Why are names like Peter, Jessica, and Bobby being passed over for the likes of Taylin, Kolbie, and Rashzel?
The Game of Names
Tag: TV
A note on history: Music videos through time
The music video has evolved as an interplay between the audial and visual.
Suicide isn’t beautiful
Often, there is no “reason,” or at least, not one that is universally understandable.
Stop shaming people for having “problematic faves”
It’s important to remember that our favourites are human, and they will make mistakes and do or say bad things.
Riding in cars with boy jeans
Currently, Sophia Amoruso’s net worth is approximately $280 million. That’s not bad for someone who used to steal her clothes out of dumpsters.
The optimism of ‘Star Trek’
One of the most famous examples of its commitment to portraying a truly post-racial society was having Kirk and Uhara kiss, the first-ever interracial kiss on camera.
‘Death Note’: Dead before it hits the screen?
The Americanizing approach seems even more problematic and bizarre with a story as culturally specific as Death Note.
Canada’s history explained in record time
‘Canada: The Story of Us’ shows the history of Canada at a fast pace and with a lot of action.
Giant man-eating monsters are back
The most compelling thing about this series is the world. Bleak and desolate, the grim desperation of humanity clinging to survival in its last few cities is ominously believable.
What happened to honest, moral shows?
Everything is morally ambiguous to the point that even protagonists are not really heroes, but anti-heroes.