# Mel Zog — RSS Amplifier

Everything Mel Zog publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory.

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## [Imagining the End of Loneliness: Horror & the Collective Body](https://melzog.substack.com/p/imagining-the-end-of-loneliness-horror)

_2026-06-05 · Crying Spells_

Is community worth the price?

## [The most erotic thing a man can do is wait](https://melzog.substack.com/p/the-most-erotic-thing-a-man-can-do)

_2026-05-17 · Crying Spells_

Subverting the gendered expectation of utter devotion

## [Give Girls Their Subjectivity Back! Now!](https://melzog.substack.com/p/give-girls-their-subjectivity-back)

_2026-03-07 · Crying Spells_

Half His Age & Giving Girls Agency in Age Gap Narratives

## [The Homoeroticism of Female Rivalry](https://melzog.substack.com/p/the-homoeroticism-of-female-rivalry)

_2026-02-23 · Crying Spells_

A video essay!

## [Watching Pretty Boys (Play With Each Other)](https://melzog.substack.com/p/watching-pretty-boys-play-with-each)

_2025-12-21 · Crying Spells_

On the erotics of male competition

## [Hidden in Plain Sight](https://melzog.substack.com/p/hidden-in-plain-sight)

_2025-11-08 · Crying Spells_

Female Vulnerability as Performance and Plot Device in Contemporary Horror

## [The Summer I Was Desired](https://melzog.substack.com/p/the-summer-i-was-desired)

_2025-10-07 · Crying Spells_

On the Enduring Success of the Two-Brothers Trope in Post-Feminist Media

## [Who's Afraid of Merging with Their Significant Other?](https://melzog.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-merging-with-their)

_2025-09-23 · Crying Spells_

An essay on the body horror revival, the movie TOGETHER, and loss of individuality as this decade’s greatest horror

## [You Don't Own Me](https://melzog.substack.com/p/you-dont-own-me)

_2025-06-18 · Crying Spells_

Simulacra, Pin-Up Culture and Ownership in the Sabrina-verse

## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JFoExaOLwWrv)

_2025-06-18 · **Sponsored**_

Keep in touch with people you know, build your career.

## [To Live and Die in the Shadows](https://melzog.substack.com/p/to-live-and-die-in-the-shadows)

_2025-05-26 · Crying Spells_

Violence and Sacrifice in the Mission Impossible Franchise