Books and Literature, media, Media Literacy and Analysis, Social Deconstruction

I Don’t Need to Tell You Censorship Laws are Bad, but Do You Realize How Bad They Really Are?

There was this trend of conversation on BookTok for a bit, but outside that I still occasionally see conversations about wanting a book rating system similar to the MPAA or ESRB. I've said in a TikTok before, and I'll say again, "no you don't." Especially not in the current climate when so many books are… Continue reading I Don’t Need to Tell You Censorship Laws are Bad, but Do You Realize How Bad They Really Are?

Books and Literature, comics, Media Literacy and Analysis

Media is More Fun When You Don’t Waste Time Hating It

It’s a very weird time to be a Venom fan with the current All-New Venom run. I’m genuinely enjoying it, curious to see where it goes, and think there’s some very clever use of language. Two of my favorite symbiotes, Toxin and Sleeper, got some panel time, and there’s clearly something happening there with SCAR.… Continue reading Media is More Fun When You Don’t Waste Time Hating It

fandom, Media Literacy and Analysis, Social Deconstruction

You Really Need to Move on from Harry Potter, I’m So Serious

Last week, J.K. Rowling revealed her ass, yet again, around a UK supreme court ruling. This ruling being that, when referencing the Equality Act, “women” specifically means “biological women.” Effectively, legally stripping trans-women then status of “woman” in regards to the application of the protections of this act. And I’m seeing people not quite understand… Continue reading You Really Need to Move on from Harry Potter, I’m So Serious

comics, fandom, Media Literacy and Analysis

The Failed Villain to Hero Pipeline as a Pop Culture Thermometer

The Punisher, Frank Castle, began as a Spider-Man antagonist. I don’t think this is secret knowledge. If anything, it’s one of the key issues of Amazing Spider-Man. The kind that people slab and grade. The kind of issue whose cover gets homages in other comic runs twenty years down the line. This is not unknown… Continue reading The Failed Villain to Hero Pipeline as a Pop Culture Thermometer