Brittany Clark

Media

A running log of what I’ve been reading, watching, listening to, and playing — going back to 2015.

2024

Books

  • Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
    W. David Marx
  • Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
    Kara Swisher
  • Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
    Satoshi Yagisawa
  • Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter
    Zoë Schiffer
  • Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
    Taylor Lorenz
  • More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
    Satoshi Yagisawa
  • Parable of the Sower
    Octavia E. Butler
  • Parable of the Talents
    Octavia E. Butler
  • The Kamogawa Food Detectives
    Hisashi Kashiwai
  • The Manicurist's Daughter
    Susan Lieu
  • The Marriage Portrait
    Maggie O'Farrell
  • The Nineties
    Chuck Klosterman

Manga

  • Chihayafuru
    Yuki Suetsugu
    chapters 1-115
  • Dandadan
    Yukinobu Tatsu
    chapters 30-178
  • My Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 391-432
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 1102-1135

Movies

  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Beetlejuice
  • Chinatown
  • Dune
  • Dune Part 2
  • Gattica
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Network
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Perfect Blue
  • The Big Short
  • The Birdcage
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • The Truman Show
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Uncut Gems
  • Vice
  • When Harry Met Sally

TV

  • America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
  • Bridgerton
    Season 3
  • Dandadan
    Season 1
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
    Season 1
  • Griselda
  • Hacks
    Season 3

Podcasts

  • Culture Study Podcast
    Anne Helen Peterson
  • Plain English with Derek Thompson
    Derek Thompson
  • Sixteenth Minute of Fame
    Jamie Loftus
  • Slow Burn: Biggie & Tupac
    Joel Anderson
  • Slow Burn: David Duke
    Josh Levin
  • Slow Burn: The Clinton Impeachment
    Leon Neyfakh
  • Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News
    Josh Levin
  • Slow Burn: The Road to the Iraq War
    Noreen Malone
  • Slow Burn: Watergate
    Leon Neyfakh
  • Sold a Story
    Emily Hanford
  • Stuff You Should Know
    Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark
  • The Ezra Klein Show
    Ezra Klein

Games

  • Dance Dance Revolution A3
    Arcade

YouTube

  • Asianometry
  • Chinese Cooking Demystified
  • Colleen's Manga Recs
  • Future Fiber
  • Half as Interesting
  • Lab Muffin Beauty Science
  • Randy Troy
  • Technology Connections
  • Weird History
  • Wendover Productions

2023

Books

  • 1Q84
    Haruki Murakami
  • Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
    Natasha Dow Schüll
  • パンどろぼう (Bread Thief)
    Keiko Shibata
  • Breasts and Eggs
    Meiko Kawakami
  • Crying in H Mart
    Michelle Zauner
  • How to Keep House While Drowning
    KC Davis
  • Lessons in Chemistry
    Bonnie Garmus
  • Making Sense of Japanese
    Jay Rubin
  • No One is Talking About This
    Patricia Lockwood
  • Our Missing Hearts
    Celeste Ng
  • Palo Alto
    Malcolm Harris
  • Spare
    Prince Harry
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
    Gail Tsukiyama
  • The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
    Haruki Murakami
  • The Witches are Coming
    Lindy West
  • The Woman in Me
    Britney Spears
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin

Manga

  • My Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 377-390
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 1071-1102

Movies

  • Air
  • Akira
  • Barbie
  • California Crisis
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • History of the World: Part I
  • Millenium Actress
  • Oppenheimer
  • Pamela: A Love Story
  • Roujin Z
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie

TV

  • Frasier
    Seasons 1-8
  • Hacks
  • Love is Blind
    Season 3
  • One Piece
    Seasons 3-14
  • The Sopranos
    Seasons 1-6

Podcasts

  • Badlands
    Jake Brennan
  • Disgraceland
    Jake Brennan
  • I've Had It
    Jennifer Welch & Angie "Pumps" Sullivan
  • Plain English
    Derek Thompson
  • Stuff You Should Know
    Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark
  • The Ezra Klein Show
    Ezra Klein

Games

  • Dance Dance Revolution A3
    Arcade

YouTube

  • Asianometry
  • Chinese Cooking Demystified
  • Company Man
  • Half as Interesting
  • Real Life Lore
  • Technology Connections
  • Weird History
  • Wendover Productions

