Archive - Pretty Slash Smart

grief is just love with nowhere to go: on the batman (2022)

the batman, se7en and the art of rising above vengeance

Oct 1 •

September 2025

August 2025

bringing sexy back: a pop album study

a case study in justin timberlake, sex and the 2007 club economy

Aug 28 •

the art of being late to everything

on the beauty of aging and the chaotic passage of time

Aug 22 •

the summer i became deeply self-aware

feeling alive and deeply unhinged in 90 degree weather

Aug 18 •

i am so full and so empty at the same time

on mukbangs, labubus, and the grind that never stops

Aug 15 •

the work of being ready

- notes on avoidance, intimacy, and choosing to be seen

Aug 11 •

not letting the bastards grind you down: a pop album study

how Blackout taught us to perform girlhood under surveillance

Aug 8 •

sex, survival, and the death of the Final Girl

An essay on the death of the Final Girl, the rise of social thrillers, and the awkward place women now occupy in horror films.

Published on Pretty Slash Smart • Aug 6

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