This post is a long time coming, and is honestly something I should've written years ago. I don't really have an excuse as to why I haven't written it, except - if I'm being really honest with myself - I think it's because a large part of me still feels that my relationship with this... Continue Reading →
Supernatural: An Academic Fangirl’s Grief
It has been more than a week since The Announcement by Jensen, Jared, and Misha, letting us know that season 15 of Supernatural would be its last. It's been more than a week of me telling myself I needed to write about it. And it's been more than a week of me just not being... Continue Reading →
The Battle for Genuineness
Lately I have been pondering the concept of genuineness. I have no doubt that this is due to my recent increased involvement in the Supernatural fandom, and having the blessing that is Misha Collins - the epitome of how being genuine can lead to the very peak of living your best, silliest, quirkiest, sexiest life... Continue Reading →
Supernatural: The Rewatch
The first time I watched Supernatural, it was 2012 and I had just had my first baby. We were fresh home from the hospital, and all of us were sleeping on the couch because I couldn't walk up the stairs to the bedroom, and so we watched a lot of TV while we took turns... Continue Reading →
Processing Celebrity Deaths: 2016 Edition
Has there ever been a year worse for pop culture than 2016? Not in my lifetime. It feels like in many ways, as geeks and nerds, we are just starting to really hit our stride and come into our own in our communities. We’re not fringe anymore, we’re mainstream. We found each other, we gained... Continue Reading →
Processing Fictional Trauma: TWD s7 Premiere Edition
Where does one even begin to try to process what just occurred on our television sets? As a writer, how do I even begin an article such as this? To be honest, folks, I have no idea. So I guess I'll just start there. What happened on our televisions last night was horrible. Awful. Traumatizing,... Continue Reading →
Processing Fictional Trauma: Stranger Things Edition
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST SEASON OF STRANGER THINGS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! This summer, Netflix took us by storm with the new series that terrified us and gave us all the nostalgic feels… Stranger Things. This show had it all…. suspense, horror, romance, science, Christmas lights, D&D, waffles… all framed around us... Continue Reading →
Processing Fictional Trauma: Schism (S4 Finale) Edition
It’s hard to believe that the time has come to write an article on the season finale. It seems like just yesterday I was banding together with my new Arrow friends on Twitter in preparation for the season premiere to see what Olicity and the rest of our superheroes had been up to over the... Continue Reading →
Processing Fictional Trauma: Lost in the Flood Edition
ARROW SPOILERS THROUGH EPISODE 4x22: LOST IN THE FLOOD This week's penultimate episode of Arrow had it all: fight scenes, explosions, decades old arguments, hacker on hacker violence, no less than *counts on fingers* five villains, an Olicity embrace… and a revolving beer. It was nonstop, break neck, edge of the seat drama. And yet,... Continue Reading →