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The Owl House Recap, Episode 16
The Owl House Recap, Episode 16
We are here, to one of the most exciting and popular Owl House episodes. The memes and ship discussions soared. We also get great…
Priya Sridhar
Mar 4
Beast Boy The Vegetarian: the Character Who Grew The Most During The First Teen Titans Show
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The Gifted Hands Rewatch: A Movie With A Broken Pedestal
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Love, Jacaranda: More Than A Charity Girl
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The Puppy Bowl 2021: Reveling in Silliness
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The Good Parts of Community, Season Four
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Ellie’s Dragon; Rocket Science; Road Trip; No Buddy Like A Book: Picture Books About Space…
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Worldbuilding, Good Storytelling, and FMA: Brotherhood
Worldbuilding, Good Storytelling, and FMA: Brotherhood
“You can’t gain anything without losing something first.”
Brandon R. Chinn
Jul 19, 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
A Defense of Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Double Standards And Addressing Mistakes
A Defense of Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Double Standards And Addressing Mistakes
We’ve known for years that police brutality is a problem thanks to a shocking number of deaths that are covered up or swept under the rug…
Priya Sridhar
Jun 22, 2020
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
A Mind of Craft and Multitudes
A Mind of Craft and Multitudes
Hayao Miyazaki, creator of your favorite films, turns 80.
Brandon R. Chinn
Jan 5
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
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
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
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
Animaniacs: The Oxymoron Of Nostalgia
Animaniacs: The Oxymoron Of Nostalgia
We got a premiere of a reboot that seems to be an apology for all the terrible ones that preceded them. After a few teaser trailers that…
Priya Sridhar
Dec 31, 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
Disney Chills: The Alternate Timeline With No Disney Pop Culture
Disney Chills: The Alternate Timeline With No Disney Pop Culture
I didn’t expect that I’d be doing a reading of a Disney AU book, that the company had released. Obviously, it grabbed my attention when I…
Priya Sridhar
Jan 21
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