My Netflix Fix: Results!
Our spring semester has come to an end, and so has the first Get Lit contest, My Netflix Fix. The editors would like to thank everyone who submitted, read, commented, and clapped for these pieces. The top three have been determined. Here are the results:
Number of claps and fans are determined as of 6–8–18
Third Place
Claps: 158
Fans: 14
Amy Howard
“Rude or Revolutionary? Embarrassing Bodies: More Than Binge-Worthy Entertainment”
Amy is inspired by the fearless honesty of Embarrassing Bodies, a UK show on which people confront doctors about uncomfortable bodily topics. Patients open up about various issues they have been too self conscious to discuss before. Amy questions our cultural taboos against such discussions.
Why are we afraid of talking about serious issues? Why are we afraid of being deemed divergent from the “norm” because our brain doesn’t produce chemicals in a balanced fashion?
Amy’s Netflix Fix advocates the discussion of body acceptance and awareness.
Second Place
Claps: 200
Fans: 8
Carlie Kay Lancaster
“Dexter: The Addictive Netflix Thriller”
Carlie examines the difference between right and wrong as portrayed in the crime thriller, Dexter. Dexter Morgan is cold and distant, but nevertheless he shows the human side of a serial killer. And while his actions are often barbaric and inexcusable, he lives by a code that is, in other ways, noble.
Are Dexter Morgan’s actions justified? Is there a difference of right and wrong between killing the innocent and killing one who is guilty?
Carlie’s Netflix Fix leads the viewer to consider their own morals. When a killer doubles as a proponent of justice, what is moral righteousness?
First Place
Claps: 1600
Fans: 44
Lupe Ramirez
“I don’t wanna wait! 7 Ways Dawson’s Creek Shaped My World View (and Kept Me Coming Back for More)”
Lupe discusses a show that’s been close to many of our hearts for years, Dawson’s Creek. She breaks down the show’s portrayal of teens and why it’s important. As she eloquently explains, good fiction makes its audience empathetic, and that’s exactly the influence teens and adults alike both need.
Dawson’s Creek is my “friend show” and thanks to the magic of streaming TV on DVD, a guilty pleasure I share with my oldest daughter.
Lupe’s Netflix Fix offers a positive message about growing up, one that can be shared with young adults for generations to come.
