Like many of you, my partner and I enjoy watching movies. Every now and then (especially for movies we've seen several times before), we play a drinking game. Normally, we just look up rules online, but sometimes we find them lackluster. Last weekend, we drew inspiration from the Internet, tweaked a few rules, and made … Continue reading Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (The Drinking Game)
Publication: Star Wars Essay!
My first essay about Star Wars has been formally published and I am SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!! My essay, "Mara Jade, Frontier Woman: Agency in Star Wars and Influencing the Transmedia Franchise", was included in an awesome collection called Women's Space: Essays on Female Characters in the 21st Century Science Fiction Western that just came … Continue reading Publication: Star Wars Essay!
Review: V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (by Alan Moore & David Lloyd) = 4/5 V for Vendetta is a graphic novel set in a bleak near-future (to late 1980s) totalitarian British society that features extensive propaganda, ubiquitous surveillance, pervasive public corruption, no art or "culture", no non-whites or LGBTQ+ people, and concentration camps. It is not a happy … Continue reading Review: V for Vendetta
Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi (Episode VIII)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi : 4.5/5 Since I saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi four times in the first week it came out (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday), I figure I should probably review it. I will try to keep this review spoiler-free and am trying to focus on just my impressions of the film … Continue reading Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi (Episode VIII)