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RECAP: Orphan Black 2x08 - I've Got Sisters
So, last episode ended kind of abruptly, and also with my realization that I am a potentially not very nice person because I thought that it was hilarious. No, seriously. All of this buildup. All of...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Augustus Waters (TFIOS)
Augustus Waters is a movie girlfriend. And that is totally okay.This is a topic I've touched on before (with Raleigh Becket in Pacific Rim and Sam Wilson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier), the...
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I Want My Nine Dollars Back (A Million Ways To Die In The West)
If any of you are reading this really quickly before you have to go somewhere, I will give you gist of the review right here and now: Do not go see A Million Ways to Die in the West. It is not funny,...
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Maleficent: How To Explain The Cycle of Abuse To Children
Maleficent is a lovely, sweet fairy tale film. It has a happy ending, phenomenal performances, a story that manages to be both original and close to the Disney Sleeping Beauty, and altogether it's a...
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Robot Chicken and the Normalization of Rape
Like any nerd who went to college in the 2000's, I've watched a lot of Robot Chicken. It was a thing, just as Adult Swim was getting going, and we would all crowd into my dorm room (my roommate and I...
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Rom.Com - The Truth About Online Dating (And Love)
New class: Scaring Off Guys 101I am gritting my teeth with the story I am about to share, but it has to be done. I’m writing about a webseries called Rom.Com that deals with dating websites. I have to...
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There's An Easy Solution: Just Add More Ladies (Edge of Tomorrow)
I wasn't originally going to write about this movie, Edge of Tomorrow, because I wasn't originally going to see it. It's got Tom Cruise in it, being all Tom Cruise and things, and also there were...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: Sailor Moon and Feminine Diversity
I don't know if you know this, guys, but Sailor Moon has been remastered and is being re-released on Hulu. Possibly on other non-internet channels as well, but I'm less up on that. The exciting bit is...
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RECAP: Game of Thrones 4x10 - The Rise of the Murder Child
At last, at last I have finally gotten around to recapping this episode. Oddly, it's not because I hadn't seen it. I saw it a few days ago, but it's more because I've gotten so in depth with my...
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MINI-BREAK - I'm on Vacation, Dudes.
Yeah, so I know that I should be writing those two recaps of Orphan Black episodes, and also probably writing about Queen Catherine from Reign, because she is amazing. Also, brewing some fun stuff on a...
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Snowpiercer - What Is the Cost of Your Survival?
Back in grad school, all those ages and ages (about three years) ago, my friends and I liked to talk a lot about the apocalypse and what we would do if an apocalyptic event were to hit. Part of this...
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I Am A Strong, Smart, Sensual Woman (Bob's Burgers)
It didn't feel tonally appropriate to mention this during my epic downer of a review for Snowpiercer, but I actually just had a really lovely vacation. I spent a week in Los Angeles visiting old...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Malia Tate (Teen Wolf)
I get excited every time Malia Tate (Shelly Hennig) opens her mouth. Hands down she is the best part of Teen Wolf's fourth season, and a huge part of the tonal shift that is refreshing the show,...
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The Complex Masculinity of Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers)
I am not a dude. Just in case anyone still had lingering doubts in that vicinity. I am not a dude, and I will be totally honest about how very little I understand dude dynamics. For all that I have a...
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Kira Manning and the Myth of the Sainted Child (Orphan Black)
While I normally reserve Tuesdays for talking about children's media, I thought it might be nice to take a quick break from that and talk about something a little different but still in the same...
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Class, Race, Historical Accuracy, and BBC's The Musketeers
In my lifetime alone I think we've already glutted ourselves on interpretations of Alexandre Dumas'The Three Musketeers. When I was a kid, I absolutely adored Disney's Three Musketeers, which starred...
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Learning How to Talk Good...Is All About Social Class
from Kal Ho Naa HoYears and years ago (actually probably only four years ago), I was in grad school, writing my thesis script. The script was set in rural Maine, way up by the Canadian border, and I...
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GUEST: You Shouldn't Always Get What You Want (Californication)
Today's guest post is written by Dan Ingram.Dearest Californication,Before I start, I’d like to congratulate you on seven seasons of television. That is no small feat, especially considering how much...
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On Self-Sacrifice, Courage, and My Favorite Movies
I always wonder how personal to get with this blog. Because while this is, you know, my personal blog, it's really more of an academic examination of popular culture thing. So I wonder. But today, I...
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Love Won't Pay the Rent - Sex and BBC's The Musketeers
Last week I talked (at length) about BBC's The Musketeers and their surprisingly progressive portrayal of race in this new adaptation. I like it. They've done a very good job at not just casting...
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