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Strong Female Character Friday: Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black)
I've been planning on writing this article for a while, but every time I started I felt overwhelmed by the prospect of trying to distill Delphine's presence on Orphan Black into just a few thousand...
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RECAP: Hannibal 3x10 - Not For Eating
Quick reminder that we have Kyla Furey of Feedback Force doing weekly Hannibal recaps for us right now because she is awesome.It is with a sigh of relief that I can tell you all that I honestly enjoyed...
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'Fantastic Four's Superpower Is Being So Dull It's Offensive
So, this was a new experience. I kind of figured that by now, having been reviewing movies semi-professionally for over a decade now (I mean, four years on this website alone), I had experienced every...
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'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' Is Fun, Witty, Clever, and Never Boring
Instead of your regularly scheduled kids' content today, we're going to keep talking about recent movie releases because I saw two movies on Saturday and I don't really have anything pressing to talk...
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'Brave' Is Good But Doesn't Aspire to Greatness (Just Great Hair)
This is an article that's a long time coming because, in a large part, I wasn't sure exactly how to feel about Brave. On the one hand, it's the first Pixar movie to feature a female protagonist, the...
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Real Strength Is Turning Enemies into Family - 'Wonder Woman'
You know, for a site literally named after Wonder Woman, I feel like I don't talk about her as often as I should. And there's a good reason for that: there's just so freaking much to say. I mean,...
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The New Masculinity Rears Its Toxic Head on 'Mr. Robot'. It's Great.
When I was in high school, I dated a guy who was way way way too into Fight Club.He thought it was amazing - which it is - but more than that he thought it was entirely serious. A devastating look at...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
Kate Bishop is a mess. Sometimes when I feel bad about my maturity level or like I'm not quite doing the adult thing right I think about her, about both her and Clint from Matt Fraction and David Aja's...
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'Ant-Man' Is Fun, Entertaining, and Suffering from Trinity Syndrome
Okay, easy stuff out of the way first: yes, Ant-Man is an eminently entertaining film. You will almost certainly enjoy watching it. The jokes are good, the running gags manage to stay relatively fresh...
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RECAP: Hannibal 3x07 - All The Feels All The Time
Quick reminder that we have Kyla Furey of Feedback Force doing weekly Hannibal recaps for us right now because she is awesome.This week was the mid-season finale of Hannibal. It wasn’t exactly marketed...
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RECAP: Hannibal 3x11 - That Nightmare I Keep Having
Quick reminder that we have Kyla Furey of Feedback Force doing weekly Hannibal recaps for us right now because she is awesome.Hannibal, it seems, has gotten vicious. The character, that is, although...
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Doing the Stupid Thing - On Moving, Big Choices, and Sacrifice
All the photos today are pictures I took of my hometown when I was back a few years ago for Christmas. FYI.This is going to be a teensy bit entirely personal today, so if you're just here for the pop...
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I'm Back! - A General Announcement of Bloggity Blogness
I find it very appropriate that I'm coming back to you all just as school is really kicking back in to high gear. It feels right. You know? I'd take credit for the intentionality, but, honestly I had...
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Masculinity Monday: 'Daredevil', Foggy, and the Heart of Flesh
Aww yiss! It's our first official Masculinity Monday! And to start this series off, I thought it only appropriate to talk about Netflix's Daredevil. While there are lots of amazing things to examine...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'Cardcaptor Sakura' Has Feelings
About a year ago it came to my attention that while I am actually pretty darn well educated in anime that deconstructs the tropes of "magical girl" stories, I'd not actually seen any magical girl...
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RECAP: Outlander 1x10 - Choose Your Friends More Wisely, Guys
At long last we return to our amazing, fantastic, outstanding Outlander recaps! Okay, that's definitely hyperbole. They're all right. So, when we last left Claire and Jamie, our heroes, they had...
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'Sons of Liberty' and Representations of Race in Historical Fiction
Has anyone else noticed that when it comes to historical fiction set in America, there are a few tropes that seem to be stuck in our heads? I mean, it feels like every author writing historical fic of...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Cordelia Chase (BTVS and Angel)
Time for a throwback to the classic days of strong female characters, my dear sweet chickadees, because today we're taking a timewarp back to the late 1990s and early 2000s to talk about Cordelia Chase...
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Masculinity Monday: How To Be A Man with 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
I'm guessing that by now you guys have caught on to the fact that I really really really like Mad Max: Fury Road. Maybe you were tipped off by that article I wrote about it where I basically drooled...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'The Last Halloween' and Fear
So, I'm going to come right out and say it: unless you are an extremely laidback parent, you probably aren't going to want your kids to read the webcomic I'm covering today. I mean, it's one of those...
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