Essays

When the odds are in your favour

A character study on Lip Gallagher

Oct 5 •

What Lies Beneath

contemplating the southern gothic

Aug 19 •

Murder Me: The many deaths of Dolores 'Lolita' Haze

How mass and popular culture kills Nabokov's "Lolita" over and over again. And can Lolita be responsibly adapted?

Jul 6 •

Revenge is not rational

What The Last of Us 2 fans don't seem to understand about the game

May 26 •

The Dead Internet Theory

a jaded generation living in a virtual ghost town

May 19 •

Garage and its problem with soft-core porn

What is this store selling?

May 11 •

Maybe it's time to give men a break

The infamous misandry vs misogyny debate and taking accountability for our own suffering.

Apr 27 •

Netflix's Adolescence misses the mark on the impact of incel culture

Apr 15 •

there will be no revolution

observations from the UNHC shooting

Jan 4

"i wanna join the 4b movement but i still wanna date men"

this incessant whining is getting out of control

Nov 12, 2024

the glamour of prostitution

as depicted in lana del rey's "art deco" and "go go dancer"

Nov 11, 2024

hiphop and its obsession with bitches

i find the particular nature of misogyny in hiphop fascinating, concerning no doubt, but fascinating.

Nov 9, 2024

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