Essays By Topic

For those who are looking for writing on a specific show, or just feel a bit daunted at the thought of shifting through this blog’s not-insignificant backlog, this list is for your perusing pleasure! Series titles are all in alphabetical order, and should be pretty easily searched via ctrl+f or plain old scrolling. Enjoy!

Miscellaneous/Writer Stuff

The 2013 Liebster Awards

The Ethics of Reinterpretation or, A Defense of Dubs

Vrai Writes (Parts of) Books: Rock & Roll Saved My Soul

So You Want to Major in English (Without Going Bankrupt)

Vrai Writes (Parts of) Books – 12,000 Hour Day

One Year of Tinfoil

Give Thanks for Artists

A Letter to Stephen Colbert

Original Fiction: Beta-Test Boy

The State of Pride and the New Battlefield for Representation

Tinfoil News Update – Consulting Analyst Edition

A Word on Jon Stewart, and A Personal Era Ending

Two Years of Tinfoil

Artist Spotlight – AgentJR & Genghis Kait

Vrai Writes (Parts of) Books – Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis

Anger is Our Last Respite

Vrai Talks: Cthulhusattva Interview

Three Years of Tinfoil

Vrai Writes Pop Culture Essays: Popularium

[Link] AniFem Q&A Part 1

[Link] Anime Feminist Q&A Part 2

Vrai Writes Essays: Dear Lestat

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50 Shades of Grey

You Did it for Love (of Money): Or, Why E.L. James is a Disgrace to Fandom Culture


Action Heroine Cheer Fruits

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Adventure Time

Do You Ever Wonder What Time It Is? Modern Media and Storytelling

How to Be an English Major: Revisiting Frozen, Meaning, and the Death of the Author


The Adventure Zone

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People

Why Your Life Needs More of The Adventure Zone

After Hours

Manga Grab Bag: Yuri Edition

After the Rain

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Gankutsuou and Responsibly Portraying a Teen Crushing on an Adult

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction


Aggretsuko

Vrai Watches Aggretsuko

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2018

AKIRA

Five Forgotten Gems: Animated Film Edition

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (20 to 16)

Altair: A Record of Battles

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

American Mary

American Mary: Mad Science Needs More Women

American Splendor

Five Forgotten Gems – Comic Book Adaptations


Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

And Now, Games to be Watched

The Ancient Magus’ Bride

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Fall Anime Midseason Check-in


Angel Sanctuary

Trash & Treasures: Angel Sanctuary

Angels in America

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (20 to 16)

Trash & Treasures – Angels in America

Angels in America and Log Cabin Republicans: How Dream Daddy’s Joseph Reflects Gay Conservatism


Angels of Death

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

[Link] Summer 2018 three-episode check-in

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 2)

Animaniacs 

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)

Anima Yell!

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part II)

Anime-Gataris

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

Animorphs

Morph Club – The Best Kind of Nostalgia

The Arcana

The Arcana: Inclusive Fantasy Dating Sim With a Side of Murder

As Above, So Below

As Above, So Below and the Purpose of Found Footage

As Miss Beelzebub Likes

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part II)

Assassins

The Ethics of Reinterpretation or, A Defense of Dubs

The Atomic Cafe

Trash & Treasures – The Atomic Cafe

Attack on Titan

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2017

Audition

Trash & Treasures: Audition

Austin Powers

Trash & Treasures: Austin Powers

The Babadook

Writing Women 101: The Babadook


Baccano!

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (5 to 1)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

The Bad Seed

Trash & Treasures – The Bad Seed

Banana Fish

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

[Link] Summer 2018 three-episode check-in

Barefoot Gen

Five Forgotten Gems – Comic Book Adaptations


Batman

There’s a Lupin for Everyone (Just Like Batman)

Five Forgotten Gems – Comic Book Adaptations

10 Underrated Performances (Part 1)

Batman Beyond

Five Forgotten Gems – Animated Heroes

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Unsung Brilliance – The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Five Forgotten Gems – Horror Comedies

Trash & Treasures: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Bermuda Triangle Colorful Pastrale

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Best Worst Movie

Trash & Treasures: Best Worst Movie

Between the Sky and Sea

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Billy Elliot

An Ode to the Sudden Dance Scene

Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)

Singing and Maiming, Together at Last

Plot Renovation – Black Butler II


The Black Cauldron

Trash & Treasures: Disney’s The Black Cauldron


Black Swan

What Are Good Girls Made Of? Impossible Femininity in Black Swan vs. Perfect Blue


The Black Tapes

The Black Tapes’ Clever Apophenia: How the Internet Tells Stories

Scary Podcast Stories for the Season

Bloody Mary

Manga Grab Bag: Trash Vampires Edition

Manga Variety Hour – The Monster Mash

Bloom Into You

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

The Blues Brothers

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (10 to 6)

Bound

Trash & Treasures: Bound

Breaking the Waves

Do This, Not That: Writing Depressing Stories

Brokeback Mountain

Vrai Writes Pop Culture Essays: Popularium

Trash & Treasures – Brokeback Mountain

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Trash & Treasures: Brotherhood of the Wolf

The Brothers Bloom

Five Forgotten Gems of (Fairly) Famous People


Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Why the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope Needs to Die

The Bugle

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


But I’m a Cheerleader

Trash & Treasures: But I’m a Cheerleader

Butlers x Battlers

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 2)

The Butterfly Effect

Five Forgotten Gems: Thrillers


Cabaret

We Have No Troubles Here: Finding GamerGate in a Cabaret

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (5 to 1)


The Cabin in the Woods

Your Allegory’s Eating My Plot! Or, the Cabin in the Woods Problem

Unsung Brilliance – The Rise of Leslie Vernon


Cable & Deadpool

Make This (Movie) Happen – Cable & Deadpool

Thoughts on Deadpool: It’s All About That Sequel


Cannibal! The Musical

Singing and Maiming, Together at Last


Cardcaptor Sakura

I Believe in Steven (and So Can You)

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (15 to 11)

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction

The Case Study of Vanitas

Manga Grab Bag: Trash Vampires Edition

Manga Variety Hour – The Monster Mash

CELLS AT WORK!

