Recent Writing All Over the Place
For The Hairpin:
“No Theoryheads Allowed” (on theoryheads, grad school, and Wayne Koestenbaum’s superb new collection)
A behemoth of a Scandals of Classic Hollywood on Hedy Lamarr, “The Ecstasy Girl” and some very, very beautiful pictures in “Robert Redford, Golden Boy.”
Yammering on about Christian summer camp songs in “Lord I Lift Your Camp On High”
Applying my theory of the postfeminist dystopia to Sex in the City in “Sex and the Dystopia”
The latest “Remembering Lilith,” this time on my personal favorite Fiona Apple (plus one from all the back in May on Jewel)
On Slate: Write-ups of two superb 1930s fan magazine pieces — “Katharine Hepburn Needed Those Spankings!” and “Ronnie Reagan: New Answer to Maiden’s Prayers.”
Over at Laptham’s Quarterly: a piece on Mack Sennett’s Bathing Beauties featuring the best 15-part bathing suits of all time.
For The Toast:
“In Defense of Cheerleading” (funny) and “There Are Things of Which I May Not Speak” (sad).
Here on the Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style site:
“The Pop Star Immunity Problem”
“Taste, Class, Fetish Object: The Curious Case of Olivia Wilde”
An update from July on the process of writing my book, Scandals of Classic Hollywood (further update: I’m done!)
“Angelina Jolie Controls the Narrative”
and “The Enduring Postfeminist Dystopia of Bachelorette”
For the Whitman College Film & Media Studies Podcast:
I talk about my most important film at age 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 in Episode 11 of The Cold Open.
I’m also going to start writing at the amazing Dear Television next week-ish — if you don’t follow on Facebook, get on that.
Finally, the latest round of Summer Endorsements, including lots of Instagram Dog Recs, over at Virginia Quarterly Review.
Enjoy — and I’d love to hear your thoughts on any of the pieces above!
