About Pajiba

Pajiba was established in 2004 as a small political blog that eventually found a larger audience, as well as a variety of voices from different backgrounds across the United States and Europe. We cover film, television, politics, and celebrity culture. Current and former staff members of Pajiba also write for a variety of other publications, including Vanity Fair, The NYTimes, Nerdist, Screenrant, Uproxx, The Mary Sue, CBR.com, and SyFy, among others. For more about the origins of the name, read here.

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The Pajiba Staff

Showrunners

Dustin Rowles, Publisher: Dustin is the founder and co-owner of Pajiba. Prior to that, he worked in legal publishing. He writes about politics and pop-culture. He firmly belives that Steven Avery did it, and that Denzel is the greatest actor on the planet. He also writes about TV for Uproxx.com and appears weekly on the Podjiba podcast. He lives in Portland, Maine. You may email him here or follow him on Twitter.

Seth Freilich, Technical Development/Senior Editor: Seth Freilich co-owns this site and helps keep the lights on, the servers humming, and the ban hammer cocked and loaded. He's also a Senior Editor and sometime critic. Seth lives in L.A. and loves it, though a piece of his black heart will always reside in the home of the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. You may email him here or follow him on Twitter.

Executive Producers

Tori Preston, Managing Editor: Tori Preston spent a decade working in film and television, then gave it all up to move to Vermont and complain about the cold and the bears. And now she's here, writing and Podjiba-ing! You can follow her on Twitter.

Kayleigh Donaldson, Features Editor: Kayleigh is a features writer and editor for Pajiba. She offers top-notch hot takes on pop culture, Hollywood shop talk, celebrity gossip & star studies. Currently studying for a Masters degree in film studies, she can mostly be found on Twitter posting gifs of attractive Scandinavian thespians. She's Scottish and yes, her accent is amazing. You can follow her on Twitter.

Kaleena Rivera, TV Editor: Kaleena writes about television and pens the occasional film essay for a little extra seasoning. She's Pajiba's resident Floridian and you're not allowed to hold that against her. You can follow her on Twitter.

Editor and Pajiba Love

Lainey Bobainey, Copy Editor & Linkmaster: Lainey spent a decade working in Human Resources, but realized she doesn't particularly care for humans or being a resource, so now she wears pajamas while working in her spacehouse. Technically, she lives in a Lustron along with her husband who creates games, and a Siamese cat that squeaks. She's pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, pro-BLM, and pro-Oxford Comma. She enjoys red-lining errors for business and for pleasure. You can Tweet at her on Twitter.

Series Regulars

Alison Lanier, True Crime: Ali is a video game writer who lives in Providence, RI. She has an MFA in fiction. She has also written for BUST Magazine, Ms Magazine, Atticus Review (where she was film review editor 2015-2019), and elsewhere. She has almost definitely read more Batman comics than you.

Andrew Sanford, Staff Contributor: Andrew is a Writer and Performer living in NYC. You can find him on twitter or listen to his comedy podcast Half White Son of a Black Man.

Brian Richards, Staff Contributor: Brian Richards is a Staff Contributor for Pajiba and writes about film, television, pop culture, and social media. He lives somewhere in Brooklyn, where he spends his time dressed in all black like The Omen and coming up with creatively profane insults for anyone who gets on his last nerve. You can follow him on Twitter.

Chris Revelle, Television Critic: Chris is a freelance writer and critic based in Boston, Massachusetts where he works as an educator and avoids gangs of wild turkeys. When he isn't writing about TV, celebrities, and the internet, Chris is usually playing video games, playing Dungeons and Dragons, or idly fantasizing about a multi-volume dissertation on Showgirls.

Ciara Wardlow, Film Critic: Ciara writes about film, television, and occasionally science-y things. She lives in Harlem. Sometimes she tries to be funny on Twitter and you can email her here.

Dan Hamamura Comedy Editor and Podjiba Host: Dan writes primarily about television, comedy, and Asians, and is very happy that all three can now (occasionally) be discussed simultaneously. Dan lives in Los Angeles, which means he has done improv and has a podcast, but he swears he is not an actor. You can listen weekly on the Podjiba podcast, or find him on Twitter.

Emma Chance, Celebrity/Reality TV: Emma is a writer and critic based in Portland, Maine. She holds an MFA in creative writing. She covers pop culture, television, and entertainment trends. When she's not doing that, she blogs about relationships, self-discovery, and all the weirdness in between.

Genevieve Burgess, Features Contributor: Genny has been complaining about what's on TV 5 nights a week for more than 10 years. She lives in Washington, D.C. You can follow Genevieve Burgess on Twitter.

Hannah Sole, Staff Contributor: Hannah Sole is a Staff Contributor for Pajiba. She writes about TV and pop culture, and was probably not named after a Star Wars character. Hannah lives in Suffolk, England, and spends her days in the classroom, teaching young'uns about Literature. You can follow her on Twitter.

James Field, Staff Contributor: James is a father, writer, photographer, and neurotic mess. He can be found on Twitter.

Jason Adams, Lead Film Critic: Jason writes about movies, thinks about movies, movies movies movies. He lives in New York City because he saw the Bette Midler Lily Tomlin vehicle Big Business at a formative age. Besides Pajiba his work appears regularly at Mashable, AwardsWatch, The Film Experience, and on his long-suffering personal site My New Plaid Pants. He’s a member of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

Jen Maravegias, Staff Contributor: Jen is excited to finally have an outlet for all of her random thoughts on the dumb movies and weird TV shows she spends way too much time watching. While a degree in Creative Writing sounded like a good idea at the time, now she wishes she had more of an interest in a field that offered a pension and a retirement plan, like HVAC repair, or plumbing. Her life is a poorly managed balancing act between a day job, writing, parenting, and owning three cats. You can follow her on Twitter if you want to know what that looks like.

Lindsay Traves, Senior Critic: Lindsay Traves is a Toronto-based writer. After submitting her Bachelor’s thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” she decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. You can find her writing on CGMagazine, What to Watch, Grim Magazine, StarTrek.com, and Bloody Disgusting.

Mike Redmond, Staff Contributor: Mike lives in Pennsyltucky, and previously ran the gossip website, The Superficial. He covers religion, celebrity culture, and Meghan McCain. His work can also be found daily on Uproxx. You can follow him on Twitter.

Petr Navovy, Staff Contributor: Petr is a filthy socialist metalhead. He likes coffee, beer, and dogs. He may or may not own a toe knife. He writes about movies, politics, and climate change. Navovy lives in London.

Sara Clements, Deputy Critic: Sara Clements is a freelance entertainment journalist from Canada and holds a degree in journalism. She has written for both print and online and is an editor for Next Best Picture. She likes to pressure everyone into watching Paddington.

With

Lord Castleton, Staff Contributor and Pajiba Store Operator: Lord Castleton is a screenwriter. He lives in Boston. You can follow him on Twitter.

And

TK Burton, Editorial Consultant: TK Burton stumbled into the Pajiba offices 10 years ago and drunkenly declared himself Executive Director, and no one ever bothered to tell him to leave. South Africa-born and Boston-raised, he enjoys whiskey, tacos, video games, and plotting Seth's murder. You may email him here or follow him on Twitter.

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