[Link] Summer 2018 three-episode check-in

A Centaur’s Life

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Chappie 

Chappie: or, Liking a Film in Spite of its Plot


Chasing Amy

Invisible Bisexual Boogeymen: How Chasing Amy is Still Ahead of Its Time

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (5 to 1)


Chicago

Do This, Not That: Going From Stage to Film (Into the Woods vs Chicago)


The Children’s Hour

Trash & Treasures: The Children’s Hour

Chio’s School Road

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

[Link] Summer 2018 three-episode check-in

A Chorus Line

MAKE THIS HAPPEN: A Chorus Line


A Christmas Story

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (15 to 11)


Chronos Ruler

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

The Chzo Mythos

And Now, Games to be Watched

citrus

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Classroom of the Elite

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Clean Freak Aoyama-Kun

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Midseason Anime Check-in (Summer 2017)

[Link] How Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun compassionately handles mental illness

Summer Anime Wrap-Up

[Link] Feminist Anime Recs of Summer 2017

Clerks II

An Ode to the Sudden Dance Scene


Clock Tower

Vrai Writes Pop Culture Essays: Popularium


Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Five Forgotten Gems: Animated Film Edition

Code: Realize ~Guardians of Rebirth~

Fall Anime Midseason Check-in

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

The Colbert Report

A Letter to Stephen Colbert


The Color of Magic

See: Discworld

CoolGames Inc.

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition

Crash

Trash & Treasures: Crash

The Croods

Do This, Not That (Dreamworks Edition): Writing Tone and Consequences

The Crow

Trash & Treasures: The Crow

Cruising

Trash & Treasures – Cruising

Why the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope Needs to Die


Cutie Honey

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 2)

The Daily Show

Humanity Through Film: Jon Stewart and Rosewater

A Word on Jon Stewart, and A Personal Era Ending

DAKAICHI -I’m being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Dancer in the Dark

Do This, Not That: Writing Depressing Stories


Dances with the Dragons

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Daria

Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads


Dark Souls

Vrai Writes Pop Culture Essays: Popularium

Dark Water

Trash & Treasures: (American) Dark Water

The Da Vinci Code

Drunk Book Club: The Da Vinci Club


Deadman Wonderland

The Cautionary Tale of Deadman Wonderland


Deadpool

Make This (Movie) Happen – Cable & Deadpool

Thoughts on Deadpool: It’s All About That Sequel


Death Becomes Her

Five Forgotten Gems – Horror Comedies


Death Note

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (15 to 11)

Watching Netflix’s Death Note


DEBS

Trash & Treasures – DEBS

Trash & Treasures: DEBS (w/ Alexis Sara)


Demonbane

A History of Herbert West – ReAnimator


Demonic Toys

Trash & Treasures: Toys/Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys

Den-noh Coil (Dennou Coil)

Vrai Watches Den-noh Coil (Part 1)

Vrai Watches Den-noh Coil (Part 2)

Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei)

The Joy of the Guilty Pleasure

DEVILMAN crybaby

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Vrai Talks About DEVILMAN crybaby

[Link] DEVILMAN crybaby, legacies of queerness, and diversifying remakes

The Devil’s Advocate

10 Underrated Performances (Part 1)


The Devil’s Backbone

Trash & Treasures: The Devil’s Backbone

Devils’ Line

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Discworld

Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads

Drunk Book Club: The Color of Magic

Dive!!

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Doki Doki Literature Club

Doki Doki Literature Club Stumbles Between Deconstruction and Exploitation

Doreiku the Animation

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 2)

Dororo

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

DOUBLE DECKER

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Dragon Age II

Fanfiction, Personal Narrative, and What Dragon Age II Does Right


Dream Daddy

Angels in America and Log Cabin Republicans: How Dream Daddy’s Joseph Reflects Gay Conservatism

Dropkick on My Devil

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 2)

Eden of the East

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (20 to 16)

Elegant Yokai Apartment Life

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

The Emperor’s New Groove

Trash & Treasures: The Sweatbox

Evangelion (Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion/Rebuild of Evangelion)

Cyclical Narrative, Reboots, and Fear of the Unknown, or: Kaworu and Homura are Time Travelling BFFs

Love and the Apocalypse: Asuka, Kaworu, and Gendered Expectations in Romance

Do This, Not That: Writing Depressing Stories

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (10 to 6)

Trauma Isn’t Sexy: Fanservice in Neon Genesis Evangelion vs Rebuild

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


Everything’s Coming Up Podcast

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People


Evil Dead

Singing and Maiming, Together at Last


Executioners from Shaolin

Trash & Treasures: Executioners from Shaolin

Fastest Finger First

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Fist Shark Marketing

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People


The Five Obstructions

Trash & Treasures – The Five Obstructions

Flip Flappers

Flip Flappers Retrospective

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)

The Flop House

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


Flowers in the Attic

Trash & Treasures: Flowers in the Attic


The Fly

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (15 to 11)

