Alex Steed

The other day, while talking about The Book of Eli with my friends Kasai and Samuel (You Are Good episode forthcoming), I was reminded of the movie Virtuosity. We each left the conversation with Denzel titles we wanted to revisit. I left with Virtuosity, and by extension Tales from the

A few odds and ends of note. I linked Mariana Colin's essay about Hellraiser a week or so back, and I am stoked that she'll be on an episode of You Are Good later this month. I recommend watching literally every one of her videos, but

I saw Mike Flanagan's Carrie television adaptation. Initially, I was not intrigued, despite being a Stephen King fan, though I’m admittedly not a fanatic (I have maybe only read 20 - 25 of his many books). But whenever we cover a Stephen King book on You Are Good,

Pardon my silence. I was at the Ms. Nude Canada competition in Ottawa. Deservedly, Kiwi the Stripper won the masters devision. Congrats, Kiwi!  I’ve been catching up on Mark Fisher this week, starting with Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures and going all the way back to Capitalist Realism: Is

"Does the world really need my art with how a lot of people don't have necessities?" — Anonymous Thank you so much for this thoughtful question. Without broader context on hand I'm going to address a few different interpretations of what one might motivate it.

Okay, Happy Sunday.  Below are a number a stories and other odds and ends that have caught my eye lately, and below that is meaty meditation on being medicated for ADHD after having not been for quite some time. It’s about the experience of having ADHD generally, about how

"Why do I keep dreaming of my ex? It’s been years, our relationship was great while it lasted but ended when it should have, the heartache is barely a remnant, and he’s still a recurring character…" — Anonymous Long story short: Your dream ex is not your

"I had a stupid argument with my mum recently. She's of a generation that like to carry on like nothing happened, whereas I can't stop thinking about it. When criticized, she becomes defensive and mean. I want to discuss it but I know this is

Today in It Can Only Get Stranger news: sex dolls, sex arms, sex bots, sex gods, sex movies, AI-calibrated vaginas, and "one of the most pivotal pieces of trash of the 21st century." Jim Vorel of Jezebel reports: "Enrollment of Black students at Stanford has been

Today in It Can Only Get Stranger news: empathy under attack by the right, empathy under attack by our relationship with chatbots, AI sex cult compounds gone wild, and so much more. Over at 404 Media, Sam Cole and Sherry Turkle discussed how AI Chatbots Are 'Deskilling' Human