Julia Yost
@juliadyost
senior editor @firstthingsmag co-host @againstthepod
In light of the recent outbreak of anti-immigration protests in #Epping, you may find interesting my latest in @compactmag_ .
Ari Aster and Lena Dunham, both 39, are two of the most celebrated millennial directors. But based on their latest productions—“Eddington” and “Too Much”—only one is keeping up with the times. New episode of @againstthepod with @juliadyost patreon.com/posts/134594500
Trump’s subordinates ran an Epstein Ponzi scheme. Now comes the bank run. wapo.st/4kIzck7
Today for @compactmag_ I wrote about #MichaelClune's PAN. A novel of pagan intoxication, offering the most interesting thinking being done today about human meaning and the arts. compactmag.com/article/a-ques…
Check out the latest episode of @againstthepod ft. @matthewschmitz and @juliadyost podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ari…
@againstthepod's @juliadyost & @matthewschmitz give notes to Eddington and Too Much... patreon.com/posts/ari-aste…
“Girls” was a critical and popular success. So why has Lena Dunham’s new series bombed? @juliadyost and I discuss: patreon.com/posts/ari-aste…
We have been told that “Paul is the apostle of progressive cosmopolitanism. But what if this narrative has it backward?” Read @jamesrwoodtheo in @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/pauls-ethnic-g…
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@juliadyost and I discuss Manohla’s meltdown (and talk about Eddington, which is great) on the latest episode of @againstthepod patreon.com/posts/134594500
@juliadyost and I discuss Manohla’s meltdown (and talk about Eddington, which is great) on the latest episode of @againstthepod patreon.com/posts/134594500
My review of @juliadyost's fascinating long essay for @WisebloodBooks, Jane Austen's Darkness, is out today on @seenunseenmag. Read it below 👇🏼
Julie K. Brown, author of the 2018 Miami Herald series that by her own telling, harnessed the cultural power of #MeToo to breathe new life into the Epstein saga, and inspired prosecutors to launch further action against Epstein, has proved herself to be an unreliable narrator of…
I wrote about Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ and its insights into 2025 as well as 2020: substackfwd.xyz/?url=https://c…
How reliable is The Daily Beast’s reporting on Jeffrey Epstein? In 2022, it published a sympathetic interview featuring the claims of Juliette Bryant, an Epstein accuser. Bryant now claims that she saw Epstein “turn into an alien reptilian creature.”
The greatest change in Catholic life since the 1950s has been not the introduction of the new Mass, nor the declarations of Vatican II, but the virtual disappearance of confession.
How mysterious was Robert Maxwell’s death? Not very. On Oct. 29, 1991, Maxwell was informed that his board had grave concerns about unauthorized investments and planned to hold an audit meeting. It was scheduled for Nov. 5—the same day he died. x.com/ggreenwald/sta…
1) One of Epstein's closest friends was former Israeli PM Ehud Barak. 2) A key source of Epstein's vast wealth, though mysterious, was from Les Wexner, whose primary life cause is Israel. 3) Ghislaine Maxwell's father - the billionaire Robert Maxwell -- was a Mossad agent who…