[Link] How The Fly Changed David Cronenberg’s Career


The FP

Trash & Treasures: The FP

Freakazoid

Five Forgotten Gems – Animated Heroes

Freeway

Trash & Treasures: Freeway

Fried Green Tomatoes

Trash & Treasures: Fried Green Tomatoes

Friends

Why the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope Needs to Die

The Friendship of Mortals

A History of Herbert West – ReAnimator


The Frighteners

Five Forgotten Gems – Horror Comedies

Fright Night

Trash & Treasures: Fright Night

From Beyond

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)

From Eroica With Love

[LINK] From Eroica with Love is the 1970s gay thief caper you never knew you needed


Frozen

Family Won’t Let You Fall – Frozen and Queer Storytelling

How to Be an English Major: Revisiting Frozen, Meaning, and the Death of the Author


Fun Home

Five Forgotten Gems – Comic Book Adaptations

Fushigi Yugi

Rewatching Fushigi Yugi (Part 1)

Rewatching Fushigi Yugi (Part 2)

Rewatching Fushigi Yugi (Part 3)

Rewatching Fushigi Yugi (Part 4)

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction

Rewatching Fushigi Yugi (Part 5)


Futurama

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)


GAMERS!

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Gankutsuou (The Count of Monte Cristo)

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (5 to 1)

Tinfoil News Update – Consulting Analyst Edition

The Consulting Analyst – An Introduction to Gankutsuou

The Consulting Analyst – At Journey’s End, We Meet

The Consulting Analyst – Until the Sun Rises Over the Moon

The Consulting Analyst – 5/22, Stormy

The Consulting Analyst – A Mother’s Secrets

The Consulting Analyst – Do You Love Your Fiancee?

The Consulting Analyst – Her Melancholy, My Melancholy

The Consulting Analyst – The Secret Flower Garden

The Consulting Analyst – A Night in Boulogne

The Consulting Analyst – I Dreamed A Dark Dream

The Consulting Analyst – The Letter From Edmond

The Consulting Analyst – An Engagement Broken

The Consulting Analyst – Encore

The Consulting Analyst – Haydee

The Consulting Analyst – Lost Souls

The Consulting Analyst – The End of Happiness, The Beginning of Truth

The Consulting Analyst – Scandal

The Consulting Analyst – Confession

The Consulting Analyst – The Duel

The Consulting Analyst – Even If I Should Stop Being Me

The Consulting Analyst – Farewell, Eugenie

The Consulting Analyst – The Golden Boy’s True Identity

The Consulting Analyst – Counterattack

The Consulting Analyst – Edmond Dantes

The Consulting Analyst – At the Shore

Gankutsuou and Responsibly Portraying a Teen Crushing on an Adult

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)


Gargoyles

Five Forgotten Gems – Animated Heroes

The Consulting Analyst – An Introduction to Gargoyles

The Consulting Analyst – Awakening (Parts 1 & 2)

The Consulting Analyst – Awakening (Parts 3 & 4)

The Consulting Analyst – Awakening (Part 5)/The Thrill of the Hunt

The Consulting Analyst – Temptation/Deadly Force

The Consulting Analyst – Enter Macbeth/The Edge

The Consulting Analyst – Long Way to Morning/Her Brother’s Keeper

The Consulting Analyst – Reawakening/Leader of the Pack

The Consulting Analyst – Metamorphosis/Legion

The Consulting Analyst – A Lighthouse in the Sea of Time/The Mirror

The Consulting Analyst – The Silver Falcon/Eye of the Beholder

The Consulting Analyst – Vows/City of Stone (Part One)

The Consulting Analyst – City of Stone (Parts 2 & 3)

The Consulting Analyst – City of Stone (Part 4)/High Noon

The Consulting Analyst – Outfoxed/Revelations

The Consulting Analyst – Double Jeopardy/Upgrade

The Consulting Analyst – Protection/The Cage

The Consulting Analyst – The Price/Avalon (Part 1)

The Consulting Analyst – Avalon (Parts 2 & 3)

The Consulting Analyst – Shadows of the Past/Heritage

The Consulting Analyst – Kingdom/Monsters

The Consulting Analyst – Golem/Sanctuary

The Consulting Analyst – MIA/Grief

The Consulting Analyst – The Hound of Ulster/Walkabout

The Consulting Analyst – Mark of the Panther/Pendragon

The Consulting Analyst -Eye of the Storm/The New Olympians

The Consulting Analyst – The Green/Sentinel

The Consulting Analyst – Bushido/Cloud Fathers

The Consulting Analyst – Ill Met By Moonlight/Future Tense

The Consulting Analyst – The Gathering (Parts 1 & 2)

The Consulting Analyst – Vendettas/Turf

The Consulting Analyst – The Reckoning/Possession

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)

The Consulting Analyst – Hunter’s Moon (Parts 1 & 2)

The Consulting Analyst – Hunter’s Moon (Part 3)

GARO -Vanishing Line-

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusters is a Movie About Women Fighting to be Heard

Girl Friends

Manga Grab Bag: Yuri Edition

The Girl From the Other Side

Manga Variety Hour – The Monster Mash

The Girl in Twilight

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Girls’ Last Tour

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

Girly Air Force

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

GOBLIN SLAYER

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Godzilla

On Godzilla and the Changing View of Science

Golden Boy

Trash & Treasures: Golden Boy

Golden Kamuy

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 2)

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2018

Grave of the Fireflies

Revisiting Grave of the Fireflies: A Case Study of the Good Remake

Gravity Falls

Do This, Not That – Extra Plot Sold Separately (K vs Gravity Falls)

Let the Great Gravity Falls Rewatch Begin

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Tourist Trapped

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Legend of the Gobblewonker

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Headhunters

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Hand That Rocks the Mabel

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Inconveniencing

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Dipper vs. Manliness

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Double Dipper

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Irrational Treasure

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Time Traveler’s Pig

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Fight Fighters

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Little Dipper

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Summerween

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Boss Mabel

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Bottomless Pit!

