Jude Doyle

1 week ago | jude-doyle.ghost.io | Jude Ellison Sady Doyle |Jude Doyle

Before ye may pass unto the essay, consider ye these book announcements three:Be Not Afraid, my new horror comic series with Lisandro Estherren, starts June 4. Please read this interview, then pre-order it at your comic shop. My non-fiction book DILF: Did I Leave Feminism is due out in October. You can pre-order that everywhere, but the way to support your local bookshop is Bookshop.org. I wrote some superheroes (and a very trans villain) for this year's DC Pride.

Jan 4, 2025 | jude-doyle.ghost.io | Jude Doyle

Four years into my transition, I have basically given up on the idea of “passing,” or at least, on ever conclusively knowing whether I pass for cis. I used to foreground these conversations by telling the reader what my body looks like. I’ve gotten suspicious of that impulse: It feels like I’m making myself into a sideshow, sating cis people’s curiosity about trans bodies while sacrificing any right to privacy or dignity in my own. Gender is social, right?

Jan 2, 2025 | jude-doyle.ghost.io | Jude Doyle

There are times when I wish I could give a movie two write-ups: One for the thing it’s trying to be, and another for the thing it actually is. El Conde — a movie in which Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is an immortal vampire lingering on past his supposed death -- is sort of a mess. It’s horror, it’s comedy, it’s Knives Out, it’s Succession, it’s (confusingly, but sincerely) The Passion of Joan of Arc sometimes.

Dec 24, 2024 | jude-doyle.ghost.io | Jude Doyle

This year has kicked the shit out of me. I’m embarrassed to say so, more embarrassed to tell you why. If I actually try to list all the contributing factors, it sounds like whining, like a list of major and minor incidents that could occur in anybody’s life: My mom had spinal surgery in the spring, and has been recovering all year. My estranged dad died in July. My 900-year-old dog also picked July to die. Trump ran against a woman — traditionally not good news for the Doyle household. Trump won.

Dec 18, 2024 | jude-doyle.ghost.io | Jude Doyle

Women have such a cruel relationship with their bodies, I thought, midway through The Substance. It actually took me a while to realize that I do, too. The thing to know about The Substance — a movie that will be promoted to you as Extreme and Gross and also probably Feminist — is that it is fun. Way more fun than an Extreme, Gross, Feminist movie about body image sounds like it would be.