Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You is one of the strangest movies I’ve seen in a long time. And I expected it to be strange from the trailers. It’s also one of the most impressive. Visually the trailers seem to advertise a “black Michel Gondry” (and in fact, there’s one “blink and…
A Study of “Big Dick Energy” in Professional Wrestling
Big Dick Energy is a newly minted phrase. I suppose the concept has been bubbling around the collective unconscious for a while, but according to Know Your Meme, it wasn’t until Anthony Bourdain died that someone put that concept into an easily digestible phrase. But what is it, exactly? We,…
Jewbook, Whiteness, and a Whole Lot of Racism
There is a loose conglomeration of Facebook groups, for and by Jews, that for varying degrees of community and discourse are known collectively as “Jewbook”. And last monday the community imploded on itself in an unprecedented wave of racist comments in response to an editorial by Nylah Burton, a JOC…
Strawberry Ice Cream: A Slightly Tweaked Classic
Happy 4th of July, and welcome to Summer Plus, the hottest season around. Let me walk you through a summer classic with a little twist. I love experimenting with crazy ice cream flavors. I have made things from sweet corn to malted-mint chocolate ice cream. I love the almost chewy…
Westworld: Let’s Be Honest
**very mild spoilers to follow** After the end of Westworld’s first season I wasn’t sure exactly what the show was going to do. It’s a mystery based fiction, bouncing ideas around and seeing if the audience can discern which ones should be sticking. The end of season one essentially put…
The Nintendo Wii Edition of the Totes Mathematical Top Ten Game List for Every Console Ever!
The console released before the Wii was the Nintendo Gamecube and it was a good little machine. It didn’t sell well and it wasn’t particularly innovative, but many people, including me, loved the thing. What’s crazy is how much more it could have been. Nintendo had sunk a ton of…
