RECAP: Orphan Black 3x03 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Whew! After a weirdly long absence, you can rest easy, my chickadees. We are back to recapping. I wish I could give you some solid explanation of why I missed the past couple of weeks, but I can't. I...
View ArticleRECAP: Game of Thrones 5x06 - Descent into Badness
I guess we've reached that time of the season, chickadees, when all of the badness that has been building for the past few episodes comes to a head and everything is the worst. Yay? As I'm sure you...
View ArticleRECAP: Orphan Black 3x04 - In Which Everybody Is Criminals
Ah, Orphan Black. The show where every character is, at this point, in some way a criminal. I mean that very seriously. I just sat down and tried to name a character on this show who has not at some...
View ArticleStrong Female Character Friday: Clarke Griffin (The 100)
I didn't want to write about Clarke from The 100 for a long time because she felt, in a way, too obvious of a pick for a Strong Female Character Friday. She is, after all, the main character of the...
View ArticleComfort Literature, Shame Reads, and the 'Mrs. Murphy Mysteries'
I have a confession to make. It's not like a super bad confession, just something that I have hidden from you, my dearest readers, for longer than seems necessary. I, Deborah Pless, adore the Mrs....
View ArticleRECAP: Orphan Black 3x05 - Muffled Sobbing and Devastation
Well, my chickadees, I can now say that I'm actually totally caught up on watching Orphan Black. We shall have to see if that translates into being caught up on recapping the show, but for now, know...
View ArticleThink of the Children! Tuesday: 'Tomorrowland' Inspires Hope
It's a really weird feeling you get when you're watching or reading something that you can tell is trying really really hard to inspire you. Like, it's trying so hard you can see the muscles in its...
View ArticleRECAP: Game of Thrones 5x07 - At Long Last, Sweet Revenge
Oh Game of Thrones. You horrible horrible show. One week you end on a brutal rape shot in the most horrifying way possible, the next week you end on a moment that was immensely satisfying for pretty...
View ArticleRECAP: Orphan Black 3x06 - The Dignity of Her Choice
I said it about episode five, but it could just as easily be said here: this is the point in the season where Orphan Black picks up and kicks it into high gear, bringing together all of the themes and...
View ArticleStrong Female Character Friday: Holly Short (Artemis Fowl)
Today's post is a guest article written by Levi Sweeney from Primary Ignition!I remember first getting acquainted with the Artemis Fowl series, written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, when I checked out...
View ArticleRECAP: Orphan Black 3x07 - I Am Your Mother Hen
Is this? Are we caught up on Orphan Black? I didn't think it was possible. Hold me.Enough of that. Anyway, we're finally caught up on the show, which is good because there's a new episode airing...
View ArticleRECAP: Hannibal 3x01 - The D Is For Death, Actually
My dear, sweet chickadees, we did a poll a couple months back about which shows KMWW should be recapping this spring/summer. The winners of that poll were Orphan Blackand Game of Thrones, but there was...
View Article'Spy' Does It All and Does It Right - Finally and Thank Goodness
Saying that a movie "does it right" these days is kind of a confusing thing. Like, you know it when you see it, and it's incredibly easy to pinpoint movies that have "done it wrong" or "tried so hard"...
View ArticleStrong Female Character Friday: Joey Lucas (The West Wing)
So, it's with shame in my heart that I admit that the reason I never really talk about The West Wing on this blog, despite it totally being a seminal work of television that is totally up my alley, is...
View ArticleRECAP: Hannibal 3x02 - The Journey to Forgiveness
Like I told you all last week, we've got a guest coming in to recap Hannibal for us all! So a big KMWW welcome to Kyla Furey, aka my awesome roommate and partner in crime.It’s probably for the best...
View ArticleRECAP: Game of Thrones 5x08 - Ice Zombies Are Scariest Zombies
Man, that was some Game of Thrones finale last night, wasn't it? I mean, I assume it was some finale. I haven't actually seen it yet because as you may recall, we're a little behind on Game of Thrones...
View ArticleThink of the Children! Tuesday: WNDB's Summer Reading Program
from weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.comIt's hard to believe, I know, but the summer vacation is finally upon us! I know that the two kids I care for only have a couple days of school left, and while that...
View ArticleRECAP: Orphan Black 3x08 - Precious Cinnamon Bun Too Pure
For those of you who don't get that reference in the title, I guess I just have to say that you clearly spend less time on the internet than I do and that's probably to your benefit. But for those of...
View ArticleRECAP: Game of Thrones 5x09 - Dear Writers, Please Stop
Sigh. I hate to join the bandwagon of critics questioning whether or not to watch Game of Thrones next season, but I am. This show is just so...problematic. All the time. Aggressively. I get that some...
View ArticleThe World Should End With Hope, And Then Begin Again
I've been thinking a lot lately about the apocalypse. Or rather, I've been thinking about thinking about the apocalypse. It seems like so much of our popular culture at this point revolves around the...
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