I have written a whole lot of essays and zines in my life! I’ll mostly focus on some of my favorite stuff because who has the time.
First up! I write a lot of zines and it looks like that will be the bulk of how I do my film criticism going forward. Very much appreciate everyone checking out my shop at Gumroad! I have recently released a zine about the Scream franchise, as well as a hefty zine about lesbian vampires. I just want to keep making more of them, so definitely appreciate all support. Every purchase really helps!
Around ten years ago, I wrote a different, much shorter zine about lesbian vampires called How To Become A Lesbian Vampire Movie, which is free to download at the link. It’s a humor zine, so it’s pretty different in tone than the one I just released. To me, it’s a little immature, but only because it’s been ten years and I’ve changed a lot as a writer since then.
If you want to read something easily available online, I wrote an essay about the Raincoats. They’re one of my all-time favorite bands but the essay is more about my experience with their music, and how it changes with time. I focus on a breakup I went through in my late 20s as a touchstone, but it’s more about how time changes your relationship with songs (and people) that you love.
I wrote an article about my experiences growing up and loving the X-Men in a piece called The X-Men Save You Too In The End.