freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
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sometimes you think "surely the industry isn't THAT embarrassing," and yet
i was working on something else about zero parades (still forthcoming) that had a note that was like 'i don't know what to do with the theme of sexuality here' so when BP reached out i decided to try to close read it by itself. fun exercise! there's a lot happening there!
Bullet PointsOn the site this week, @jaymcastello.bsky.social writes about Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. "Portofiro struggles with perversion, Developed World variety." bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/07/29/w...
a little bit of personal lore: my culture writing career began with a cranky blog about spider-man. for Fansplaining, I imagine the end of that career, with another blog about spider-man fansplaining.com/what-spider-...
What Spider-Man Can’t SaveIn which our hero contemplates a career writing about superheroes and pop culture—and imagines an ending.fansplaining.com
My cover story at Unwinnable this month is about air shows, the men who fanned the flames of empire, and other stories of deadly infectious disease.
UnwinnableThe wind is rising. This month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly features @autumn-wright.com on The Wind Rises and terror plus our regulars on topics like Marathon, Alan Wake II and Silent Hill f. Buy: buff.ly/ci350lH Subscribe: buff.ly/2FiTW11