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Stranger Things Season Four Vol. Two: The Will Byers Conundrum
By David T. Valentin Before Reading, BE Warned: this article contains spoilers for Season 4 Vol. 2 of Stranger Things. For the past four...


Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson Or Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
By Lori Perkins So my posse of post-menopausal women have all been watching this Hulu-exclusive film starring Dame Emma Thompson and...


Everything Everywhere All at Once is a Love Story
By Lori Perkins Everything Everywhere All at Once is a lot to handle – it’s a paranormal multiverse alternate universe Asian American...


Art: A Recipe of Inspiration, Work and Hope
By David T. Valentin Not many people can say they’ve had the opportunity to see five Broadway shows in the course of three weeks, let...


Stop Thirsting for President Zelenskyy
By Lori Perkins According to a recent article in Jezebel, this a mostly American phenomenon, where as international figures grab the...


It’s Time We Have an Honest Talk About Kanye’s Behavior
By David T. Valentin Kanye West has made the headlines these past few days after erratic, jealous behavior towards ex-wife Kim Kardashian...


Where Are The Memorials to Those Fallen to The Pandemic?
By David T. Valentin The year is 2001, the date September 9th and the Twin Towers in New York City just fell due to a terrorist attack. I...


Lord of the Ring “Wokeness” Critique on Twitter
By David T. Valentin Yesterday there was some Twitter discourse running rampant about Lord of the Rings and how the books and movies...


My Epiphany of January 6th
By Lori Perkins It’s January 6th. I have dreaded this anniversary. This time last year my son and I were looking up the recipe to make a...


Increasingly Hostile Environments in Fandoms
By David T. Valentin After eight weeks, nine episodes, and countless amounts of fan theories flooding the internet and having its grip on...


Remembering Betty White During a Pandemic
By David T. Valentin Like everyone else on December 31st, I woke up to the news of Betty White’s death at 99 years old. It felt like a...


Celebrating New Year’s Eve Around the World
By Lori Perkins Ok, so I am staying in with my son and we are drinking champagne and eating Monte Christos sandwiches fried in duck fat...


What Do Writers Do?
By David T. Valentin “So, what are you going to do with a liberal arts degree?” one might ask a wide-eyed and naïve student going into...


What Does Black Friday Mean in 2021?
By Lori Perkins I have never been a big one for running to the mall the day after I’ve prepared the family feast to save money on gifts,...


How COVID and Cancer Taught Me to Be Truly Thankful
By Lori Perkins I hope you don’t read this headline to mean that before this I was a thankless person, or that I never really understood...
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