Reinforcing the Patriarchy: Things I wanted to address- The Myth of Ares, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus, the modern day incident involving Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanz, and my personal anecdotes Disclaimers: I’m an American who learned about Greek Mythology in 3rd grade, and while I’m not particularly religious I’m a lover of stories, and I’m… Continue reading Reinforcing the Patriarchy
Is Harleen Quinzel overrated? Honestly, I don’t know. Nor do I really care. Plenty of people love characters that others find overdone, and that shouldn’t have any bearing on whether or not they are liked on a personal level. You could equally say that Loki or Deadpool are overrated, and while I do believe race… Continue reading Why Harley Quinn?
If you know me, you know I love fairytales and that I am fascinated by the variety of ways people interpret them in different cultures. Arguably no fairytale is more popular and retold than Cinderella. Why the Ever After version and the Brandy version are my favorite film adaptions is honestly another essay in of… Continue reading This Again
Before I start babbling I want to get two things out of the way. One- I have a job now!!!! That was part of the hold up for me getting a new website set up because you do need money for that 😑 When I get that situated I’ll probably post a shinier review that contains… Continue reading Black Panther
So as I mentioned in one of my previous posts about characters (male and female) that I want to see more of in media Non-binary and Genderqueer people often get lumped together with women. This is often done for convenience and because many of the struggles they face as a community mirror that of women as… Continue reading NB/Genderqueer Characters I Want to See
Hi! Before I start here’s my quick news update. I have secured the domain name (no actual website just yet) costumedfiend.com. It’ll match with my Instagram name and I love costumes and can be fiendish on occasion so it suits me. In the meantime, while it’s true that there are a lot of men and male… Continue reading Men in Fiction
It occurred to me that I’ve written about the Strong Female Character conundrum and about the importance of representation, however, I haven’t brought up the kind of female characters I want to see in the future. As I’ve mentioned before it’s, of course, easier than ever to find more niche characters and unique heroine’s however if… Continue reading What I Want to See
It struck me yesterday how often our privileges and comforts affect the way we view fictional characters. In young adult novels in particular, or rather any medium in which the main characters are teenagers many people would argue that they are at times written to maturely. I saw a statement recently to that effect and in all… Continue reading Aren’t You A Little Young To…
When I talked about Spider-man: Homecoming, I’d already mentioned that when it comes to superhero movies I’m not without huge bias. Therefore these aren’t really reviews so much as they are pure opinion pieces. This is a disclaimer just in case because this will contain some spoiler-ish information for the film Thor: Ragnarok which I… Continue reading RAGNAROK!!!
This past weekend I went to see Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. It’s a film loosely based on the creator of the titular comic book hero and the relationships between him and the women who inspired her. Whether or not you find it accurate of course depends on what you’ve heard/who you’ve read, as… Continue reading Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
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