Stevie Southworth

Into the Vortex of Terror Musings on Alex Garland’s Annihilation and the things that go bump in the night.

Out of the frying pan, into the Shimmer.

My essay on Alex Garland’s seminal sci-fi horror film, ANNIHILATION, is out now.

#horror #writers

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Fall Out Boy, I’ll Love You Forever. A deep-dive into the defining band of my teenage years.

Be careful what you bottle up.

My deep dive essay on Fall Out Boy, my first favorite band, is out now.

#music #writers

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tick, tick…BOOM!: the portrait of an artist “i want to be great, or nothing.”

They’re singing “Happy New Year,” you just want to lay down and cry.

My essay on tick, tick…BOOM!, RENT, Jonathan Larson, and the tragic story that redefined my view of artistry is out now.

#writers #writingcommunity

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The Top Ten Best Songs I Heard in 2025 I wrote a year-end list for you, and it goes like…

Let’s close the book on the worst year of our lives with the songs that got me through it.

My article on THE TOP TEN BEST SONGS I HEARD IN 2025 is out now.

#music #yearendlist

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On Aftersun Remembering the best film of the last twenty years.

This month, one of the greatest movies of all time turns three years old.

My essay on Charlotte Wells’s landmark debut AFTERSUN is out now.

#writers #writingcommunity

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…All Thanks to Sean Bonnette A celebration of the band that saved my life.

Let’s make a wish and take a trip to future town.

My essay/retrospective on folk-punk band AJJ is out NOW.

#music #writers

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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

does this compare to me hanging out with my friends today and referring to myself as a “water fiend”

I had completely locked this out of my brain and by your action

Hereditary Ruined My Life Are you scared of [suspenseful tone] the metaphor?

Are you scared of [suspenseful tone] the metaphor?

My essay on how Hereditary changed horror (and my life) for better or for worse is out now.

#horror #writers

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Nothing else this year has filled me with as much American pride as watching everybody celebrate Hulk Hogan’s death.

Ozzy Osbourne, Take Me Out To The Ball Game

holy shit lmao

This guy rules.

Also I cannot confirm or deny that this was influenced by the work of @clairecwrites.bsky.social so read that stuff too.

Lisa Frankenstein & The Muse of the Modern Mall Goth On cringe culture, Burton nostalgia, and the most underrated film of 2024.

If you can’t find a Lisa Frankenstein deep dive…make one.

Don’t fight this feeling; join me in looking at the most underrated movie of 2024 and dissecting how it may have come to be.

#horror #writers

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I saw somebody on AOTY saying people shouldn’t compare Lorde’s new music to Melodrama, but with respect, that’s the consequence of making the best pop album since Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. That’s always going to be the comparison point.

A ballot for the ten best films of the 21st century. Top left to bottom right: Mulholland Drive, Spirited Away, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Aftersun, Adaptation., The Shape of Water, Carol, Arrival, No Country for Old Men, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

Yuh

there is nothing anybody can say that will get me to read that book

Tusk is an insane song. thank you, cocaine. you ate with that one.

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER NANCY IS SLEEPING AND HAVING A DREAM THAT SHE IS CARRYING A LARGE VASE,NANCY ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE VASE IN HER DREAM, NANCY GOT OUT OF BED AND BEGAN SLEEPWALKING AND WENT AND STOOD IN THE CORNER

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
June 12,1967

Why2K: Modest Mouse’s The Moon and Antarctica Lands at the Right Moment This wasn’t easy. My friend Stevie asked me to review The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse and I agreed. I listened to it a few times. I definitely developed an opinion on it. But I knew w…

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Blackpink's Lisa of BLΛƆKPΙNG

Google’s AI Overview trying to claim that Black Country, New Road is the solo project of Lisa from Blackpink.

I learn so much every day

Really beautiful essay here. I think it draws a really interesting parallel between the very 2000s instinct to hate art for teenage girls with the fear of coming out too late.

It also identifies the absolutely true fact that Diablo Cody is as much a girl’s girl as a screenwriter could be.

:(

a GREAT man

To 90s Drag Films, Thanks for Everything! Stevie Southworth A very merry Pride Month special.

In celebration of Pride Month during a year where we may not be here tomorrow, let’s look at the wonderful world of drag queen cinema from a better time.

#writers #pridemonth

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