2022

Books

  • Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
    Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
  • Chukyo e Iko: Nihongo No Bunkei To Hyogen 55
  • I'm Glad My Mom Died
    Jennette McCurdy
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Susan Cain

Manga

  • 3am Dangerous Zone
    Nemu Youko
  • Behind the Supermarket, Smoking With You
    Jinushi
    chapters 1-20
  • Chainsaw Man
    Tatsuki Fujimoto
    chapters 1-117
  • My Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 339-376
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 1036-1070
  • Ran and the Grey World
    Aki Irie
    chapters 1-22
  • Takopi's Original Sin
    Taizan 5
  • The Untouchable Midori-kun
    Toyo Toyota
    volumes 1-2

Movies

  • Don Wong
  • Elvis
  • George Carlin's American Dream
  • One Piece FILM RED
  • Spencer
  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  • Turning Red

TV

  • And Just Like That
    Season 1
  • Bridgerton
    Season 1-2
  • Death Note
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Kotaro Lives Alone
  • Love is Blind
    Season 2
  • Minx
    Season 1
  • My Hero Academia
    Season 6
  • One Piece
    Seasons 3-14
  • Pam and Tommy
  • Seinfeld
    seasons 1-9
  • Severance

Podcasts

  • 70 Over 70
    Max Linsky
  • About a Girl
    Eleanor Wells and Nikki Lynette
  • Badlands
    Jake Brennan
  • Disgraceland
    Jake Brennan
  • Maintenance Phase
    Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
  • Marketplace
    Kai Rysdall
  • On
    Kara Swisher
  • Pivot
    Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway
  • Stuff You Should Know
    Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark
  • The Ezra Klein Show
    Ezra Klein

Games

  • Dance Dance Revolution A20 PLUS
    Arcade
  • Dance Dance Revolution A3
    Arcade

YouTube

  • Chinese Cooking Demystified
  • Company Man
  • Konbini Confessions
  • Technology Connections

2021

Books

  • At the End of the Matinee
    Keiichiro Hirano
  • Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
    Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
  • Circe
    Madeline Miller
  • Earthlings
    Sayaka Murata
  • Minna No Nihongo II
  • Skincare for Your Soul
    Jude Chao
  • Thanks For Waiting
    Doree Shafrir
  • The Creative Habit
    Twyla Tharp
  • What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
    Aubrey Gordon

Manga

  • Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband
    Kousuke Oono
    chapters 33-46
  • Jujutsu Kaisen
    Gege Akutami
    chapters 63-155
  • My Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 295-338
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 1000-1035
  • SPY×FAMILY
    Tatsuya Endo
    chapters 1-43
  • Tokyo Revengers
    Ken Wakui
    chapters 1-224

Movies

  • Britney vs Spears
  • Controlling Britney Spears
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.
  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
  • Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.
  • Framing Britney Spears
  • The Matrix

TV

  • Grace and Frankie
    Season 7
  • Heaven's Design Team
  • Jujutsu Kaisen
    Season 1
  • My Hero Academia
    Season 5
  • One Piece
    Seasons 3-14
  • Osomatsu-san
    Season 3
  • Q: Into the Storm
  • Salaryman Kintarou
  • Sex Education
    Season 3
  • Ted Lasso
    Season 1

Podcasts

  • 70 Over 70
    Max Linsky
  • 9/12
    Dan Taberski
  • Disgraceland
    Jake Brennan
  • Hardcore History
    Dan Carlin
  • Maintenance Phase
    Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes
  • Operator
    Tina Horn
  • Philosophize This!
    Stephen West
  • Rabbit Hole
    Kevin Roose
  • Spectacle: An Unscripted History of Reality TV
    Mariah Smith
  • The Experiment
    Julia Longoria
  • The Ezra Klein Show
    Ezra Klein
  • Throughline
    Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah
  • Toxic: The Britney Spears Story
    Tess Barker and Babs Gray
  • You're Wrong About
    Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes

Games

  • Club Fantastic: Synthetic Dance 2020
    StepMania
  • Ring Fit Adventure
    Nintendo Switch

2020

Books

  • A Pale View of Hills
    Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
    Pete Walker
  • Eat to Live
    Joel Fuhrman
  • Everything is F*cked
    Mark Manson
  • The Body: A Guide for Occupants
    Bill Bryson
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
    Mark Manson
  • The Ten Loves of Hoshino
    Hiromi Kawakami
  • Untamed
    Glennon Doyle

