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Television & FilmSeptember 22, 2020December 8, 2020

Emmys 2020 Review: Trash or Treasure?

“I’m so sorry I made this political, but I had to.” — Daniel Levy The Emmys was a show that didn’t know what it wanted to be. Part pseudo-activism, part pandemic commentary, and yes, at times part award show. These ingredients made for a messy three hours that volleyed between hit-or-miss comedic bits and serious…

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UncategorizedSeptember 18, 2020

Flowers in the Garden: Venus (September 18, 2020)

Welcome back to the garden, lovebuds. In the last month, encompassing the magic of my birth season — Virgo season — I have been consuming so much beauty. There has been a fair share of despair these last 4 weeks, and we’ll talk about ways to miitgate or commiserate with these difficult events. But all…

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Feminism & Social Justice Personal & LifestyleSeptember 16, 2020

Some Notes on Wanting

Seclusion illuminates much when it is foisted upon you. Some of us are, for the first time in our adult lives, having to contend with loneliness that quite literally cannot be touched by others. We cannot live our lives in the ways we’d so become accustomed: grabbing a coffee, enjoying lunch at your favorite spot…

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Fandom & Nerd Culture Personal & Lifestyle Television & FilmSeptember 1, 2020May 20, 2021

When Icons Become Ancestors: A Requiem

Writers are always supposed to have the words. From screenwriters to authors to historians, society entrusts writers to find vocabulary for the elusive. We as writers seek to breathe life into the inanimate, make tangible the intangible. And yet as we endure trauma after trauma this year, I like many writers find myself at a…

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Feminism & Social Justice JournalismAugust 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Objectivity Is a Lie

Objectivity doesn’t mean what you think it means. Let’s use the dictionary definition of the word as our starting point. If a person or opinion is objective, it is “not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.” As a former journalism student, I know the term all too well. For the…

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UncategorizedAugust 21, 2020August 21, 2020

Flowers in the Garden: Sowing Seeds (August 21, 2020)

Welcome to Flowers in the Garden, your monthly stroll through the greenhouse of our culture. In this column, I will share some of the art, journalism, stories, and humor that have sown seeds in my brain over the last moon cycle, more or less. Consider it a digital altar of the important news and nuanced…

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Feminism & Social Justice Music Television & FilmAugust 7, 2020October 31, 2020

Noname, ‘Black Is King’, and the Duality of Righteousness

To close out America’s so-called birthday month, megastar Beyonce debuted a new visual album entitled Black is King exclusively on Disney+ on July 31. The album is a supplement to the beloved children’s movie The Lion King, as a re-imagining of the animated/live-action film in human form, complete with song and dance. As with nearly…

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UncategorizedJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020

She Got a Makeover…(the blog not me lol)

Welcome The Wordy Wench 2.0! I’m so happy you’re here. I’ve redesigned this blog to hopefully be more user-friendly for my readers, but mostly to make it cute. I don’t know yet where this blog will take me, but my hope is that it helps me make a sustainable living as a writer. To help…

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Fandom & Nerd CultureJuly 30, 2020January 15, 2021

The Violence Is The Point: ‘The Last of Us Part II’ Review (Spoilers)

I felt many emotions after finishing The Last of Us Part II a couple of weeks ago. Chief among them, accomplishment, for having beat the game before my husband 😈 But less petty than that: disgust, despair, dissonance. TLOU2 was overall a gruesomely violent game that, at various points, became too heart-wrenching to continue. I…

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Television & FilmJuly 15, 2020October 8, 2020

On HBO Max’s ‘Legendary’, There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Confident

In a near-dystopic America, many people are learning about the things they were never taught. Systemic racism, violent histories, cultures and perspectives previously ignored. It is in this climate of discovery that the show Legendary premiered on HBO Max. A competition reality show for a grand prize of $100,000, eight ballroom “houses” compete in dance…

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