Culturopolis

I was born in Jimmy Stewart's hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania and received my B.A. in film studies from the University of Florida and my M.A. in film studies from Emory University. My master's thesis on exploitation film became a book, Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film co-authored with fellow lowbrow connoisseur and husband Bret Wood. I am the staff art and film critic for Atlanta’s alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. My writing has appeared in Elle, Atlanta magazine, Sculpture, Art in America, Artnews, Playboy online and Art Papers . I have curated exhibitions for the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the VSA Arts for All Gallery. I have received multiple Green Eyeshade Awards for criticism and feature reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. That's the one I send out when someone needs a string of professional citations. I am also, though I would never tell anyone I work for, a confirmed misanthrope who nevertheless se