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Deep End

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Carpet Diem

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Boyz Crazy

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Land Before Swine

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Dreamscaperers

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Gideon Rises

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Scary-oke

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Into the Bunker

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Golf War

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Sock Opera

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Soos and the Real Girl

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Little Gift Shop of Horrors

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Society of the Blind Eye

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Blendin’s Game

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Love God

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Northwest Mansion Mystery

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Not What He Seems

Gravity Falls Rewatch: A Tale of Two Stans

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Stanchurian Candidate

Gravity Falls Rewatch: The Last Mabelcorn

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Roadside Attraction

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Weirdmageddon Part 1

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Weirdmageddon Part 2

Gravity Falls Rewatch: Weirdmageddon Part 3

An Interview With Alex Hirsch [7/5/17]


The Great Mouse Detective

Five Forgotten Gems: Animated Film Edition

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (20 to 16)

Trash and Treasures: The Great Mouse Detective


Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy: Great Characters, Wrong Protagonist


Hairspray

Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Hamilton

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)


Hana & Hina After School

Manga Grab Bag: Pride Month Edition

Hannibal

Why Hannigram is Not 50 Shades of Grey

Do This, Not That: Writing Women With Agency (Legally Blonde the Musical vs. Hannibal)


Happy Sugar Life

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 2)

Hatoful Boyfriend

Hatoful Boyfriend Writes its Own Fanfiction


Haunter

10 Underrated Performances (Part 1)


The Haunting

Five Forgotten Gems – Lives of Quiet Desperation


Haunting Ground

Plot Renovation – Haunting Ground

Hayate x Blade

Manga Grab Bag: Yuri Edition

The Heart of Thomas

Manga Grab Bag: Pride Month Edition

Hinamatsuri

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2018

Hitorijime My Hero

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Hogfather

Trash & Treasures: Hogfather/The Nightmare Before Christmas

Hollywood Babble-On

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


House (Hausu)

Five Forgotten Gems – Horror Comedies

Trash & Treasures: House (Hausu)


House of Five Leaves

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (10 to 6)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

How to Keep a Mummy

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

How to Train Your Dragon(/How to Train Your Dragon 2)

Do This, Not That (Dreamworks Edition): Writing Tone and Consequences

Do This, Not That (Dreamworks Edition): The Sequel Thing

Hudson Hawk

Trash & Treasures: Hudson Hawk

The Hunger

Trash & Treasures: The Hunger

Hustle Cat

Hustle Cat is for Dream Daddy Fans Who Like Magic and Cats

I Hear the Sunspot

Manga Grab Bag: Pride Month Edition

The Immortals (Tamora Pierce)

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction

The Incredibles

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (20 to 16)

Infini-T Force

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

Interview with the Vampire

See: The Vampire Chronicles


In the Mood for Love

Five Forgotten Gems – Lives of Quiet Desperation

In This Corner of the World

Con Reports and In This Corner of the World Review


Into the Woods

Do This, Not That: Going From Stage to Film (Into the Woods vs Chicago)


ISLAND

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

Jade Empire

Five Forgotten Gems of (Fairly) Famous People


Jimquisition (Podquisition)

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


Judge John Hodgman

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts

Junji Ito Collection

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Juni Taisen

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Just Because!

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in


K (K Project)

Do This, Not That – Extra Plot Sold Separately (K vs Gravity Falls)

KADO: The Right Answer

[LINK] Kado: The Right Answer Preview

[Link] “KADO: The Right Answer” Should’ve Been a Dating Sim

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2017

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

Katana Maidens ~Toji no Miko

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

kemurikusa

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Killing Bites

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Killing Stalking

Killing Stalking Excels at Depicting the Horror of Abuse

Kill la Kill

Vrai Watches Kill la Kill (Part 1)

Vrai Watches Kill la Kill (Part 2)

Vrai Watches Kill la Kill (Part 3)

Vrai Watches Kill la Kill (Part 4)

King’s Game

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Kino’s Journey

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Fall Anime Midseason Check-in

[Link] Kino is the non-binary protagonist we deserve

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Trash & Treasures – Less Than Zero/Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Knight’s & Magic

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

KOKKOKU

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Konohana Kitan

Fall Anime Midseason Check-in

Kung Fu Panda 2

Do This, Not That (Dreamworks Edition): The Sequel Thing


Labyrinth

An Ode to the Sudden Dance Scene

Land of the Lustrous

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

“But There’s A Reason It’s There!”: How to Meta Critique (Guest-Starring Land of the Lustrous)

Let Me Pitch You Land of the Lustrous (aka the Agender Rock-People Body Horror Hour)

Fall Anime Midseason Check-in

[Link] Land of the Lustrous, singular “they,” and the politics of subtitles

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

Last Period: the journey to the end of despair

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 2)

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2018

Lazer Team

Lazer Team: Halfway Between Internet and Movie


Legally Blonde 

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (20 to 16)

Do This, Not That: Writing Women With Agency (Legally Blonde the Musical vs. Hannibal)


The Legend of Korra

How Much Canon is Good Enough? Korrasami and Where We Go From Here


Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Legend of the Overfiend (Urotsukidoji)

Trash & Treasures – Urotsukidoji


The Lego Movie

Do This, Not That: The Protagonists of Tomorrow


Less Than Zero

Trash & Treasures – Less Than Zero/Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Let the Right One In

Trash & Treasures: Let the Right One In

[Link] The Vampire Movie That’s Also a Queer Love Story

A Life Less Ordinary

Trash & Treasures: A Life Less Ordinary

Light of Day

Trash & Treasures – Light of Day


Little Shop of Horrors

In Defense of the Little Shop of Horrors Theatrical Cut


Llamas with Hats

[Link] Llamas with Hats and the Death of Randomcore

Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 2)

Lore

Scary Podcast Stories for the Season

The Lost Village

The Lost Village is Definitely Bad on Purpose–But Why?

