The Seven Buttery Sins of Melonie Mac
From Frag Dolls to culture wars, pink hair to piety, Melonie Mac has spent six years judging everyone else. But the sins she preaches against are exactly what drives her career.
The Flesh Banquets of New York City
There will be no collapse, but a slow recalibration of shared standards toward the bottom of the distribution; one institution at a time, each step locally reasonable and collectively corrosive.
Jaquarious & The Golden Doo-Rag
Three thousand years of Homeric tradition reduced to a rapper’s cameo, as though the two carried the same weight when the “oral tradition” he is gesturing at is a twenty-year commercial formula built, funded, and rewarded by Hollywood and the corporate machine.
A Note on Authorship
Alice Hall was summarily executed by lethal injection on the steps of the Substack headquarters at approximately 5:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, having been found guilty of the capital offense of Spam.
Whatever Happened to Daveigh Chase?
Daveigh’s mother spent years watching her daughter collapse at a distance, with countless nights scrolling through Reddit, Google, and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s website, searching for any trace of her.