Go Crows! The Internet’s Only Smallville Podcast – Season 1, Episodes 18-21
Starting a new year by finally reaching the end of a season.
Go Crows! The Internet’s Only Smallville Podcast – Season 1, Episodes 11-13
I was trying so hard to meet these episodes halfway I think I sprained something. They were still bad.
Go Crows! The Internet’s Only Smallville Podcast – Season 1, Eps 2-4
Oops it’s not just an April Fool’s joke anymore. I couldn’t stay away from a show that’s such a direct forerunner of basically everything that defines teen genre soaps today.
Five Questions for the Vampire Chronicles TV Series
The saga of the Vampire Chronicles’ tv series has had almost as many installments as the series it’s based on. The movie rights were with Universal Studios, tentatively (as of 2014) to be adapted by Josh Boone. Then that fell through for unknown reasons (Anne Rice’s Facebook page […]
Do This, Not That: Writing Women With Agency (Legally Blonde the Musical vs. Hannibal)
The question of “How Do I Feminism?” is something the media has grappled with for years. Too often the answer falls into the Strong Female Character, who can punch things really good and is an absolute asshole to everyone until the male Chosen One comes along to surpass […]
Why Hannigram is Not 50 Shades of Grey
This week’s Hannibal has topped off a truly stellar season of arthouse cinematography and their usual fine tradition of lovingly shot “S&P was drinking and crying the day this passed through” gore effects with a revelation that surprised nobody but Will Graham: that fancy cannibal Hannibal Lector is […]
A Word on Jon Stewart, and A Personal Era Ending
[No, this is not a get-out-of-recap post, but it is a “Vrai is emotionally exhausted from watching the last Daily Show episode, and they thought you might want some content while they recover enough to power through the recap for tomorrow” post. Thank, and it only seems fitting […]
The Simple Feeling and Beyond – Kirk and Spock’s Place in Queer History
The modern understanding of queerness and fandom, in all its myriad forms and complexities, owes the lion’s share of thanks to James T. Kirk and Spock. They were the genesis of the phrase “slash fiction” (that’s romantic fanfic between same gendered characters, for those of you who are […]
Five Forgotten Gems – Brilliant Lady Leads
Despite the fact that “post-apocalyptic feminist action flick” might as well have been shaped and addressed to my heart with a fetching bow on top, I did not get a chance to see Mad Max: Fury Road this past weekend. But in the spirit of the thing, I […]
Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories 