It Follows: Fueling Horror Through (Women's) Sexual DevianceOn a whim I decided that this summer would be the summer of bingeing horror films. I've got a gorgeous blanket to knit and god knows I'll...
GIF It Good: Unpacking the Tumblr GIF (Part One!)Recently I had a paper published on Harry Potter GIF-sets, examining some of the work that GIFs----particularly tumblr GIFs----do to...
A Poor Use of Paratexts: How Much Are You Judging Your Book By Its Cover?Did anyone else go through phases as a kid where there was such a thing as too much popularity? Where somehow instead of wanting to fit...
Ready Player One: A Tribute to So Much That's Bad About FandomHoly gatekeeping, Batman! I'm not the first person to rant about Ready Player One and I certainly won't be the last. Since the book's...
A Wrinkle in Time is 2018's Jupiter Ascending (and I Mean That in the Best Way Possible)Yesterday I attended a 4:30 showing of A Wrinkle in Time----a Monday afternoon, at a local theater servicing primarily college kids, all...
Black Excellence: Anything You Can Do Black Panther Does BetterWe all knew it was coming. Months of hype paid off as Black Panther smashed records this holiday weekend and quickly established itself...