Love Tyrant

[LINK] [Review] Love Tyrant – episode 1


Lupin III

Curse you, France!

Green Jacket 01 – Burn it Down

Green Jacket 02 – Mythbuster Thief

Green Jacket 03 – Witch(less) Hunt

Green Jacket 04 – Just Start Here

Green Jacket 05 – Sword vs. Death Dolphin

Green Jacket 06 – Corpses Are a Diamond’s Best Friend

Green Jacket 07 – How to Steal Your Ex’s Valuables

Green Jacket 08 – Enter Young Hayao Miyazaki

Green Jacket 09 – Play the Bebop Blues

Green Jacket 10 – The Practice of Cagliostro

Green Jacket 11 – Elementary, My Dear Jigen

Green Jacket 12 – Out with a Bang

Green Jacket 13 – Lupin vs. Scientology

Green Jacket 14 – One for (Certain) History Books

Green Jacket 15 – Blasting Off Again

Green Jacket 16 – The Pinnacle of Thievery

Bromance with a Silent B: The Lupin/Jigen Manifesto

Green Jacket 17 – 2012 Calls in a Reference

Green Jacket 18 – GQ Thief

Green Jacket 19 – You Fail Science Forever

Green Jacket 20 – The Danger of Hillbilly Thieves

Green Jacket 21 – Should I Get Back in the Kitchen?

The Lovecraftian Lupin: How to Make an Accidental Horror Movie

Green Jacket 22 – Lupin vs HAL

Green Jacket 23 – Farewell, My Beloved Thief

The Consulting Analyst: An Introduction to The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

The Consulting Analyst – Master Thief vs Lady Looter

The Consulting Analyst – .357 Magnum

The Consulting Analyst – The Lady and the Samurai

The Consulting Analyst – Vissi D’arte, Vissi D’amore

The Consulting Analyst – Blood-Soaked Triangle

The Consulting Analyst – Prison of Love

The Consulting Analyst – Music and Revolution

The Consulting Analyst – Dying Day

The Consulting Analyst – Love Wreathed in Steam

The Consulting Analyst – Ghost Town

The Consulting Analyst – The Feast of Fools

The Consulting Analyst – The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (Part One)

The Consulting Analyst – The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (Part Two)

The Boy Who Went to the Castle: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine and Silenced Queer Narrative

10 Unmissable Green Jacket Episodes

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (20 to 16)

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (5 to 1)

There’s a Lupin for Everyone (Just Like Batman)

Sex is Not a Dirty Word: or, Why The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is a Great Feminist Anime

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (5 to 1)

10 Lupin III Episodes for Beginners: Red Jacket

10 Underrated Performances (Part 2)

LINK: [Roundtable] Trash Characters

[LINK] Beyond Yuri!!! On ICE: The themes and motifs of Sayo Yamamoto

Trash & Treasures – The Castle of Cagliostro

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine Retrospective

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

[Link] The People’s Hero (Some People Not Included): The exclusion of queer viewers in LUPIN THE 3rd PART 5

Trash & Treasures: Lupin III – Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

Made in Abyss

Midseason Anime Check-in (Summer 2017)

[Link] Who’s the Hero, Anyway? Made in Abyss, gendered tropes, and damaging narratives

Summer Anime Wrap-Up

[Link] Feminist Anime Recs of Summer 2017

Mad Max Fury Road

MAKE THIS HAPPEN – Sayo Yamamoto’s Mad Max

Maerchen Maedchen

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Magical Diary

[Link] “Not Like Other Girls” and Other Lies: Magical Diary’s Exploration of Romance Writing


Magical Girl Ore

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Magical Girl Site

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

The Magnificent KOTOBUKI

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Mary & Max

Trash & Treasures: Mary & Max


The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

The Maxx

The Maxx: 90s Feminism Time Capsule


MEGALOBOX

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

[Link] Feminist anime recommendations of Spring 2018

Metal Gear Solid

The Joy of the Guilty Pleasure


Michiko & Hatchin

Michiko & Hatchin and the Prince Charming Myth

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (15 to 11)

MAKE THIS HAPPEN – Sayo Yamamoto’s Mad Max

[LINK] Beyond Yuri!!! On ICE: The themes and motifs of Sayo Yamamoto

Vrai Rewatches Michiko & Hatchin

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


Millennium Actress

Five Forgotten Gems – Lives of Quiet Desperation

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

[LINK] Feminist anime recommendations of Winter 2017

[Link] Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and (Adult) Sexuality

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs


Monstrous Regiment 

See: Discworld


Morph Club

Morph Club – The Best Kind of Nostalgia

Mr TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Ms Vampire who lives in my neighborhood

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Mulan

Vrai Writes Pop Culture Essays: Popularium


Murcielago

Manga Grab Bag: Pride Month Edition

Music Girls

Summer 2018 Premieres (Part 1)

My Boyfriend is a Vampire

Manga Grab Bag: Trash Vampires Edition

My Brother, My Brother, and Me

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition


My First Girlfriend is a Gal

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

My Girlfriend’s a Shobitch

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

My Sister, My Writer

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part II)

The Mystery of the Necronomicon

A History of Herbert West – ReAnimator

My Sweet Audrina

Drunk Book Club: My Sweet Audrina

Naked Lunch

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (5 to 1)