Manga

  • Boku No Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 250-295
  • Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband
    Kousuke Oono
    chapters 33-46
  • Kimetsu no Yaiba
    Koyoharu Gotuge
    chapters 187-205
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 97-999
  • Three Days of Happiness
    Taguchi Shouichi & Miaki Sugaru
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls
    Akiko Higashimura
    Volumes 5-9
  • Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
    Hiraike Yoshimasa
    Volume 1

Movies

  • Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
  • My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
  • Parasite
  • Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

TV

  • Deca-Dence
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  • Giri Haji
  • Grace and Frankie
    Season 5
  • Great Teacher Onizuka
  • Hozuki's Coolheadedness
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
  • My Hero Academia
    Season 4
  • One Piece
    Seasons 1-3
  • Schitt's Creek
    Seasons 1-3
  • Sex Education
    Seasons 1 & 2
  • The Bachelor
    Season 24
  • Vanderpump Rules
    Season 8

Podcasts

  • You're Wrong About

Games

  • Animal Crossing New Horizons
    Nintendo Switch
  • Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
    iOS
  • Final Fantasy VI
    SNES Classic
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
    Playstation 4
  • Genshin Impact
    PC
  • Mini Motorways
    Apple Arcade
  • Ring Fit Adventure
    Nintendo Switch
  • RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
    iOS
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon
    Playstation 4

2019

Books

  • Bachelor Nation
    Amy Kaufman
  • Dogs and Demons
    Alex Kerr
  • How to Come Alive Again
    Beth McColl
  • Next Level Basic
    Stassi Schroeder
  • Normal People
    Sally Rooney
  • The Like Switch
    Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins
  • Trick Mirror
    Jia Tolentino

Manga

  • Boku No Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    chapters 125-250
  • Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband
    Kousuke Oono
    chapters 1-32
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
    Araki Hirohiko
    chapters 1-30
  • Kimetsu no Yaiba
    Koyoharu Gotuge
    chapters 52-186
  • One Piece
    Eiichiro Oda
    chapters 1-96

Movies

  • Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling

TV

  • 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days
    Seasons 1 & 2
  • Chernobyl
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Dating Around
  • Dr. Stone
  • Gin Tama
    Seasons 2-6
  • Harlots
    Seasons 1 & 2
  • Hunter x Hunter
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
  • Mob Psycho 100
    Season 2
  • Russian Doll
  • Selling Sunset
  • Street Food: Asia
  • The Bachelor
    Season 23
  • The Bachelorette
    Season 15
  • Tuca & Bertie
  • Vanderpump Rules
    Seasons 1-7

Games

  • Chrono Trigger
    SNES Classic
  • Judgement
    Playstation 4
  • Pokémon Shield
    Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario Maker 2
    Nintendo Switch
  • Tetris Effect
    Playstation 4

2018

Books

  • Braving the Wilderness
    Brené Brown
  • Convenience Store Woman
    Sayaka Murata
  • Little Fires Everywhere
    Celeste Ng
  • Pachinko
    Min Jin Lee
  • Packing for Mars
    Mary Roach
  • Sourdough
    Robin Sloan
  • Strange Weather in Tokyo
    Hiromi Kawakami
  • The Nakano Thrift Shop
    Hiromi Kawakami
  • The Power
    Naomi Alderman
  • Why Buddhism is True
    Robert Wright

TV

  • Aggretsuko
  • Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
  • Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
  • Gin Tama
    Season 1
  • Grace and Frankie
    Seasons 1-4
  • Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman
  • Kim's Convenience
    Season 1
  • Mr. Tonegawa Middle Manager Blues
  • My Hero Academia
    Season 3
  • Salt Fat Acid Heat
  • Terrace House: Opening New Doors
  • The Good Place
    Seasons 1 & 2
  • Ugly Delicious

Games

  • Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
    Playstation 4
  • Yakuza 0
    Playstation 4
  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
    Playstation 4
  • Yakuza Kiwami
    Playstation 4

2017

Books

  • American War
    Omar El Akkad
  • Attached.
    Amir Levine
  • Getting the Love You Want
    Harville Hendrix
  • The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
    Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin
  • Womansword
    Kittredge Cherry

Manga

  • Boku No Hero Academia
    Kohei Horikoshi
    Chapters 1-124
  • Happiness
    Shuzo Oshimi
    Volumes 1-3
  • My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
    Kabi Nagata
    Volume 1
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls
    Akiko Higashimura
    Volumes 1-4

Movies

  • Moana
  • Your Name.

