In which I talk about the recent Harry Potter discourse, my star life cycle theory of fanfic, and what I’ve learned about working on (and actually finishing) long term projects.
(And a small correction: at around the 13-minute mark, I say that "Stealing Harry" by copperbadge was released ...
2025-05-01 12:50:09 +0000 UTC View Postin which I discuss my strange interaction with the author of Filterworld, my pivot to positivity on main, the simp boyfriend blueprint (Lloyd Dobler), and all the other notable media I consumed in March. (The Wolf at the Door, Snatch (2000), The Warm Hands of G...
2025-04-01 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis month I talk about snobbery, hate reading, and what Mona Lisa Smile has to do with it. Also! A silly goofy St. Patrick’s Day anecdote, a fanfic publishing postmortem, and a quick update on my current reads.
Klara and the Sun: 2025-03-01 13:53:18 +0000 UTC View Post
In which I chat about fanfiction, using social media in These Unprecedented Times, Luddism(!!!), and my first DNF of the year.
My fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/...
2025-02-01 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Near Year! In this one I reflect on 2024's high and lows and look ahead to 2025. I also yap about the popularity of fiction set at boarding schools and what the kids are calling dark academia.
"The Evacuated Children on the Second World War": 2025-01-01 13:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The His Dark Materials / post-election discourse crossover that literally nobody asked for.
(Sorry about the slight background hum. It’s my ancient mini-fridge that I forgot to unplug before filming. It’s where I store all my fun lil beverages, though, so I can’t be too ...
2024-12-01 13:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostA chatty one in which I stubbornly pronounce “valet” the British way and “sommelier” the French-adjacent way. I also invoke something called Die Hard (Hans Gruber’s version).
“The bucket theory of creativity” by Alex D...
2024-11-01 15:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s finished. I hope you like it. 🤓
I say it at the end of the video, but it bears repeating: thank you so much for your continued support. I’m being extremely sincere AND literal when I say I couldn’t have done it without y’all. ❤️
2024-10-27 17:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post
My October wrap-up is here! I didn’t post a lot (read: any) to social media in the past month, but I did think a LOT about my relationship with social media as a whole. I also watched a lot of horror movies, read His Dark Materials, and listened to Jason Isbell.
2024-10-17 16:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostMy meatiest Patreon-exclusive video yet, no pun intended 😅! In which I discuss the SMP boycott; my complicated relationship with Casey McQuiston’s work; my deep and abiding love for the Red, White & Royal Blue fandom; how Anthony Bourdain made me less of a puritanical jerk;...
2024-10-01 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, friends! I liked that monthly-social-media-roundup idea I told y’all about so much that I decided to make a whole Substack about it. I’ll cross-post it here every month so y’all don’t have to worry about subscribing over there if you don’t want to. I’ll never post anything ther...
2024-09-13 16:19:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe thrilling story of how I was MALICIOUSLY HACKED!!! Also a bit of anti-intellectualism discourse.
Programming note
In this video I also re-announce something I’ve already mentioned, which is that I’m gonna start doing a once-a-month social media digest for y...
2024-09-01 12:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m still locked out of my old account, and TikTok support hasn’t exactly been tripping over themselves to help me recover it. So I figured: c’est la vie! I made a new account, https://www.tiktok.com/@pagemelt2 a...
2024-08-14 20:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends, just a quick note that my TikTok was hacked this morning. And it appears to be malicious, unfortunately. Please know that as of today, any messages or content you see coming from @pagemelt on TikTok are not coming from me. I’m still hopeful I can get my account back, but even if I ...
2024-08-11 15:11:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s discourse I swore I’d never touch it with a ten foot pole, but that was before I had a Patreon! 😃 Anyway I think this discourse throws trans men and transmascs under the bus, and I talk about that here, among other things. Also there's a lot of sex talk, so be prepared for that! Uh…...
2024-08-01 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn this month’s (extremely punctual, please clap!!!) Patreon vid, I use the midyear book freakout tag as a flimsy excuse to yap about Ted Chiang, mm hockey romance, the 2020 Emma adaptation, (bad) therapy in romance novels, the literary agent who got canned for bad tweets, and ✨so much more...
2024-07-01 15:27:23 +0000 UTC View Post
not sure what happened here. bon appétit!
2024-06-21 00:46:41 +0000 UTC View Post
This one goes out to all my GraeberHeads out there. I had a great time talking about Bullshit Jobs with my friend Nathan over on the Schizophrenic Reads podcast. (We recorded this back in April, so you might notice the way I talk about my own job is a bit out-of-date! 😅) I've emb...
2024-06-15 02:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostBy popular demand, June’s Patreon-exclusive video is a collection of hot takes! Well, kinda. It’s really more of a recent-book-discourse digest, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. 😅
2024-06-03 18:16:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a lil Drink / Outfit / Books / Supporting update 😎
2024-05-31 22:45:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again friends! I've been workin' on my next Patreon exclusive script, which I'm pleased to announce will be about my 🔥hot takes🔥 (by popular demand). Excited to get that out hopefully in the first week of June. In the meantime, please enjoy this lil book haul.
2024-05-27 20:34:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends, a couple of y’all have told me it’d be helpful for me to cross-post my TikToks here, and I’m happy to oblige. I made a chunky one today where I talk ACoTaR, Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay, and something I’m calling the “spectrum of buffoonery” 😃
2024-05-18 21:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends, welcome to baby's first Patreon-exclusive recent reading wrap-up. (It's me, I'm baby.)
Books discussed: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, This Thing Between Us&...
