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Category: Pop Culture

12 Steps to Build Better Oscar Bait
film, Pop Culture

12 Steps to Build Better Oscar Bait

Among film critics, “oscar-bait” is a derisive term applied to films that pander to Oscar voters. Now of course not … Continue reading 12 Steps to Build Better Oscar Bait

Of Stranger Things, Consumerism, and the Post-Credits Scene
Pop Culture

Of Stranger Things, Consumerism, and the Post-Credits Scene

SPOILERS! LOTS AND LOTS OF SPOILERS! And now back to our regularly scheduled programming, folks. So Netflix and the Duffer … Continue reading Of Stranger Things, Consumerism, and the Post-Credits Scene

Art, Feminism, Pop Culture

The Androgynous Genius of David Bowie

Growing up Mormon in the 1980s, I didn’t experience much pop culture beyond Rainbow Brite and E.T. But in 1988, … Continue reading The Androgynous Genius of David Bowie

How the Sexism of The West Wing Turned Me off Sorkin
Feminism, Pop Culture

How the Sexism of The West Wing Turned Me off Sorkin

Back when it first aired, I reacted the way football fans do when their home team wins. I bounced up … Continue reading How the Sexism of The West Wing Turned Me off Sorkin

3 Lessons for the Flashback from Jane the Virgin
Pop Culture, Writing

3 Lessons for the Flashback from Jane the Virgin

Just a few months ago, I was scrolling through Netflix and stumbled across the award-winning CW series, Jane the Virgin. I haven’t logged off since. … Continue reading 3 Lessons for the Flashback from Jane the Virgin

How Ronald D. Moore Used Star Trek to Build a Better Battlestar Galactica
Pop Culture, Writing

How Ronald D. Moore Used Star Trek to Build a Better Battlestar Galactica

So I’ve been binge-watching Deep Space 9, and the funny thing is that some pretty familiar tropes from Battlestar Galactica … Continue reading How Ronald D. Moore Used Star Trek to Build a Better Battlestar Galactica

Twenty Years Later, Star Trek’s DS9 Is Still the Most Feminist Show Around
Feminism, Pop Culture

Twenty Years Later, Star Trek’s DS9 Is Still the Most Feminist Show Around

I love DS9. It’s something I should be ashamed to admit. The characters type out imaginary codes at comm panels … Continue reading Twenty Years Later, Star Trek’s DS9 Is Still the Most Feminist Show Around

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