Television

Controversy ensues after “DWTS” Week 6

I was truly at an impasse and distraught: I didn’t want anyone to go home. But someone must.  Read More

No tens at week 5-“DWTS” returns

Long time no see, but I am back with a new round-up of “Dancing With the Stars!” Read More

“Heartstopper” Season 3 is an ode to queerness and mental health

The hit queer coming-of-age show “Heartstopper” returns with its junior season — and this time it tackles heftier topics than before. Read More

Dancing with the Stars? More like dancing with scam artists

Over 11 weeks, contestants work with professional ballroom dancers to learn routines of different styles, competing for the Mirrorball Trophy. And each week, someone is sent home. Read More

Obsession: a retrospective on the love story of Simon Petrikov and Betty Grof

The love story of Simon and Betty is not one of pure love and affection. It is instead a love story of uneven sacrifice, obsession, and loss. Read More

‘First Kill’ deserved a second season

“First Kill” wasn’t canceled because it was bad. It was canceled because it was fun. Read More

Goodbye Callie Adams Foster

I understood Callie and seeing even the tiniest piece of me in her story, I couldn’t help but keep watching her until the end of “The Fosters,” and then onto “Good Trouble,” because I wasn’t ready to let go. Hers and mine are not the same story but I know it represents a lot of teenagers who are facing a brokenness they already feel is so inescapable in their young lives.  Read More

‘Zhen Huan Zhuan’ is worth going the extra mile

“Zhen Huan Zhuan” is a 2011 Chinese television series based on the novel of the same name by Liu Lianzi. If you’ve ever seen any telenovela or would like to watch something with the same vibe, “Zhen Huan Zhuan” is the answer for you. Read More

Derry Girls reminds us to continue living, amidst an insane world

It highlights the idea that while history is being made, mundane things are happening. In history books, these moments could be described as earth-shattering and groundbreaking, but in reality, life keeps on being lived as it was. Read More

The Good, The Bad, and the Meta

More than anything else, I believe that people in the middle of a 2-year-long (and counting) pandemic are simply desperate to feel a physical human connection again. Read More
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