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Matthew Jackson (he/him) is a writer, critic, podcaster, and nerd-for-hire who&#8217;s been writing about pop culture for more than 15 years. He lives in Austin, Texas, and when he&#8217;s not writing he&#8217;s usually counting the days until Christmas.

Matthew Jackson

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Vanessa Maki (she/her) is a queer writer, critic, artist, and Blerd. She has written for publications like Dread Central, Daily Dead, Fangoria, and many more. She&#8217;s a former contributor for Pink Advocate and The Mary Sue. And she&#8217;s currently a contributor for But Why Tho? etc.

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Movies

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Ethan Kaye

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Boston culture journalist Andy Crump covers movies, beer, music, fatherhood, and way too many other subjects for way too many outlets, perhaps even yours: Paste Magazine, Inverse, The New York Times, Hop Culture, Polygon, and Men&#8217;s Health, plus more. He is composed of roughly 65 percent craft beer. He currently needs a haircut.

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