COLUMN: President Trump’s Saturday rally disrespects tradition
It is a stunningly ignorant stance that Trump cannot even stand to be in the same room as those he knows will criticize him.
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COLUMN: 13 Reasons Why relies on female suffering for storytelling
In a previous column, I gave credit to Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why for doing what high school television shows rarely do: explore the consequences of the characters’ cruelty and apathy toward each other and themselves. Instead of portraying action, 13 Reasons Why focuses on reaction — the characters’ responses toward Hannah’s suicide and the incoming […]
COLUMN: Arkansas raises death penalty debate
Put in Arkansas’ new terms, it is impossible to ignore the absolute disregard for human life the death penalty poses.
COLUMN: Girls is not the same show it used to be
I will admit: I used to be a fan of Girls. In its early days, the series was honest, messy and relentless, unlike any show about women I had seen or have yet to see. Despite the show’s many flaws, I continue to point to it as the first series I’ve watched that reflects young womanhood […]
COLUMN: 13 Reasons Why lacks emotional captivation
I first encountered Thirteen Reasons Why in middle school, reading Jay Asher’s novel alone in my bed as the entire house sat quiet around me. At 13 and 14 years old, I always found myself reading when the night is the most frightening: the rest of my family asleep, left alone with nothing but my thoughts. […]
COLUMN: Ghost in the Shell’s flop is ironic
For too long has goodness and good art been associated with white men and women, and for too long has Hollywood’s producing practices been based on this unfounded mythology.
COLUMN: HBO’s Big Little Lies transcends housewife stereotypes
Big Little Lies throws its characters and audience past convention or any boundary that is used to define television.
COLUMN: Journalism must not play into stereotypes
On Sunday morning, I woke up to the startling and tragic news of another mass shooting — this one having taken place at the popular Cameo Night Club in my hometown of Cincinnati. Though I have never been to this club, the news conjured up uncanny feelings of seeing my Ohio city dashed across national […]
COLUMN: Disney’s Mulan without the music misses the point
It was more than just the fangirl in me that was shocked when I heard news that there would, indeed, be no songs in the upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s Mulan. After reading the director’s statement of the vision for the film as “a big, girly martial arts epic,” I couldn’t help it. The first […]
COLUMN: Why did Sean Spicer’s xenophobia go ignored on social media?
Spicer does not deserve my respect because he is a racist. He’s a racist who knows the drastic consequences of his own words, and still he spouts them anyway.