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On Friendships That Last, Being On Mission, and 'The Raven Cycle'
In a kind of hilariously apt turn of events, today's article is a little late because I was out last night (when I traditionally write my articles) trying to make some new friends. Since I haven't...
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RECAP: Outlander 1x11 - I Only Regret That I Have But One Life
Well, as we could tell from the end of last week's episode, this particular installment of "Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser vs. the eighteenth century" was no picnic. Yet, despite all of the...
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Masculinity Monday: 'Fringe' and the Complexities of Fatherhood
You know, for a show that really just felt like an updated version of the X Files, and for a creator as insistently deaf to any frustrations people might have with how he portrays female characters...
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RECAP: Hannibal 3x12 and 3x13 - This Is How I Go
Quick reminder that Kyla Furey of Feedback Force did Hannibal recaps for us because she is awesome.I’m sorry everyone. I know I’ve owed you these last two recaps for a while. To be honest, I think I’ve...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'The Midwife's Apprentice'
To be completely honest, I actually forgot that this book even existed until, last week, I was packing up a load of my childhood books to go into storage while we renovate the house. I rifled through...
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Who The Hell Picked These Classics, Anyway?
This is a topic near and dear to my heart because I feel like I never quite manage to say what I'm trying to when I explain it to people. Simply put, I dislike the idea of there being a list of...
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RECAP: Outlander 1x12 - Yeesh, Jamie, Tone It Down a Notch
Well, chickadees, it's that time of the week again - time to recap an episode of Outlander! Yay!Last week we found Jamie and Claire having to hightail it away from Castle Leoch in the wake of Claire's...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl)
Guys. Guys. It has come to my attention that Doreen Green, aka Squirrel Girl, has never been the subject of a Strong Female Character Friday.* What's up with that? She's totally amazing and awesome and...
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Masculinity Monday: Is 'HTGAWM's Wes Gibbins a Good Man?
As I'm sure all of you television watch-y people are aware, the epic drama How to Get Away with Murder has kind of a lot to say. We've even discussed some of that here - last year I wrote an article...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'Chicken Run' Validates Cooperation
The thing that surprises me about Chicken Run, and it somehow manages to surprise me every time I watch it, is the way that the narrative so thoroughly rejects individual heroics in favor of rewarding...
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RECAP: Outlander 1x13 - Babies and Bandits and Blackmail, Oh My
And we are once more into the breach of Outlander recapping. This week's episode follows the pattern of the latter half of the season, where one nail-biting episode is followed by a more chill...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Astrid Farnsworth (Fringe)
So, here's a question that needs answering: does a character count as a "strong female character" even when she is deeply underserved by her story? Can a character still be a strong female character...
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Masculinity Monday: 'Billy Elliot' Tackles Compulsory Masculinity
Today's topic is, in a lot of ways, a very obvious pick for our series on masculinity. I mean, Billy Elliot is, if nothing else, a story that is all about the presentation of masculinity and how...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'Over the Garden Wall' and Ambiguity
It feels awfully appropriate, now that October is well underway and Halloween approacheth, that I finally sat down and watched all of Over the Garden Wall. OTGW, if you haven't heard of it, is an...
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Supporting a New Canon: Why I'll Never Be Invited to the Emmys
So today's article was going to be yet another wonderful Outlander recap, but due to technical difficulties, that's been pushed to next week. Instead, today we're going to talk about an idea I've...
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Masculinity Monday: The (Non)Toxic Masculinities of 'Star Trek'
Today's Masculinity Monday comes to us courtesy of Trey Stewart, who is more qualified to talk about masculinity than I am, by virtue of actually being a man. Also he's written for us before, and you...
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Think of the Children! Tuesday: 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'
So, disclaimer way the hell up front, before I even saw How to Train Your Dragon 2, I read this article by Tasha Robinson: "We're Losing All Our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome". In this...
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On Captain America and What Patriotism Really Means
Every once in a while someone says something to you that you just can't forget. It gets in your head and cements itself. When you drift and daydream you find yourself coming back to it, turning it over...
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Strong Female Character Friday: Amir (A Bride's Story)
How do you reconcile Western cultural expectations with the desire to see non-Western cultures depicted without white-washing or condescending changes made to local customs? How do you deal with a...
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Masculinity Monday: 'Selfie' and the Asian-American Leading Man
Considering that I went to a wedding this weekend (which was lovely), it shouldn't surprise anyone that today's Masculinity Monday is all about love. Well, love and the representation of Asian-American...
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