Jan 29, 2018On the Black Panther Charity ScreeningsBlack Panther is coming out in February, and we are obviously feeling pretty hype. I’ve got my ticket for the fancy movie theater uptown with plans to buy another ticket to the cheap theater near me for my second viewing. Black Panther is not by any means the first black-led…Marvel3 min readMarvel3 min read
Published in Safe Kids Stories·Jun 1, 2017I Made a Wonder Woman Scorecard so You Wouldn’t Have ToI Made a Wonder Woman Scorecard so You Wouldn’t Have To (no spoilers!) So Wonder Woman is looking like it’s going to be the first good DC movie since 2008. And that’s amazing! It’s also the highest budget woman-directed movie in history…even though at $120 million it’s a pretty conservative…Movies5 min readMovies5 min read
Feb 18, 2017Arrival Has the Worst Ending Ever and We Should All Be InsultedI loved Arrival, but those last few minutes ALMOST ruined it for me. I’ve never left a great movie so angry! I decided to wait a long time to write this because I care and I wanted to protect you from spoilers, and definitely not because I forgot about it…Movies4 min readMovies4 min read
Published in Safe Kids Stories·Dec 8, 2015Not-So-Safe KidsBullying and the Missing Adults — (SafeKidsStories conducts workshops in schools. These stories were written by students in Christine Long’s 8th-grade class at Philadelphia’s Adaire School.) One time I was walking home from school and almost all the people left from picking up their kids and I was halfway home and I noticed there was a…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Published in Safe Kids Stories·Oct 19, 2015Selections from My VHS Collection in Order of How Many Children Should Watch Them (Ascending)Selections from My VHS Collection in Order of How Many Children Should Watch Them (Ascending) Zoë Smith The Road to El Dorado: No Children At All, Ever Olin Tezcatlipoca reminded all of us that this movie is pretty much an Elton John musical love letter to genocidal imperialism. …Movies3 min readMovies3 min read
