It was so much fun to write and be part of this!

What you write when you’ve harbored a decades-long unease about an otherwise fun movie and then one day your partner encourages you to read Fichte

FRIENDS! olivia stowell and I edited and contributed to a collection of essays about Vanderpump Rules for Avidly! It was a dream to do. Our contributors are witty and smart. We’re here to prove that reality tv is a subject worthy of scholarly inquiry. Bravo and Andy Cohen

This is a goal I do not understand yet support completely

Last summer, my wife (big brain) made me watch all of Vanderpump Rules so I could take a break from my academic writing and stop thinking for a second. I (also big brain) played reverse uno and instead enrolled her to think and write with me about Vanderpump Rules.

In honor of #PumpRules returning tonight, I wrote about what I think is the show’s narrative drive: domestic and romantic instability. #Scandoval showed how VPR is formally, narratively, and aesthetically built on domestic strife and precarious intimacies. Check it out!

Where I’m Calling From: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014 avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2014/02/03/whe… via Avidly

MIDWEST JOY SEASON! @catzim001 on the specific lifeworld analog philosophy that is #ChappellRoan. "it’s how she situates her voice within layers of cultural pastiche that positions her in relation to memories, both (inter)personal and cultural" avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2024/08/06/a-f…

"Chappell Roan’s deployment of bygone sounds and images offers more than nostalgia...In a very different context, theorist of film and photography Kaja Silverman has called it “the miracle of analogy.” @catzim001 on #ChappellRoan's lifeworld! avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2024/08/06/a-f…

"Her references here are traceable and clear, quotations rather than memes. A+ for you, Chappell Roan, for doing the homework, citing your sources, and truly participating in discussion." @catzim001 on #ChappellRoan's analog excellence! avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2024/08/06/a-f…

"She’s not trying to separate herself from the crowd; she wants to join others in sharing a (queer) world." @catzim001 on the analog pleasures of #chappellroan's world building! avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2024/08/06/a-f…

My interview with Emily Van Duyne about her revolutionary book on Plath is up at Avidly! It encapsulates and solidifies so much about Plath that seemed true but lacked evidence until Emily worked through the massive amount of new archival materials. Thanks, Emily, for so much!

"Why not write an unapologetic book about my absolute devotion to this dead woman, this perceived disaster?" Nels Highberg 🍉 interviews Emily Van Duyne about her book, "Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation" avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2024/11/01/rec…