Neo Yokio

[Link] Neo Yokio’s Camp Is Hard to Enjoy Through the Transphobia

Newsies

Trash & Treasures – Newsies

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Trash & Treasures: Hogfather/The Nightmare Before Christmas

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Salute to Wes Craven’s Lesser Known Films


The Night of the Hunter

Five Forgotten Gems: Thrillers

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (10 to 6)


No. 6

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (20 to 16)


OFF

And Now, Games to be Watched

The Value of OFF after Undertale


Oliver & Company

Trash & Treasures: Disney’s Oliver & Company


Our Fair City

Quality Dystopian Propaganda: Our Fair City


Outlast

Dying is Easy, Endings are Hard: Outlast, Silent Hill, and the Pitfalls of Horror


Over the Garden Wall

Over the Garden Wall: The Millennial’s Fairytale


Pan’s Labyrinth

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (10 to 6)


Paradise Kiss

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (10 to 6)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


Paranoia Agent

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (15 to 11)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


ParaNorman

Five Forgotten Gems: Animated Film Edition


The Parapod

Scary Podcast Stories for the Season


Pastel Memories

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Peacock

Five Forgotten Gems: Thrillers

Penny Dreadful

“Those Poor People:” Penny Dreadful’s Secondhand Approach to Marginalization

The People Under the Stairs

Five Forgotten Gems: Thrillers

A Salute to Wes Craven’s Lesser Known Films


Perfect Blue

What Are Good Girls Made Of? Impossible Femininity in Black Swan vs. Perfect Blue


A Perfect Getaway

Five Forgotten Gems: Thrillers


Persepolis

Five Forgotten Gems – Comic Book Adaptations


Persona

See Shin Megami Tensei


Petshop of Horrors

MAKE THIS HAPPEN: Petshop of Horrors

Manga Variety Hour – The Monster Mash

Phantom of the Paradise

Trash & Treasures: Phantom of the Paradise

A Place Further Than the Universe

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)


Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

Vrai Watches Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

The Price of Smiles

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Princess Principal

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Midseason Anime Check-in (Summer 2017)

Summer Anime Wrap-Up

[Link] Feminist Anime Recs of Summer 2017

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

Princess Tutu

An Ode to the Sudden Dance Scene

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (10 to 6)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)

The Promised Neverland

Manga Variety Hour – The Monster Mash

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Cyclical Narrative, Reboots, and Fear of the Unknown, or: Kaworu and Homura are Time Travelling BFFs

It’s More than Kick Ass – Samurai Flamenco and Deconstruction

It’s Not Over ‘Til it’s Over: Audience Expectation and the Trouble With an Ongoing Series

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (20 to 16)


Puppet Master

Trash & Treasures: Toys/Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys


Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

Re-Animator(/Bride of Re-Animator/Beyond Re-Animator)

A History of Herbert West – ReAnimator

Quality Dystopian Propaganda: Our Fair City

Five Forgotten Gems – Horror Comedies

Trash & Treasures: Re-Animator

Drunk Book Club: Re-Animator the Novelization

Trash & Treasures: (Italian) Herbert West Re-Animator

Red Embrace

Red Embrace: Good Vampire Boys on a Budget

Red Eye

A Salute to Wes Craven’s Lesser Known Films


Red vs Blue

Do You Ever Wonder What Time It Is? Modern Media and Storytelling

Change and Thrive: The Evolution of Red vs Blue


Reefer Madness

Singing and Maiming, Together at Last

Trash & Treasures: Reefer Madness the Musical

Requiem of the Rose King

Requiem of the Rose King Nails Transmasculine Dysphoria–at a Cost

The Rescuers Down Under

Trash & Treasures – The Rescuers Down Under


Restaurant to Another World

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Revolutionary Girl Utena(/Adolescence of Utena)

The End of Adolescence, the Beginning of Agency; or, I Know Why She Turns into a Car

An Ode to the Sudden Dance Scene

The Consulting Analyst – An Introduction to Revolutionary Girl Utena

The Consulting Analyst – The Rose Bride

The Consulting Analyst – For Whom the Rose Smiles

The Consulting Analyst – On the Night of the Ball

The Consulting Analyst – The Sunlit Garden – Prelude

The Consulting Analyst – The Sunlit Garden – Finale

The Consulting Analyst – Take Care, Miss Nanami!

The Consulting Analyst – Unfulfilled Jury

The Consulting Analyst – Curried High Trip

The Consulting Analyst – The Castle Said to Hold Eternity

The Consulting Analyst – Nanami’s Precious Thing

The Consulting Analyst – Gracefully Cruel, the One Who Picks that Flower

The Consulting Analyst – For Friendship, Perhaps

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (5 to 1)

The Consulting Analyst – Tracing a Path

The Consulting Analyst – The Boys of the Black Rose

The Consulting Analyst – The Landscape Framed by Kozue

The Consulting Analyst – The Cowbell of Happiness

The Consulting Analyst – The Thorns of Death

The Consulting Analyst – Mitsuru’s Impatience

The Consulting Analyst – A Song for a Kingdom Now Lost

The Consulting Analyst – Wakaba Flourishing

The Consulting Analyst – Vermin

The Consulting Analyst – Nemuro Memorial Hall

The Consulting Analyst – The Terms of a Duelist

The Consulting Analyst – The Secret Nanami Diary

The Consulting Analyst – Their Eternal Apocalypse

The Consulting Analyst – Miki’s Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden: Arranged)

The Consulting Analyst – Nanami’s Egg

The Consulting Analyst – Whispers in the Dark

The Consulting Analyst – Azure Paler Than the Sky

The Consulting Analyst – The Barefoot Girl

The Consulting Analyst – Her Tragedy

The Consulting Analyst – The Romance of the Dancing Girls

The Consulting Analyst – The Prince Who Runs Through the Night

The Consulting Analyst – The Rose Crest

The Consulting Analyst – The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime

