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The Cranky Astrologer's avatar

I started reading your movie reviews in The Onion in the very early aughts while growing up in Chicago and I am so stoked to find you here on Substack. I would wait in giddy anticipation for a bad film to debut so I could read you absolutely, hysterically shredding it to pieces. It’s not worth much, but you were an important early influence, along with Cintra Wilson, who wrote for Jezebel waaaay back in the day; and she is also here on Substack. You guys made critical writing cool and funny, and I’m awfully grateful to still be reading your work.

All this to say I’ll be buying the book:)

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GuyInPlace's avatar

There's a lot of cultural damage the Gawker/Barsanti-era AV Club inflicted on the criticism space.

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