#19: Is reality TV bad? Don't answer that.

Death By Consumption 9/10/24 - 9/16/24 Folks, we've got a relatively long email today! Hope you don't have plans for the rest of the afternoon. Turns out I had a lot of thoughts about what I watched and read last week. I

#18: Traumatized by the great outdoors

Death By Consumption 9/3/24 - 9/9/24 It’s going to be a shorter than usual one this week, as my consumption was relatively low due to me doing that thing I’ve heard of called Being In Nature over the weekend. I flew to Seattle on

#17: I'm experiencing James Cameron derangement syndrome

Death By Consumption 8/26/24 - 9/2/24 No, this is not a day late! Here at DBC HQ, we have decided to experiment with Tuesday releases rather than Mondays, because the holiday weekend (plus plans for next weekend) have reminded us of the concept of a Long

#16: With great pasta comes great responsibility

Death By Consumption 8/19/24 - 8/25/24 It's always narratively pleasing when my consumption habits align on a theme. It makes me feel like my life is being written and plotted, rather than a flailing series of accidents. Is this what religious people feel daily?

#15: At Hertz, no one can hear you scream

Death By Consumption 8/12/24 - 8/18/24 I am freshly back from the wilds of Connecticut, where Justin and I spent the weekend for his frat brother's wedding. I love saying "my boyfriend's frat brother" because it really paints a specific

#14: August is for hating Robert Moses

Death By Consumption 8/5/24 - 8/11/24 August used to depress me. It always felt liminal, all the awful heat but none of the promise or excitement of early summer. I'm sure residual back-to-school trauma is responsible for a lot of that feeling. But, as

#13: Good movies, bad TV, and annoying writers

Death By Consumption 7/29/24 - 8/4/24 Do you remember when it wasn't 100 degrees every day? Me neither! Even worse, the MTA decided to make sweaty-back season even worse for me, personally, by essentially shutting down every single subway near my apartment for the

#12: Glen Powell, that rapscallion, has charmed me

Death By Consumption 7/22/24 - 7/28/24 Spent the week in Wisconsin with the family, where we consumed a fair amount of culture in between laying around, going out on the boat, and eating various grilled meats. We also consumed a lot of Paxlovid, as, one by

#11: The context of what came before

Death By Consumption 7/15/24 - 7/21/24 My first time sending one of these from an airport! I am writing this on my phone, waiting to board a plane to the far-off land of Appleton, WI, so forgive any formatting errors or stupid opinions — nothing counts if

#10: Shot in the face by consumption

Death By Consumption 7/8/24 - 7/14/24 A shorter than usual DBC this week, thanks to work obligations and also, like, it's just too damn hot. I can't even think anymore!!!!!! Between back-to-back weeklong heat advisories in NYC (sorry if this is dumb,