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It Follows: Fueling Horror Through (Women's) Sexual Deviance
On a whim I decided that this summer would be the summer of bingeing horror films. I've got a gorgeous blanket to knit and god knows I'll...
GIF It Good: Unpacking the Tumblr GIF (Part One!)
Recently I had a paper published on Harry Potter GIF-sets, examining some of the work that GIFs----particularly tumblr GIFs----do to...
A Poor Use of Paratexts: How Much Are You Judging Your Book By Its Cover?
Did anyone else go through phases as a kid where there was such a thing as too much popularity? Where somehow instead of wanting to fit...
Ready Player One: A Tribute to So Much That's Bad About Fandom
Holy gatekeeping, Batman! I'm not the first person to rant about Ready Player One and I certainly won't be the last. Since the book's...
A Wrinkle in Time is 2018's Jupiter Ascending (and I Mean That in the Best Way Possible)
Yesterday I attended a 4:30 showing of A Wrinkle in Time----a Monday afternoon, at a local theater servicing primarily college kids, all...
Black Excellence: Anything You Can Do Black Panther Does Better
We all knew it was coming. Months of hype paid off as Black Panther smashed records this holiday weekend and quickly established itself...
An Open Letter to J.K. Rowling: Make It Gay, You Coward
It's 2018 and every time Dumbledore tries to sneak out of the closet J.K. Rowling shoves him right back in. Look, the last two weeks have...
Better Watch Out: The Nice Guy™ Is the Scariest One of All
2018 is officially the year of calling privileged, usually white men out on their shit. As actors drop thousands of dollars on black...
The Last Jedi: Environmental Storytelling
Last night I managed to snag a late ticket to The Last Jedi—still not quite sure how that miracle happened—but it did and I have to say I...
Depictions of Masculinity: Jacob "Cinnamon Roll" Kowalski
In our multimedia age video essays have grown in popularity and there are few channels I enjoy more than the Pop Culture Detective on...
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