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MIDDLING

Middling by Jayden Masciulli

I'm one of those people with a Substack! Middling is a newsletter featuring essays about life, art, queerness and feeling stuck in the middle.

Each essay is funny, yes, but also heartfelt, and sprawling, and unique, and following whatever whimsy I’m trying to chase. I want to get better at writing whatever the hell I want to write, and doing it for the sake of doing it. Expect a new essay every month(-ish).

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Published on ACMI Stories & Ideas 26/08/2021

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Buzzy, week-to-week limited series are all the rage right now. Just look at the hype surrounding recent appointment-viewing sensations like The White Lotus, Mare of Easttown and The Undoing. Bingeing full seasons of TV may be what we’ve grown accustomed to, but the classic experience of waiting seven whole days (!) for a new episode of your favourite show clearly hasn’t lost its sheen just yet.

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ARTICLES

I've occasionally dived into the lucrative world of freelance writing. My words have appeared on websites like SBS, ACMI, Victoria Together, 10 Daily, OUT Magazine and Catalyst, and range in a variety of topics from coming out to my parents to Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Rosa Diaz. 

Check out some links to my work below.

ACMI RECOMMENDS: THE NEWSREADER

Published on ACMI Stories & Ideas 26/08/2021

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This captivating ABC drama propels us into an exciting new era for Australian television… by sending us back in time.

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'BROOKLYN NINE-NINE' DETECTIVE ROSA DIAZ IS THE MOST BAD-ASS WOMAN ON TELEVISION

Published on SBS Daily 04/04/2018

In these turbulent and downright terrifying times, everybody should have a role model to look up to. Someone who is kind. Gentle. Compassionate. A true leader.

Frankly, Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Detective Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz) is none of these things, but she’s the best we’ve got.

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CORY EVERETT'S 'LIL CINEPHILE COLLECTION

Published on ACMI Stories & Ideas 20/04/2023

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LA-based author, creator and film fanatic Cory Everett shares his creative inspirations, his favourite films and which giallo horror you probably shouldn’t show your kids (yet).

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