Eliza returns to the stu as the girlies gather for a roundup of October’s most cursed media. They dive into the real Halloween villains — men — as they descend into The Goon Squad article that shonked the internet, unpack Ryan Murphy’s latest cinematic crimes, and linger on the unsettling lore of David Harbour and Lily Allen’s divorce. They also pay tribute to the ever-captivating Diane Keaton, discuss Dan and Phil’s relationship Mandela effect, and share the new meaning of ACAB: All Children Are Beautiful.

BOOKS

American Spirits by Anna Dorn

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays by Elisa Gabbert

We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad

The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams

MOVIES

Something’s Gotta Give

Baby Boom

Misery

The Perfect Neighbor

One Battle After Another

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Halloweentown

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

Knives Out

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

TV

Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE

The Sopranos

Wayward

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

MUSIC

West End Girl by Lily Allen

ARTICLES

The Goon Squad by Daniel Kolitz