I want there to be a bathroom scale you can step on and, instead of a number, it’s tells you, “You weigh the same as Marilyn Monroe in NIAGARA!” Or “You weigh the same as Oscar Isaac in EX MACHINA!”

...phew?

My first contribution to the Screen Shots column at Los Angeles Review of Books... Many thanks to my co-editors and co-columnists, Elizabeth Alsop and Michael Szalay, for their generous help on multiple drafts ;) A dual review-turned-super meta personal essay, anyone? #Bridgerton #hacks

Thank you, Maggie! 🥰 Reminds me: academic friends, if you’re teaching on women writers or feminism on TV, think about assigning this piece, my other essays for Lit Hub/LARB/WaPo/NYT, or hey my book for University of California Press…!

I’m in Lit Hub Daily! 🔥

NEED meryl to do a jiminy glick interview, stat.

Forgot to do this… Melany at House of Colour Ltd sorted me out, and now I’m a bonafide “jewel-toned winter” ❄️

BREAKING: The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books. Full story to follow.

I want to read about the history of breakfast being the “most important meal of the day”… has that been written, or do I need to do it?

What I love about the opening dance sequence of #ThePerfectCouple is how it reminds me of a curtain call in a campy revenge play (like when I saw TITUS ANDRONICUS). It's a fun reminder to lighten up, it's all pretend, let's party 🎉