Robert Rubsam
@robrubsam.bsky.social
Writing on books, movies, the arts: NYT Magazine, Baffler, Washington Post, Atlantic, Liberties, Commonweal, Mubi, Paris Review, Nation, etc. robjrub@gmail.com
When you have first period chemistry class
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When you have first period chemistry class
Bringing this back
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Bringing this back
To quote Chris Cooper in Matewan: "If you stand alone you're just so much shit to these people."
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
To quote Chris Cooper in Matewan: "If you stand alone you're just so much shit to these people."
Was especially excited to write a bit about the sleeper hit of this year's festival: Lucrecia Martel's Nuestra Tierra
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Was especially excited to write a bit about the sleeper hit of this year's festival: Lucrecia Martel's Nuestra Tierra
When I find an error in a published piece
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When I find an error in a published piece
For comment, we turn now to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For comment, we turn now to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Why does he always look like this
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Why does he always look like this
Containing an extrapolation from Elizabeth Hardwick, reflections on the literary influence of the great Kanto earthquake, and some personal history, from Kawabata's time to mine:
October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Containing an extrapolation from Elizabeth Hardwick, reflections on the literary influence of the great Kanto earthquake, and some personal history, from Kawabata's time to mine:
Why does Kash Patel always appear to be gagging on Sardines
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Why does Kash Patel always appear to be gagging on Sardines
This got cut from a piece earlier this year, but it feels truer than ever to me. Not just ideologically but organizationally, the violent fringe of the far right have their part to play in the maga movement. Why do you think Trump pardoned the J6ers? They are now going to do what the state cannot.
September 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This got cut from a piece earlier this year, but it feels truer than ever to me. Not just ideologically but organizationally, the violent fringe of the far right have their part to play in the maga movement. Why do you think Trump pardoned the J6ers? They are now going to do what the state cannot.
🫡🫡🫡 comrade adams, welcome to the resistance
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🫡🫡🫡 comrade adams, welcome to the resistance
Man even in his own propaganda Trump looks like a decrepit doofus with a combover
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Man even in his own propaganda Trump looks like a decrepit doofus with a combover
Apparently the Cracker Barrel logo redesign
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Apparently the Cracker Barrel logo redesign
On top of everything else, this is such loser shit
August 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On top of everything else, this is such loser shit
We are all getting sent to the gulag by this guy
August 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are all getting sent to the gulag by this guy
This is Jacob Wohl now...feel old?
August 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is Jacob Wohl now...feel old?
