miranda reviews the world #1
A new weekly segment where I review zines, going to boston, my local post offices, and more.
reviews
on illinois by sufjan stevens
in which i spent 2000 words saying some things about this beloved album.
on let it be by the replacements
I will start this newsletter with a small anecdote that brought me to choosing
this album. I was in my pal Max’s backyard a while back with my boyfriend. They
were talking about The Replacements. I said “I’ve never listened to The
Replacements” and then Max grabbed his
on yankee hotel foxtrot by wilco
Something Old
I made a poll to choose between this and Illinois by Sufjan Stevens. I will do that album, too, if for no other reason than the cover is absurd.
But today we experience Wilco. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is an album with a cover so nice I couldn’t
on pop-punk, misogyny + me
I’ve often found myself starting to write essays about the interplay between
being a woman and being heavily influenced by emo and pop-punk. I’ve always
shied away from doing it, though, because I never felt like I had anything to
add.
The misogyny baked into those genres is
on alkaline trio + the blood guy vs. vomit guy dichotomy
Today, we talk about music, but first ! I put out a new zine this week and if
you’re a paid subscriber you’ll be getting it in the mail! If I’ve sent you
stuff before or you’ve given me your address, you don’t have to do
on something old: a 2020 favorites list, part 2
I reference pretty frequently that my newsletter started as a format of
discussing one old album people love that I’d never listened to and then a new
album I enjoy. I talk about it like it hasn’t only been 6 months since I started
it. Anyway, I didn’