James Thompson·Oct 25Chick FlicksAs a thoroughly married man without enough patience left in the tank to chat up ladies and be charming and invest whole chunks of time…
InActivated ThinkerbyJ. Codia·Oct 22Is Humanity Ready To Go Beyond The Limits Of Our Knowledge?A Millennial’s Take On The Millennium ProblemsA response icon1A response icon1
Lyricsouthard·Sep 25The Lasting Impact Of Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinMary Shelley’s monster has been misunderstood for nearly 200 years.
Ariel Marie Simmons·Sep 3Why Are Women Portrayed as Damsels in Distress in Hollywood Movies?There’s a scene that plays out in movie after movie: the villain grabs the woman, the hero’s face hardens, and suddenly he has a reason to…
Shinynishat·Aug 24Ranking Book Tropes To Pass My Time (And Yours Too, I Hope!)May it be an Adventure/Fantasy novel or a Fantasy/Thriller one, every book has one trope or the other. Don’t think of them as lazy…
InWrite A CatalystbyBeverly Garside·Jul 19The Resentful SpouseThe trope that refuses to dieA response icon1A response icon1
Maybe I'm that person·Jul 12The “Miscommunication” TropeI hate the miscommunication trope in slow-burn romance.
Hondo·Jul 7The Function They Serve in the Narrative Machinery & The Subtle Conditioning in Film/TelevisionFilm and television are not neutral cultural artifacts. They are training grounds for how audiences learn to interpret desire, intimacy…
InWriters AlleybyAmy Telford·Jun 172 Animated Films that Changed what it means to be a Disney PrincessWhen I first watched the Disney movie Brave, I was taken aback by the strength of the female protagonist, Princess Merida. I could not…
