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Emily St. James
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Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out March 2025). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Poorly plotted picture books: Most of my childhood.
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The weird, messy body horror film The Substance is a sneakily profound, accidentally trans text. I wrote up my thoughts for my paid newsletter subscribers: episodes.ghost.io/the-substanc...episodes.ghost.io/september-sa...

There are many adjectives one could apply to Coralie Fargeat's new gonzo body-horror film The Substance, but "subtle" is not one of them. It's the kind of movie that will hammer home its message eight times when once would have done, and it occasionally acts as though it is the first work of art to ever have realized that women's lives are perceived as having less value after they reach a certain age and/or level of unfuckability. Did you suspect the movie had things to say about how straight men only value women for one thing? Here are 1,700 shots of women's asses in extreme closeup. Do you get it now?
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Whoa, didn't realize it had so many ass closeups! Purchasing my ticket now.

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Emily St. James
@emilystjams.bsky.social
Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out March 2025). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Poorly plotted picture books: Most of my childhood.
13.6k followers1.4k following3k posts
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