Jessica Scott
@wewhowalkhere.bsky.social
Film critic, essayist, horror scholar, and one hell of a lover. Words at Fangoria, Second Sight Films, Inverse, Grim, and more. GALECA and OAFFC member.
Portfolio: authory.com/jessicascott
Email: jls.jessica.scott@gmail.com
Portfolio: authory.com/jessicascott
Email: jls.jessica.scott@gmail.com
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Hi! I’m Jessica. I write about movies, mostly of the horror variety. I’ve written for Fangoria, Inverse, Grim, and more. I’ve contributed special features to physical media releases and would love to do more! You can read my work at authory.com/jessicascott.
Hi! I’m Jessica. I write about movies, mostly of the horror variety. I’ve written for Fangoria, Inverse, Grim, and more. I’ve contributed special features to physical media releases and would love to do more! You can read my work at authory.com/jessicascott.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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just want to add, as a side note, that I find the “; &” to be a weirdly inspired punctuation combo. it has more of a musical value than a grammatical one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
just want to add, as a side note, that I find the “; &” to be a weirdly inspired punctuation combo. it has more of a musical value than a grammatical one.
I’m on a fun little hot streak of being artistically inspired by completely unexpected things. Such a great feeling.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m on a fun little hot streak of being artistically inspired by completely unexpected things. Such a great feeling.
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PARIS, TEXAS. You watch a movie like that and you thank whoever or whatever you usually thank for things for the existence of movies.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
PARIS, TEXAS. You watch a movie like that and you thank whoever or whatever you usually thank for things for the existence of movies.
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The Rehearsal : autism :: The Chair Company : ADHD
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Rehearsal : autism :: The Chair Company : ADHD
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"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
For anyone who missed her post
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
PARIS, TEXAS. You watch a movie like that and you thank whoever or whatever you usually thank for things for the existence of movies.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
PARIS, TEXAS. You watch a movie like that and you thank whoever or whatever you usually thank for things for the existence of movies.
The Rehearsal : autism :: The Chair Company : ADHD
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Rehearsal : autism :: The Chair Company : ADHD
I’m stress-buying cheap used art books. It’s not the best response, but it’s certainly not the worst.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I’m stress-buying cheap used art books. It’s not the best response, but it’s certainly not the worst.
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mamdani is going to impose mississippi masala law. everyone will have to watch his mother's movies and realize how much we've undervalued her at the expense of white female filmmakers who fit more easily into our understanding of "feminist cinema" or whatever.
Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
mamdani is going to impose mississippi masala law. everyone will have to watch his mother's movies and realize how much we've undervalued her at the expense of white female filmmakers who fit more easily into our understanding of "feminist cinema" or whatever.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
I’ve never been afraid of flying, but I really don’t know if I’ll ever get on another airplane again.
Sean Duffy: "The secretary of war texted me yesterday and said, 'I might have some air traffic controllers. If you could use them, I'm gonna offer them to you.' I don't know that I can, Jake, because they're not certified in the airspaces that we need them. But if I can, I'm going to use them."
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’ve never been afraid of flying, but I really don’t know if I’ll ever get on another airplane again.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
I love these movies so much.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I love these movies so much.
Not-quite-sober Tubi nights will convince you of all kinds of things. “I should write a book about this,” for instance.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Not-quite-sober Tubi nights will convince you of all kinds of things. “I should write a book about this,” for instance.
The rumors are true.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The rumors are true.
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol