism/al...

This is Jessie Hoffman. Louisiana plans to execute him tomorrow using nitrogen hypoxia, a profoundly experimental method that has only been used 4x in the US (or anywhere). In plainer language, this means the state will gas him to death.

Wrote about the king of camp's newest film, which kind of flew under the radar IMO:

One of the funnier things I’ve edited

And my written dispatch from Sundance, for @screenslate.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/sun...

Last week, I podcasted from Sundance Film Festival with @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy. We discussed some good, really good, and bad movies! open.spotify.com/episode/29jS...

I wrote something about how the fires and the internet are making me feel, and also Mike Davis: substack.com/@pockmark/no...

Kennedy’s rise is one symptom of a cultural realignment that has merged hippie-coded New Age wellness fads with right-wing conspiracy thinking. bit.ly/4fUOSiF

For our April issue, I too wrote about Lauren Oyler’s NO JUDGMENT: a sort of underwhelming book, but one where Oyler’s attempt to be cynical actually reveals something fortuitous about her technique.

VOL. 01 IS HERE. Order on our website or request from your favorite independent purveyor of books and magazines. clereviewofbooks.com/store/p/volume-01

Vol. 01 launch parties have been scheduled for 12/2 in Cleveland and 12/7 in NYC. Details soon. Pencil us in. Use a pen even.

A really great essay which taught me many things but left me wondering: does Jordan Peterson have scurvy?

Something I wrote! In case people are getting back on this platform and fleeing the other:

We have a new coat of paint!

Really happy to have this lovely look at some very cool queer teens who fought back against Republican ghouls in Kentucky up on @thenation.com! https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/queer-kentucky-youth-rally/

the tectonic plates of the app just shifted bc @thenation.com’s very own @apockros.bsky.social has arrived!!