The queer struggle still belongs to straight people
About halfway through the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers’ fourth ex shows up at a bar to battle Scott for Ramona’s heart. Ramona has seven evil ex’s that Scott must duel to win Ramona...
Category: Featured
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What ‘The Last Jedi’ and ’Infinity War’ reveal about Disney’s serialized storytelling
In the last year alone, Disney has released the semi-final chapter of two of the most profitable movie sagas of all time: Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Avengers: Infinity War. The two films have both generated...
Why Some People Are Refusing To See “Atomic Blonde”
This summer, overall, was pretty good for women. We saw Wonder Woman deliver family-friendly superhero entertainment; The Handmaid’s Tale‘s first season wrapped up with a satisfying, if oddly scored, last shot; and, of course, we...
Hot Take Roundup: Wonder Woman
For media that makes a lot of noise, it’s hard to keep up with all the discussion–so I’m starting a new segment on this blog called the Hot Take Roundup. (Kind of a silly...
How “Master of None” Models the Good White Ally
I just finished watching season 2 of Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, which left me low key speechless at the end. More on that later. What caught my attention throughout the season was how Ansari portrays conversations...
The Handmaid’s Tale Sure Makes Me Feel Some Type of Way About My Body
Two nights ago, I officially caught up with The Handmaid’s Tale. The internet is full of hot takes all over this show right now, so I’ll just offer a brief blog post on how...
What it’s like Watching “You’re The Worst” With Your S/O
This is not a happy post. I don’t come to you a happy blogger. Well, to be more accurate, I come to you a bemused, unsettled blogger. I’m not exactly sad, not exactly not-happy,...
What the Fork Just Happened on The Good Place?
Michael Schur’s (Parks and Recreation) latest show The Good Place, which premiered at the tail end of last year and wrapped up one night before the 2017 presidential inauguration, follows the newly deceased Eleanor...
What Aziz Ansari got Right in his SNL Monologue
Last Saturday, on the first full day of the new Trump administration, actor and comedian Aziz Ansari hosted Saturday Night Live. His opening monologue was not shy about the recent political climate. Ansari made...
“La La Land” Proves Heterosexuality Wins Big
As Damien Chazelle’s hopeless-romantic La La Land‘s leads fall in love during the second act, jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) offers a piece of advice to aspiring actress and secret playwright Mia (Emma Stone): “You could...
