Aaron Bady

Aaron Bady is a writer in Oakland.

Articles

Phillip Maciak’s “Avidly Reads Screen Time”: A Symposium
“Dear Television” contributors and columnists Aaron Bady, Jorge Cotte, Jane Hu, and Lili Loofbourow review Phillip Maciak’s “Avidly Reads Screen Time.”
Aaron Bady, Jane Hu, Jorge Cotte, Lili LoofbourowMay 25, 2023
- Dear Television
Pathos Porn About Climate Change: On Scott Z. Burns’s “Extrapolations”
Aaron Bady reviews Scott Z. Burns’s new climate change series “Extrapolations” (Apple TV+).
Aaron BadyMar 25, 2023
- Dear Television
Police and Thieves: On Tony Gilroy’s “Andor”
Aaron Bady reviews Tony Gilroy’s “Andor,” streaming on Disney+.
Aaron BadyDec 8, 2022
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Under Review”
A transcript of the panel discussion "Under Review" — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on November 4.
Aaron Bady, Boris Dralyuk, Christian Lorentzen, Ismail Muhammad, Jane Hu, Julian LucasDec 31, 2021
- Literary Criticism
The Bolaño Boom: On Javier Serena’s “Last Words on Earth”
Aaron Bady untangles the complex relationship between fiction and reality in “Last Words on Earth,” Javier Serena’s novel inspired by the life of Roberto Bolaño.
Aaron BadyNov 1, 2021
- Fiction
Law and Wooder: On Mare of Easttown
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady thinks about what justice means on HBO's Mare of Easttown and asks why anybody would ever want that.
Aaron BadyJun 2, 2021
- Dear Television
The WandaVision Cul-De-Sac
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady watches WandaVision and finds the Marvel Cinematic Universe dreaming about itself once again.
Aaron BadyMar 18, 2021
- Dear Television
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: One Month of "The Queen's Gambit"
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady remembers what it was like to watch the soothing counterfactuals of The Queen's Gambit all the way back in October 2020.
Aaron BadyNov 20, 2020
- Dear Television
Dr. Manhattan is a Cop: "Watchmen" and Frantz Fanon
Aaron Bady, for Dear Television, considers the way that HBO's Watchmen came so close to unmasking the world's real supervillain.
Aaron BadyDec 31, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "The Iron Throne"
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle consider the new occupant of the Iron Throne and what got them there and ask, "But why, though?"
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleMay 20, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "The Bells"
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady, Sarah Mesle, and Phil Maciak consider the relative madness of the queen(s) on Game of Thrones.
Aaron Bady, Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleMay 13, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "The Last of the Starks"
For Dear Television, Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle check in with the last of the Starks on the day after the long night in Westeros.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleMay 6, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "The Long Night"
Dear Television's Aaron Bady, Sarah Mesle, and Phil Maciak reluctantly celebrate all the characters who survived "The Long Night," they guess.
Aaron Bady, Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleApr 29, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"
Dear Television's Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle talk about all the listening and learning going on in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms."
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleApr 22, 2019
- Dear Television
Game of Thrones: Season 8, "Winterfell"
Dear Television's Aaron Bady and Sarah Mesle dramatically reunite to discuss "Winterfell" and why it's a dumb idea for Game of Thrones to ever really end.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleApr 15, 2019
- Dear Television
Who's the Baddie? Captain Marvel in the Age of American Empire
Who is Captain Marvel an allegory for?
Aaron BadyMar 21, 2019
- Film