Spencer's Memory Leak is a sporadic, three-monthly media criticism column focused on craft, examining how material conditions, politics and personal context shape creative work. Its excerpts are personal, conversational essays with academic references and a strong point of view, but they also show a self-described slow publishing pace.
Website: https://www.memoryleak.us/
A newsletter of interviews, essays and media criticism about substance use and addiction recovery, written from the author's own experience of sobriety. Issues include conversations with people in recovery communities, personal reflections tied to TV and film, and commentary on alcohol and sexual violence.
By Design publishes independent investigative reporting on how institutions, policy and power shape public life, drawing on public records and documents. Its issues trace specific cases, such as police operations and newspaper coverage, with sourced detail and a clear critical point of view.
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with fiction and pop-culture analysis, including a monthly satirical walkthrough of the TV series LOST. Readers get a strongly opinionated, morally driven take on American politics, media ownership and culture.
Close readings of individual news photographs and media images, examining how composition, context and symbolism shape political and cultural meaning. Issues connect photos to current events such as press freedom, war, AI and surveillance.
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