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The Owl House, Episode 15
The Owl House, Episode 15
We’re in the last third of season one, which starts cranking up the emotions. This episode dives into some character development for Amity…
Priya Sridhar
Jan 21
Disney Chills: The Alternate Timeline With No Disney Pop Culture
Priya Sridhar
Rocketman and The LGBTQ Awakening: How One Scene Captures The Right Emotions
Priya Sridhar
The Owl House Recap, Episode 14
Priya Sridhar
Mexican Gothic: The Mask Of Civility For A Twisted Legacy
Priya Sridhar
A Mind of Craft and Multitudes
Brandon R. Chinn
Animaniacs: The Oxymoron Of Nostalgia
Priya Sridhar
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The Quiet Pain of A Silent Voice
The Quiet Pain of A Silent Voice
[TW: Suicide, Self-Harm, Abuse]
Brandon R. Chinn
Dec 13, 2020
Smallville Was Built For Angst: Why This Superman Show Was Better Than The Zack Snyder
Smallville Was Built For Angst: Why This Superman Show Was Better Than The Zack Snyder
Twitter brings up the most fascinating talking points about media. You get to hear varying viewpoints about television shows from the past…
Priya Sridhar
Dec 17, 2020
The Meaningful, Radical Politics of the Final Fantasy VII Remake
The Meaningful, Radical Politics of the Final Fantasy VII Remake
Fighting For Something.
Brandon R. Chinn
Apr 28, 2020
Stealing The Narrative: Why Hermes Is The Unreliable Storyteller In Hadestown
Stealing The Narrative: Why Hermes Is The Unreliable Storyteller In Hadestown
Broadway musicals are so much fun. The music sweeps us away, as do stunning visuals and vocals. Hamilton so far has been the best one in…
Priya Sridhar
Nov 19, 2019
Final Fantasy VII Remake: My First Five Hours
Final Fantasy VII Remake: My First Five Hours
Final Fantasy VII is back, and better than ever.
Brandon R. Chinn
Apr 10, 2020
We’ll Be Alright: Weathering With You
We’ll Be Alright: Weathering With You
The world is falling apart around us. What we do, we do together.
Brandon R. Chinn
Jan 24, 2020
Interview With Elizabeth Lim, Author of Spin the Dawn
Interview With Elizabeth Lim, Author of Spin the Dawn
Maia is an accomplished seamstress, but can never get respect for it. One of her brothers dies in war, and the second arrives home with a…
Priya Sridhar
Nov 10, 2019
Smooth: The Journey To Clear Skin And A Clearer Head
Smooth: The Journey To Clear Skin And A Clearer Head
Having acne is such a curse and not necessarily a gift. I have many memories of trying painful creams and some antibiotics to reduce the…
Priya Sridhar
Dec 11, 2020
Florence and the Effort of Love
Florence and the Effort of Love
Love is difficult.
Brandon R. Chinn
Feb 14, 2020
How To Write Your Novel During the End of the World, Part Two: World Building
How To Write Your Novel During the End of the World, Part Two: World Building
World Building is one of my absolute favorite parts of writing a novel.
Brandon R. Chinn
Mar 24, 2020
Sorrow: Taking The Leap And Learning To Fall
Sorrow: Taking The Leap And Learning To Fall
Some novels make you think about the what-ifs, and what you have going forward. Others help you decide that you are drifting and need a…
Priya Sridhar
Oct 22, 2020
Princess Mononoke and Eco-Fascism
Princess Mononoke and Eco-Fascism
Living in conjunction with nature while appreciating and fighting for the good of humanity is a future we can work toward together.
Brandon R. Chinn
Mar 26, 2020
Knives Out: A Cathartic, American Whodunit
Knives Out: A Cathartic, American Whodunit
Knives Out is decidedly the perfect Thanksgiving weekend film. A bottle-episode whodunit featuring a distraught, angry, upper-class family…
Brandon R. Chinn
Nov 30, 2019
Handwashing Songs Longer Than Twenty-Seconds For Nerds
Handwashing Songs Longer Than Twenty-Seconds For Nerds
Right now things are scary. I’m not going to lie about that. But we can all do our part to reduce the risk of potential spread. That…
Priya Sridhar
Mar 17, 2020
Blasphemous: Thoughts, Mini-Review, and What Could Have Been
Blasphemous: Thoughts, Mini-Review, and What Could Have Been
The best part of Blasphemous, without any fanfare, is its pixel art design.
Brandon R. Chinn
Oct 30, 2019
Watching Elf For the First Time: An Illogical Quest For Identity
Watching Elf For the First Time: An Illogical Quest For Identity
I like Will Ferrell when he’s trying not to be a manchild. It is one of his shticks but I like him better when he’s either playing the…
Priya Sridhar
Dec 24, 2020
The Grudge Review
The Grudge Review
With a cast boasting Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Jackie Weaver, Damian Bichir, and Lin Shaye, you’d be forgiven for having…
Myles Griffin
Jan 3, 2020
The Owl House Recap, Episode 2
The Owl House Recap, Episode 2
When you read fantasy, for me at least I want to dive into another world and forget this one. You also want to believe that you’re…
Priya Sridhar
Jan 23, 2020
Listening To The Night in the Woods Soundtrack: Thoughts On Art and Controversy
Listening To The Night in the Woods Soundtrack: Thoughts On Art and Controversy
I’m a person that keeps soundtracks on my phone. They help me focus on writing and remind me of the stories that each musical note carries…
Priya Sridhar
Oct 7, 2019
Dealing With More Rose Petals: Steven Universe Future, Part Two
Dealing With More Rose Petals: Steven Universe Future, Part Two
Steven Universe Future covers how sometimes the past can hold us back. You want to look forward, but baggage and the people you’ve hurt…
Priya Sridhar
Mar 24, 2020
Pragmatic Princess: An Alphabet Of Girls
Pragmatic Princess: An Alphabet Of Girls
Fittingly, today is National Princess Day. It was created by the Swan Princess producers, who wanted to promote their film. Unfortunately…
Priya Sridhar
Nov 18, 2020
Show Some Mercy, Human: Undertale Five Years Later
Show Some Mercy, Human: Undertale Five Years Later
2015 and 2016 were tough; I was in business school, my older brother had moved to Philadelphia to complete his ophthalmology fellowship…
Priya Sridhar
Sep 15, 2020
Comfort In The Pages: Using Fiction To Deal With The Real World
Comfort In The Pages: Using Fiction To Deal With The Real World
The novel Fahrenheit 451 has two afterwords where Ray Bradbury revealed he wrote new scenes for the stage version of the play. He…
Priya Sridhar
Jun 9, 2020
Everything‘s Alright
Everything‘s Alright
“To the Moon wants you to think, and before the credits roll, it wants you to feel.”
Brandon R. Chinn
Feb 6, 2020
Union Busting in Space: Labor and Company Violence in Fullbright’s Tacoma
Union Busting in Space: Labor and Company Violence in Fullbright’s Tacoma
Union rights are the past, and the future.
Brandon R. Chinn
May 8, 2020
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