The Consulting Analyst – And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night

The Consulting Analyst – The One to Revolutionize the World

The Consulting Analyst – End of the World

The Consulting Analyst – Someday, Together, We’ll Shine

The Consulting Analyst – The Adolescence of Utena

LINK: [Roundtable] Trash Characters

Chatty AF Podcast: Revolutionary Girl Utena

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)


Revue Starlight

[Link] Summer 2018 three-episode check-in

Rick and Morty

Endearing Awful People: Or, How I Accidentally Fell in Love With Rick and Morty

Let’s Talk About the Rick and Morty Leak

The Beginner’s Guide to Rick & Morty


The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Why The Rocky Horror Picture Show Still Has Meaning (But the Remake is a Terrible Idea)

The Rocky Horror Remake is Bafflingly Straight


Rooster Teeth(/Achievement Hunter/The Patch)

And Now, Games to be Watched

Do You Ever Wonder What Time It Is? Modern Media and Storytelling

Change and Thrive: The Evolution of Red vs Blue

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts

Lazer Team: Halfway Between Internet and Movie


Rose Buddies

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition


Rule of Rose

MAKE THIS HAPPEN – Rule of Rose 2.0

The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Sailor Moon(/Sailor Moon Crystal)

I Missed This Show, and You’re Not Helping – a Sailor Moon Essay

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction

Vrai (Re)Watches Sailor Moon (Part 1)

[Link] Flowers for Zoisite: How Sailor Moon’s iconic queer villains raised the bar


Samurai Champloo

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (15 to 11)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


Samurai Flamenco

It’s More than Kick Ass – Samurai Flamenco and Deconstruction

It’s Not Over ‘Til it’s Over: Audience Expectation and the Trouble With an Ongoing Series

They Fought Aliens and Fell in Love: Why Samurai Flamenco is Important

The Parallel Lives of Samurai Flamenco

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (20 to 16)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)


Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine 

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition


School Days

All Twilight Needed was a Bloodbath

The Joy of the Guilty Pleasure

Trash & Treasures: School Days


Seraph of the End(/Owari no Seraph)

Seraph of the End – The Fine Line Between Trash and Garbage

Seven Mortal Sins

[LINK] [Review] Seven Mortal Sins – episode 1


Sex Nerd Sandra

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


Sherlock

How to Be an English Major: Revisiting Frozen, Meaning, and the Death of the Author


Shin Megami Tensei (Persona 3/Persona 4/Persona 5)

And Now, Games to be Watched

Queerness is Not a Gimmick: A Look at Persona 4’s Failed Representation, and How Persona 5 Can Fix it

Can We Cool it With the “Woman Disguised as a Man” Twist Already?

Why the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope Needs to Die

Do This, Not That: Trans-Coded Characters (The Vision of Escaflowne vs Persona 4)

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

[LINK] Feminist anime recommendations of Winter 2017

[Link] Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Retrospective

Fall 2017 and Year-End Anime Recs

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)


The Silence of the Lambs

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (15 to 11)


Silent Hill

Dying is Easy, Endings are Hard: Outlast, Silent Hill, and the Pitfalls of Horror

The Joy of the Guilty Pleasure

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill 2

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill 3

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill’s UFO Trilogy

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill 4

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill (2006)

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill 0rigins

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill Homecoming

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill Revelation

The Consulting Analyst – Silent Hill Downpour

Examining (and Destabilizing) Gender in Silent Hill 2


The Simpsons

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People

Single White Female

Trash & Treasures: Single White Female

A Sister’s All You Need

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

Slow Start

Winter Premiere Review Round-Up

Smodcast

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts

Watching a Film from Birth to Death: The Grand Experiment of Tusk


Sound! Euphonium

Who I Was, Who I’ll Become: Sound! Euphonium’s Two Love Affairs


Spines

Queer Horror Podcast SPINES is a Promising Debut for New Studio

Spirited Away

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (10 to 6)


Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley – Eldritch Lore? In MY Farming Sim?


Starship

Singing and Maiming, Together at Last


Star Trek

The Simple Feeling and Beyond – Kirk and Spock’s Place in Queer History

Why JJ Abrams’ Star Wars Succeeds Where His Star Trek Failed


Star Wars

Why JJ Abrams’ Star Wars Succeeds Where His Star Trek Failed


Static Shock

Five Forgotten Gems – Animated Heroes


Steven Universe

I Believe in Steven (and So Can You)

Do This, Not That: The Protagonists of Tomorrow

Gems 101: An Introduction to Steven Universe

It’s Okay to Have Flaws (Except for You): Steven Universe and Fandom

The Summer of Steven

The Summer of Steven Continues

One More Week of Steven

[LINK] Steven Universe: Gem Harvest Revisited


Still Buffering

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition

Still Buffering Delivers Great Cross-Generational Sisterly Bonding

Strange Days

Trash & Treasures – Strange Days

Strangers with Candy

Five Forgotten Gems of (Fairly) Famous People

Strawberry Panic

Manga Grab Bag: Yuri Edition

Superman

And Now, Games to be Watched


The Sweatbox

Trash & Treasures: The Sweatbox

The Thief and the Cobbler

Five Forgotten Gems: Animated Film Edition

Trash & Treasures: The Thief and the Cobbler


The Thing

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (15 to 11)


This Film is Not Yet Rated

Trash & Treasures: This Film is Not Yet Rated

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Five Forgotten Gems of (Fairly) Famous People

