Pretty Little Transgenders
[SPOILERS AHEAD!] Back when Basic Instinct premiered in 1992, it was met with massive outcry by many in the GLBT …
Category Archives: Journal
Why Your Hipster T-Shirt Doesn’t Make You a Feminist
Mark Ruffalo’s delightful response to the “I Am Not a Feminist” phenomenon, in which he castigates the current trend of women (and maybe …
Marilyn Monroe: Artist and Auteur
In honor of Marilyn’s birthday (and she is always Marilyn to us, never Miss Monroe), an essay from my archives: …
All Fury, No Soul: Why Mad Max Left Me Empty and Disappointed
Despite its glowing reviews, both by my friends and esteemed critics, Mad Max: Fury Road left me mystified and empty. What did …
Why Hillary’s Logo Really IS as Bad as Everyone is Saying
Hillary Clinton unveiled not only her presidential bid on Sunday but also her new campaign logo — and general consensus, …
Baudrillard, Fake Boobs, and the Blinding White of a New Set of Veneers
Hyperreality is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically …
The Dangerous Lesson of Whiplash — And Why I Hated It
My feelings about Whiplash are complex, but one feeling isn’t. I hated it. I hated it with a passion. If …
AIDS Awareness Day
In honor of AIDS Awareness Day, I’m just going to post some facts and figures. One of the things that …
I Choose Olivia
One of my favorite things about the TV show Scandal is when it has its soapbox moments, when the show …
Nikki Sudden, The Coolest Man in the Room
[I was recently asked to write a short essay about Nikki Sudden for a book about him. So even though …
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