Emily St. James
Former Critic at Large
Emily St. James was a senior correspondent for Vox, covering American identities. She has written about anti-trans laws, the ways we are rethinking the American family, and the use of color in TV and film. She is a 2022 Hugo Award nominee for her profile of science fiction author Isabel Fall. She has also been the critic-at-large and culture editor for Vox. She is the co-author of the book Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files.
Before she worked at Vox, she was the first TV editor of the A.V. Club, as well as a freelance writer whose work appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Grantland, and the Baffler. Before all of that, she worked at a bunch of newspapers. And before that, the internet wasn’t around, so it’s not clear she even existed.
She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Latest articles by Emily St. James
What’s so scary about a transgender child?
Don’t Worry Darling and Barbarian want us to remember gender is scary.
The musician’s (probable) quest for a short-film Academy Award, explained.
Carly Pearce’s 29: Written in Stone turns a tumultuous year of her life into a near-perfect divorce album.
More institutions are making note of indigenous rights to land. Does it make a difference?
The “We Will Adopt Your Baby” signs ring so hollow. Here’s what’s missing.
Testimony that Trump hurled a plate at a wall and stained it with ketchup stuck with viewers of the hearings for good reason.
The queer canon should point us toward the future. We made a list of new, vibrant queer stories helping us get there.
A gothic album, soaring with gorgeous darkness.
America’s largest Protestant denomination covered up a sexual abuse problem for decades.