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Nathan Rabin
@nathanrabin.bsky.social
I've been writing about pop culture for 28 years, primarily as the head entertainment writer for The A.V. Club and staff writer for The Dissolve. My Substack is Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas, and my main site is Nathan Rabin's Happy Place. Author, autistic
He will do anything to help anyone, particularly the 60 percent of the public that he describes as evil, insane, treasonous, motivated solely by jealousy of his incredible achievements and an enemy of the American people.
I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My message to Democrats who voted to reopen the government:
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Nora Ephron's Underrated 2000 dark comedy Lucky Numbers. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Nora Ephron and Adam Resnick's Warped 2000 Dark Comedy Lucky Numbers
Nora Ephron’s 2000 dark comedy Lucky Numbers proved spectacularly unlucky with audiences.
nathanrabin.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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ICYMI: My ten-part series on the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 80 to 90. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ICYMI: My ten-part series on the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 80 to 90. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Nora Ephron's Underrated 2000 dark comedy Lucky Numbers. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is Nora Ephron and Adam Resnick's Warped 2000 Dark Comedy Lucky Numbers
Nora Ephron’s 2000 dark comedy Lucky Numbers proved spectacularly unlucky with audiences.
nathanrabin.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It was a wonderful surprise to see "Democrats" and "win" in the same sentence. It's been a while!
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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To promote the many books I have written about/with national treasure "Weird Al" Yankovic, I'm running a 10-part series on his 100 greatest songs. Today's entry covers the 80th through the 89th. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I'm writing up Stephen King's movies for my Substack, Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas. Today I get to 1996's Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, which answers the question, "How is it even possible for a movie to be stupider and cheesier than The Lawnmower Man?" nathanrabin.substack.com/p/lawnmower-...
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm writing up Stephen King's movies for my Substack, Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas. Today I get to 1996's Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, which answers the question, "How is it even possible for a movie to be stupider and cheesier than The Lawnmower Man?" nathanrabin.substack.com/p/lawnmower-...
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To promote the many books I have written about/with national treasure "Weird Al" Yankovic, I'm running a 10-part series on his 100 greatest songs. Today's entry covers the 80th through the 89th. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM