Chris Kaye
I'm a writer/editor in LA
Pop culture, film, television, comics, art, design
PROJECTS
Refinery29
This Is What It Means To Be Non-Binary
From a very young age, we're trained to think of choices in binaries: You have to pick one thing or another, and there's no in-between. Mac or PC? Katy or Taylor? DC or Marvel? This is also true with gender.
Fortunately, you don't have to subscribe to the gender binary – the idea that there are only two genders – because society is becoming increasingly aware that there are ways to identify that have nothing to do with our conventional conception of what it means to be a man or a woman.
Newsweek
'Moonbeam City' Celebrates the '80s Style of Patrick Nagel
'Moonbeam City' Celebrates the '80s Style of Patric...
Newsweek
A Live Theater Series in L.A. Is Hollywood's Hottest Ticket
A Live Theater Series in L.A. Is Hollywood's Hottes...
Newsweek
The Making of a New Kurt Vonnegut Documentary Took Twice as Long as 'Boyhood'
The Making of a New Kurt Vonnegut Documentary Took Twice as Long as 'Boyhood'
Newsweek
The Unrelenting Pursuer in Horror Film 'It Follows'
The Unrelenting Pursuer in Horror Film 'It Follows'...
Refinery29
Why The Best X-Men Are X-Women
Someone recently asked me to name my top five mutants, and I surprised myself by rattling off the names of four female characters before I got to, yes, the one I am supposed to say: Wolverine. That I picked women first shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who has ever read...
Refinery29
Jena Malone Is The Rock Star You Think She Is
She is an axe-wielding warrior from a dystopian future. She is a time-traveler’s paradoxical girlfriend. She is a singer of made-up languages. She is Jena Malone, and along with collaborator Lem Jay Ignacio, she is also The Shoe. Or, one half of it, at least — likely the sole. Or,...
Blastr
Things Don't Have To Crash Into Other Things: Solutions to 6 superhero movie problems
Veteran film critic Matt Zoller Seitz says superhero movies are broken. Here's how we'd fix them....
Newsweek
Rapture For The Nerds
The characters in Transcendence are way beyond crushing on their OS: They’re having their consciousness uploaded onto the Internet...
Refinery29
David Bowie Best Quotes
A lot of rock stars don't have much to say. Well, nothing important, at least. Not the case with David Bowie. Even when addled by addiction, Bowie could give a tantalizing look into his thought process or post a provocative admission.
McSweeney's
ARTIFICIAL BECKETT
OR, HOW I USED THE SECOND CHAPTER OF “MURPHY” TO BEFUDDLE MY EX GIRLFRIEND WITH INSTANT MESSAGES.
Refinery29
Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Reading List Will Instantly Make You Smarter
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Reading List Book Suggestions
Blastr
I, Cyborg: The technology that will make RoboCop a reality
The melding of man and machine has already begun, but some quantum leaps are coming that make the idea of cyborg law enforcement not so far-fetched....
Surface Magazine
Rapide Fire
Aston Martin changes the performance-automobile
game with a futuristic four-seater that can fit a family
Esquire
The Funniest DVD Commentaries
A killer DVD commentary track is that unstoppable condiment that can kick a subpar flick up a notch....