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts


The Tick

Five Forgotten Gems – Animated Heroes


Tiger & Bunny

How to Be an English Major: Revisiting Frozen, Meaning, and the Death of the Author

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (5 to 1)

10 Underrated Performances (Part 1)

The Consulting Analyst – An Introduction to Tiger & Bunny

Tiger & Bunny: All’s Well That Ends Well (The Consulting Analyst)

Tiger & Bunny: A Good Beginning Makes a Good Ending (The Consulting Analyst)

Tiger & Bunny: Many a True Word is Spoken in Jest (The Consulting Analyst)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 2)

Tiger & Bunny: Fear is Often Greater Than the Danger (The Consulting Analyst)


Tokyo Godfathers

My Favorite Christmas Movie is From Japan

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (5 to 1)


To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar

Why the “Closeted Homophobe” Trope Needs to Die

Toys

Trash & Treasures: Toys/Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys

Trends Like These

Podcast Recs: McElroy Family Edition

Troll 2

Trash & Treasures: Best Worst Movie

TsukiPro the Animation

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

Tusk

Watching a Film from Birth to Death: The Grand Experiment of Tusk

Trash & Treasures: Tusk


Twilight

All Twilight Needed was a Bloodbath

You Did it for Love (of Money): Or, Why E.L. James is a Disgrace to Fandom Culture

TWOCAR

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews (Part II)

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Spring 2018 Anime Premieres (Part 1)

Undertale

The Value of OFF after Undertale

[Link] Why I’ve Been Playing Undertale After the Election


United States of Tara

Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads

Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery

[Link] Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery Balances Ghosts and Human Horrors

URAHARA

Fall 2017 Anime Premiere Reviews

[Link] Fall 2017 three-episode check-in

Urotsukidoji

See Legend of the Overfiend


UZAMAID

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

The Vampire Chronicles 

The Joy of the Guilty Pleasure

The Consulting Analyst – An Introduction to The Vampire Chronicles

The Consulting Analyst – Interview with the Vampire (Part 1)

The Consulting Analyst – Interview with the Vampire (Part 2)

The Consulting Analyst – Interview with the Vampire (Part 3)

The Consulting Analyst – Interview With the Vampire (Part 4)

The Consulting Analyst – Interview With the Vampire (Part 5)

The Consulting Analyst – Interview With the Vampire (Part 6)

Trash & Treasures: The Pilot

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 1)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 2)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 3)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 4)

Drunk Book Club: Prince Lestat

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 5)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 6)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 7)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 8)

Vrai Writes Essays: Dear Lestat

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 9)

Trash & Treasures: Interview with the Vampire

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 10)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 11)

The Consulting Analyst – The Vampire Lestat (Part 12)

Drunk Book Club: Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

Five Questions for the Vampire Chronicles TV Series

Drunk Book Club: Blood Communion

Vampire Princess Miyu

Vampire Princess Miyu: We Need More Shoujo Horror

Vatican Miracle Examiner

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Summer Anime Wrap-Up

Velvet Goldmine

Trash & Treasures – Velvet Goldmine

The Vision of Escaflowne

Vrai (Re)Watches Escaflowne – Part 1

Vrai (Re)Watches Escaflowne (Part 2)

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)

Do This, Not That: Trans-Coded Characters (The Vision of Escaflowne vs Persona 4)

Vrai (Re)Watches Escaflowne (Part 4)

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Can We Cool it With the “Woman Disguised as a Man” Twist Already?

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Trash & Treasures – Waking Sleeping Beauty

Wandering Son

Wandering Son Retrospective

Wander Over Yonder

Wander Over Yonder is a Gift to Your Inner 90s Kid

Critiquing Serialized Fiction: or, the Lord Dominator Problem

How Wander Over Yonder Fell Through the Cracks (and Why I’ll Miss it)


WATATEN An Angel Flew Down to Me

Winter 2019 Premiere Reviews

Watchmen

10 Underrated Performances (Part 1)


Watership Down

Trash & Treasures: Watership Down


Welcome to Night Vale

A Smiling, Bloody God and a Missing Voice: the State of Night Vale

The Terrifying Humanity of Cecil Palmer: Night Vale, Mob Mentality, and Fandom

A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasts

Trauma and Sunshine: Re-Evaluating Night Vale’s Kevin

Scary Podcast Stories for the Season


Welcome to the Ballroom

Summer 2017 Anime Premiere Masterpost

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

A Salute to Wes Craven’s Lesser Known Films


Wham Bam Pow with Cameron Esposito

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People


What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Manga Grab Bag: Pride Month Edition

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (10 to 6)

Trash & Treasures – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?


Whatever This Is

Five Forgotten Gems of (Fairly) Famous People


Whispering Corridors 

Five Forgotten Gems – Lives of Quiet Desperation


Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Movies (15 to 11)


The Wicker Man

Trash & Treasures: The Wicker Man (1973)

[Link] The Wicker Man was Almost Lost to History

The Wind Rises

Art, History, a Swan Song for a Genius: Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises


The Witch

The Witch – Horror as Anthropology


Wolf’s Rain

Vrai’s Favorite Things: Anime (10 to 6)


Yamada’s First Time (B Gata H Kei)

Vrai Watches Yamada’s First Time

Year of Steam

More Podcasts for the Uninitiated; or Free Things Made by Talented People


You Must Remember This

Scary Podcast Stories for the Season


Yuri!!! On ICE

[LINK] Beyond Yuri!!! On ICE: The themes and motifs of Sayo Yamamoto

[Link] Age-gap relationships in fiction

Vrai’s Top 20 Anime REDUX (Part 1)

ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

Fall 2018 Premiere Reviews (Part 1)

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