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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Jun 16, 2018

Are Lesbian Characters Taking Over Video Games? Some Perspective on the History of LGBT+ Representation in Games

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Oct 10, 2020

Lewis Prothero, a Trump-resembling character from V for Vendetta, speaks on a television channel from the film called BTN.

Representation is a Minefield — The Queer Safety Aesthetic

Fictional Violence, Aesthetic Genre, and…

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Oct 3, 2017

Bootlegging the Matrix

This is a repost from the now defunct dotcom website I ran and could no longer afford to run, but people often ask for links to it, as it’s been extensively discussed in the transgender community.

Bootlegging the Matrix: In Which Bootleg Girl…

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Jan 6, 2019

On Hot Takes, Privacy Norms, Identity, and Why I Stopped Blogging

Almost a year ago I wrote a Medium blog post which I tweeted about to my following of, at the time, about 2,000 Twitter followers, entitled Night in the Woods: A Rebirth of Graphical Adventure Games, and Trumpian…

Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Dec 18, 2017

Left-Wing Critical Theory, Entertainment, and Myth: “Star Wars is Fascist, Porn is Fascist” Taken Seriously

On Monday, December 18, 2017, as the Trump Administration banned a major wing of the United States federal government from using the words…

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Dec 15, 2017

THE LAST JEDI by Rian Johnson, Abridged (mega spoilers)

STAR WARS, EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI

By Rian Johnson, JK Rowling, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Bootleg Girl

Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Apr 27, 2017

A Congenial Response to “The Matrix: Really that Good” by Bob Chipman (aka MovieBob)

I must admit that being a fairly nonvisual person, I’ve never really engaged with videocasts or the YouTube community, but MovieBob is truly a master of the format. In a strange…

Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Oct 20, 2020

I’m Not Giving Up The Ebert Debate: Why It Matters to Diversity in Games that Video Games are Art

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Jul 3, 2020

Abby stands behind Ellie on the beach during their final fight. Both have short hair and are covered in blood.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Worksheets and Dinosaurs: Putting the Violent Actions of The Last of Us Part II’s Player…

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Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, Ph.D. in Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Mar 17, 2017

Why Millenials are Whiny Social Justice Warriors and How Pop Culture is the Song of our Depression

[content warning: references suicide, sexual assault, family violence, and mid-2000s pop rock WHICH WAS AWESOME UNLIKE THOSE OTHER THINGS] Before I begin I should…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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Ellie’s Pop Culture Disc Horse

Ellie Lockhart, rogue Ph.D. and famous Netflix-accredited noticer of the transgender themes in “The Matrix,” applies her analytical talents to a wide range of pop culture, video games, and fandom related discourses.

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