#2025 media consumption log

##books

• “tweak” by nic sheff (2008) - nice

• “trans studies” by crystal odelle (2025) - delightful!

• “when crack was king” by donovan x. ramsey (2023) - loved the historical elements but kept getting lost in the biographies

• “opinions” by roxane gay (2023) - no single essay stuck out but an enjoyable read

• “the right to innocence” by beverly engel (1989) - thanks!

• “come as you are” by emily nagoski (2015) - not as life-changing as i’d been led to believe but i suppose it’s a decade old now

• “tomorrow sex will be good again” by katherine angel (2021) - much better! loved the chapter on vulnerability <3

• “we will not cancel us” by adrienne maree brown (2020) - good guidance

• “the right to sex” by amia srinivasan (2021) - kinda dry compared to the other feminist sex books i’ve read recently but it obv serves a diff purpose; didn’t do what i needed from it personally tho it lays out coherent arguments well

• “illness as metaphor & AIDS and its metaphors” by susan sontag (1978, 1989) - my first sontag! j’adore <3 makes me miss sociological thinking…

• “yes, mistress” by alicia zadig (2021) - some interesting parts for sure!

• “how to think more about sex” by alain de botton (2012) - not even worth reading

• “perv” by jesse bering (2013) - several very interesting chapters, esp at the start

• “adult children of emotionally immature parents” by lindsay c gibson (2015) - pausing every 20mins to text my sister about it… love that it provides me a new lens to understand myself & my patterns of behavior!

• “existential kink” by carolyn elliott (2020) - love this one! thoughtful & funny & engaging

• “this is supposed to be fun” by myisha battle (2023) - surprisingly useful!

• “hot and unbothered” by yana tallon-hicks (2022) - useful on the pessimism portion esp (69% paused indefinitely)

• “please miss” by grace lavery (2022) - knowingly full-of-itself in a grating way; the part about bathrooms has stayed on my mind tho

• “transland” by mx sly (2023) - loving it!!! any descriptions of the book turned me away from it but the writing itself is well done & enticing

##movies

• cunk on life (2025) - fine

• tickled (2016) - j’adore

• jenny slate: stage fright (2019) - rewatched

• a real pain (2024) - rewatched; funny & heartfelt, love kieran’s character

• videodrome (1983) - my first cronenberg! surprisingly relevant 40yrs later

• mulholland drive (2001) - my first & hopefully last lynch. i sincerely hated it <3

• a different man (2024) - unexpectedly thoughtful & enjoyable

• born innocent: the redd kross story (2023) - funny & engaging

• pan’s labyrinth (2006) - yay!

• jojo rabbit (2019) - very interesting to watch a few days after pan’s labyrinth. both about children coping with the terrors of war & loss thru fantasy. very cute & wes-andersony. anyway i’m glad i finally finished it after starting it 5yrs ago!

• the visitor (2024) - hell yeah! my fav parts were with/about the maid. loved it all except for the redundant speeches at family dinner. viewer behind me said it was “a missed opportunity to not have a family orgy” which is so true!

• kneecap (2024) - pretty good!

• secret mall apartment (2025) - good enough, intriguing concept & cast of artists, explores art-as-life

• call me by your name (2017) - rewatched. more enjoyable even than before

• trick (1999) - rewatched. cute, fun, sexy… this movie has it all!

##music

• “cartoon darkness” by amyl & the sniffers (2024) - yay!!!

• “how i’m feeling now” by charli xcx (2020) <3

• “crash” by charli xcx (2021)

• “secrets” by jordan firstman (2025)

• “bird brain” ep by nuxx vomica (2025)

##theatre

• spring awakening - bootleg youtube slime tutorial (2006/7)

• urinetown - new york city center 2025 encores! series (2001)

##tv

• task master uk s4 (2015)

• severance (2022-)

• barry (2018-2023)

• am i being unreasonable? (2022-2025)

• yellowjackets s1 (2021)

• the rehearsal s2 (2025)

• overcompensating (2025-)