Portfolio

Publications

“Fearing El Sida” essay included in Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis
(Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021)

This wide-ranging collection includes 36 personal essays on the ongoing and persistent impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in queer lives. 

Contributor to Rotten Tomatoes: The Ultimate Binge Guide: 296 Must-See Shows That Changed the Way We Watch TV 
(Running Press, 2021)

In this punchy full-color guide, the editors of Rotten Tomatoes complement series write-ups with engaging infographics; fun sidebars; and deep-dive essays on the streaming wars, superproducers to know, and the evolution of our collective viewing habits.

Writing Clips

New York Times

– Three Memoirs That Re-examine Challenges in Life and Identity (July 2022)
– A New Novel Reinvents E.M. Forster’s Classic Gay Love Story ‘Maurice’ (July 2021)
– A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious (February 2019)

Los Angeles Times

– It’s always Pride on the Old Gays TikTok (June 2022)
– How a campy game show gag became ‘Drag Race’s’ most daunting challenge (March 2022)
– Netflix’s ‘Élite’ is the addictively horny teen drama you need right now (March 2020)
– LGBTQ characters on TV used to keep family at arm’s length. Not anymore (January 2020)

Variety

– ‘Do Revenge’ Review: This Vengeful Mean Girl Teen Movie Is a Delicious Delight (September 2022)
– ‘Please Baby Please’ Review: Andrea Riseborough Is Transfixing in Genderqueer Pseudo-Musical Extravaganza (January 2022)
– ‘Memory House’ Review: This Nightmarish Fable Offers a Bleak Diagnosis of Contemporary Brazil (September 2021)
– How The ‘Dora the Explorer’ Effect Helped Usher in a New Wave of Inclusive Animation (November 2019)

Backstage Magazine

– Javier Bardem, Wayward Journeyman (January 2022)
– How Elizabeth Olsen Brought Marvel From Mainstream to Prestige (August 2021)
– Rachel Weisz: In Pursuit of Greatness (November 2018)
– How ‘The Leftovers’ Star Carrie Coon Found Strength in Her Process (April 2017)

Film Quarterly

– The Status of the Close-Up in the Age of the Selfie (Fall 2022)
– Colombia Enchanted in Memoria and Encanto (Spring 2022)
– The Revolution Has Always Been Queer (Spring 2021)
– Latin-American Indigeneity On-Screen (Spring 2020)

Vulture

– In Praise of Bane, Harley Quinn’s Softboi Villain (September 2022)
– The Phantom Nostalgia of Heartstopper (June 2022)
– How TV Stories Have Shaped Our Understanding of AIDS (February 2021)
– The Boys Is a Microcosm of Modern Supersuit Design (October 2020)
– We Are Who We Are Recaps (Fall 2020)

The AV Club

– Julia Roberts Dazzles in Uneven Gaslit (April 2022)
– Conversations With Friends is no Normal People (May 2022)
– Industry Recaps (Summer 2022)
– Five Days At Memorial is a gripping look at one hospital’s Katrina hell (August 2022)
– Obi-Wan Kenobi Recaps (Summer 2022)

Electric Literature

– Every Pixar Movie Is Really About How We Tell Stories (April 2020)
– ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Makes the Old Cliches About Love Feel New Again (October 2018)
– ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Made Me Realize What the Closet Stole From Me (November 2017)
– Beyond Voiceover: ‘Big Little Lies’ & Female Interiority on TV (April 2017)

Others

– Veneno (GQ Style, October 2021)
– “Schitt’s Creek” And The Return Of The Nice Comedy,
(BuzzFeed Reader, February 2019)
– Actresses Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira on Embodying Alfonso Cuarón’s Memories in ‘Roma’ (Remezcla, October 2018)
– How Tom Hanks Slowly Became America’s Dad (September 2016)
– The Bromantic Comedy Finally Grows Up (Esquire, July 2016)