Not exactly aimed at this type of shit but there is a @typebarmagazine.bsky.social article that came to mind. We gotta get snobbier, guys.
Skimming the simplified version of shit, especially if a robot did it it, is not the same as *actually reading it*.
www.typebarmagazine.com/sci-fi-fanta...
What can a largely forgotten reality show from 2006 tell us about the world before the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
www.typebarmagazine.com/who-wants-to...
FICTION: Blanquitos by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez
www.typebarmagazine.com/blanquitos/
What do we do when cinema becomes nothing but merchandise of itself?
www.typebarmagazine.com/jackass-and-...
FICTION: I Have the Key to All of This by Tiernan Blanchard
www.typebarmagazine.com/fiction-i-ha...
"In the late 90's, Sega successfully ran a game subscription service 20 years ahead of its time on an obsolete, dying console..."
www.typebarmagazine.com/game-pass-in...
A novel that emphasizes the importance of solidarity against capital's power in the fight against climate collapse
www.typebarmagazine.com/technology-p...
"The internet, of course, also has a politics, and it hollows us out. It renders us all into interfaces, into proxies, a depersonalization process that is best seen as extractive."
www.typebarmagazine.com/pulse-demonl...
"The glory days of the anime abridged genre will remain buried under the same pile of dirt as Silly Bandz, Bakugan, Chaotic, Vine, and the pre-Nazi version of Twitter."
www.typebarmagazine.com/anime-abridg...
We've got an essay about that phenomenon as well!
www.typebarmagazine.com/nobody-wants...
pro wrestling is literature, actually!
www.typebarmagazine.com/leg-drops-ar...
Here's another well-argued scorcher that I adore, this one from @seannb.bsky.social
www.typebarmagazine.com/dungeons-dra...
I admit when it was pitched to me I thought it was a little heady but I’m so happy our audience had really liked this one. I had no idea that people love philosophizing about cyberpunk to this extent (also the popularity of the genre online more broadly)
Marketing isn’t sexy or provocative but it’s sadly one of the most essential skills a writer needs to develop in 2026. I hate it but that’s where we are.
Had never heard of this movie before the pitch hah. Was a great essay to both work on as an editor and also read.
With changes in many other aspects of life for the last year, science fiction is going its own radical change alongside them
I like my gaming takes hot.
Super Mario 64 innovated the 3D platformer...to bad it ruined the Super Mario Bros. franchise at the same time
www.typebarmagazine.com/not-so-class...
The old mode of science fiction is fading away. What is replacing it?
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
Digital marketing is now an essential skill for journalism
www.typebarmagazine.com/can-marketin...
What does having a body mean in a genre where you can swap out organs and appendages at will?
www.typebarmagazine.com/the-weakness...
Typebar has an essay adjacent to this, as it relates specifically to depictions of sex (or lack thereof) in commercial fiction
www.typebarmagazine.com/the-death-of...
What in the world (or in Middle Earth, or Westeros) is a dragon?
www.typebarmagazine.com/there-is-no-...
This historical literary research essay by @gwenckatz.bsky.social about emerging advances in solar astronomy influencing the entire framework of science fiction multiple times throughout history is 4,696 words and one of our most read essays of all time.
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
📣NEW ESSAY📣
A mostly forgotten reality show from 2006 provides one of the final glimpses into how American culture viewed superheros on the eve of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
www.typebarmagazine.com/who-wants-to...
Please help one of our writers if it's within your means!
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Is one of my favorite shows ever and I’m so glad we were able to publish an essay about it. It’s quite forgotten for how culturally important it is.
ROTIART spelled backwards is...
TRAITOR!!!!!
Also watch monkey woman grapple with two attack dogs for 15 minutes and tell me you didn’t feel something (yes this was a real woman and a real stunt)
