Books:
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror was by far by favorite book of 2022. I love everything Feminist Press does but this in particular felt so personal.
Anti-colonial Sapphic YA horror? It’s not out yet, but please pre-order She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran. LOVED IT
Obviously, many of y’all will have read this but if you haven’t gotten around to Stone Butch Blues GO NOW RIGHT NOW.
I ADORED Dirtbag, Massachusetts. Isaac Fitzgerald has the misfortune of being a straight white man, but still somehow managed to write my favorite memoir in years.
Journalism/Essays/Posts
This guardian piece on Mike Davis (rest in power) is so beautiful goddamn.
This one on Dorothy Roberts in NY Mag is also AMAZING
The THE WAR DIARY OF YEVGENIA BELORUSETS is beautiful and devastating
I follow a lot of Newsletters and Grief Bacon is one of my favorites but this essay on August and Everything After had me sharing it with EVERYONE.
Film and Television
Wednesday because duh. Neurodivergent (likely queer) goth teens? sign me up
Emily in Paris is bad but the clothes are so damn good
Grey Gardens. Still wanna be an Edie okay?
The Innocents is horrifying and absolutely my favorite Turn of the Screw adaptation
The Ashlee Simpson Show because duh (youtube)
Along for the Ride probably wasn’t that great but the nostalgia made it so.
The Slumber Party Massacre!!! Woman directed 80s slasher??? like hell yes
Content Creators? (WTF to call this whatever)
Nobody Asked is my favorite podcast and I won’t be taking any questions.
The Free Black Women’s Library is creating an amazing physical space in New York while also doing an amazing virtual book club, virtual weekly Yoga, and publishing beautiful essays and holding space.
Mentioning Griefbacon, again.
The Isolation Journals are such a vibrant gift.
virtual (and in person if you live in NYC) Yoga and also tarot and other kinds of workshops through Healhaus.
STUFF I SAW
At ACL (never doing 3 days ever again) I saw Carly Rae Jepson, The Chicks (who knew?) , Pink, Big Boi, and Paramore and it was life giving.
I saw my friend’s band play at a tiny club with amazing ceilings.
STUFF STUFF
A long coveted Lauren Didn’t Go To Paris shirt
My ridiculous I have IBS shirt
Wednesday Merch since I cannot afford their actual clothes, sob.
This amazing Samantha Pleet Dress
Music
The New Bjork
all of the Kate Bush
Midnights because duh
but also the new Tegan and Sara
Carly Rae Jepson, do not sleep on her y’all
I am sure I am forgetting stuff by I need to feed Tuna and read and wash my hair again.