“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.

Also, eventually, honing a doubled relationship to reading, reading as two: "naïvely" experience the text; and watching oneself experience the text to observe one's own responses

Being honest with yourself is at least as important as, and often more difficult than, and a prerequisite for, being honest with others

Rand Paul on Trump calling him "nasty liddle' guy": "I don't take it too seriously. I've known the president for over a decade. I've played golf w/ him many times. I enjoy his company. I think he's one of the best presidents if not the best president of my lifetime...I'm one of his best supporters"

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

The thing about the idea that Tom Cruise doesn’t age is that it’s not true he has visibly aged over the last 45 years he’s just still a smokeshow and people don’t know how to say he’s still hot because we’re told that beauty and youth are inextricably linked so people just say he’s never aged

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat