[3] St. James graduated from South Dakota State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in journalism.
TV Club, while led by St. James, has been credited with helping build the online culture of television recaps.
[9] She was a finalist in the 2015 Online Journalism Awards for her media criticism around horror films, coverage of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign announcement, and review of Mad Max: Fury Road.
[11] In July 2020, she spoke out against fellow Vox columnist Matthew Yglesias, following his signing of an open letter published in Harper's Magazine which called for an end to what it described as "illiberalism.
"[12][13] After a tweet about her criticism by Jesse Singal, one of the letter's signatories, St. James reported that she had received death threats.