TV

  • Better Call Saul
    Seasons 1-3
  • King of the Hill
    Seasons 1-4
  • Master of None
    Season 2
  • My Hero Academia
    Seasons 1 & 2
  • Osomatsu-san
    Season 2
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Season 7
  • Star Trek: Discovery
    Season 1
  • Terrace House: Boys and Girls in the City
  • The Expanse
    Season 1
  • The Handmaids Tale
    Season 1
  • The People v. O.J. Simpson

Games

  • Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
    iOS
  • Dance Dance Revolution A
    Arcade cabinet
  • Love Nikki: Dress-up Queen
    iOS
  • Persona 5
    Playstation 4
  • Sonic Mania
    Nintendo Switch
  • Splatoon 2
    Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario Odyssey
    Nintendo Switch
  • Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
    Wii U

2016

Books

  • All the Birds in the Sky
    Charlie Jane Anders
  • Bad Feminist
    Roxane Gay
  • Battleborn
    Claire Vaye Watkins
  • Close to the Machine
    Ellen Ullman
  • Dark Forest
    Liu Cixin
  • Death's End
    Liu Cixin
  • Fangirl
    Rainbow Rowell
  • Fates and Furies
    Lauren Groff
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
    J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany
  • Hillbilly Elegy
    J.D. Vance
  • Shrill
    Lindy West
  • So You've Been Publically Shamed
    Jon Ronson
  • Something New
    Lucy Knisley
  • The Handmaid's Tale
    Margaret Atwood
  • The Three Body Problem
    Liu Cixin
  • Unmentionable
    Therese Oneill
  • Uprooted
    Naomi Novik
  • What is Obscenity?
    Rokudenashiko
  • Year of Yes
    Shonda Rhimes

Manga

  • Nana
    Ai Yazawa
    Volumes 2-21
  • Oyasumi Pun Pun
    Inio Asano
    Volumes 1-8
  • Princess Jellyfish
    Akiko Higashimura
    Volume 1
  • Tokyo Ghoul
    Sui Ishida
    Volumes 1-8

Movies

  • Ghostbusters
  • The Big Short
  • Zootopia

TV

  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
    Part 4
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
    Part 3
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
    Parts 1-2
  • Mob Psycho 100
  • Mr. Robot
    Season 2
  • Osomatsu-san
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Seasons 1-6
  • Steins;gate
  • Yuri!!! on Ice

Games

  • Final Fantasy XV
    Playstation 4
  • Job Simulator
    HTC Vive
  • Miitomo
    iOS
  • No Man's Sky
    Playstation 4
  • Persona 4 Golden
    PSVita
  • Pokémon Go
    iOS
  • Style Savvy: Fashion Forward
    Nintendo 3DS

2015

Books

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything
    Bill Bryson
  • Guide to the Good Life
    William B. Irvine
  • Hatching Twitter
    Nick Bilton
  • No Place to Hide
    Glenn Greenwald
  • Seveneves
    Neil Stephenson
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
    Marie Kondo
  • The Rap Year Book
    Shea Serrano

Manga

  • Nana
    Ai Yazawa
    Volume 1
  • Solanin
    Inio Asano
    Volumes 1-2

Movies

  • Big Hero 6
  • Magic Mike XXL
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
    Part 2
  • The Martian

TV

  • Himouto! Umaru-chan
    Season 1
  • Mad Men
    Season 7
  • Master of None
    Season 1
  • Mr. Robot
    Season 1
  • One-Punch Man
    Season 1
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Seasons 1-7
  • Steven Universe
    Seasons 1-3

Games

  • Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
    Nintendo 3DS
  • Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
    Nintendo Wii U
  • Cities: Skylines
    PC
  • Disney Tsum Tsum
    iOS
  • Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai
    Nintendo 3DS
  • PIYOMORI
    iOS
  • Splatoon
    Nintendo Wii U
  • Super Mario Maker
    Nintendo Wii U
  • Yokai Watch
    Nintendo 3DS