“The Nesting” Unexpectedly Champions Therapy & Sex Work By JUSTIN MCDEVITT Writers have no business visiting the country. Stop doing that. Whether you are a budding Jack Torrance hoping to write the Great American Novel, overcome alcoholism, and...
1935’s “The Raven” Is The Toxic Fandom Urtext By JUSTIN MCDEVITT *Warning: this essay is riddled with Scream (2022) spoilers. When I attend a Lady Gaga concert, I scream: a guttural, high-pitched shriek that renders my voice raspy the following day,...
Being Better Is The Best Revenge In “A Visit from the Incubus” By JUSTIN MCDEVITT We don’t spend enough time talking about incubi. As imagined by the phenomenal Anna Biller (The Love Witch), the incubus is a lecherous, unromantic rapist lacking the...
“Christmas Evil” Won’t Cure Your Holiday Blues By JUSTIN MCDEVITT Christmas is a pedophile’s bribe. A dude with a beard pays off parents by doing their holiday shopping for them to excuse the 364 days of the year when the alleged saint stalks all of...
“Flowers in the Attic” Will Make You Feel Better About Your Own Crappy Family This Holiday Season By JUSTIN MCDEVITT I want to tell you a story about…flowers…and…attics. This is the story of Joan Crawford, a disgraced former actress who experiences...