This post contains spoilers for the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. I guess so, but why? The following rambling is my attempt to uncover the meaning behind the most predictable pairing in the Star Wars canon. These are also my final thoughts on the last four years of my life that were intertwined with … More Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
What do we learn from the heroine trend in movies in the 2010s? I am listening to FKA twigs’ album “Magdalene” right now in the midst of working on my master’s thesis on Twilight. Having watched the first three Twilight films again as a way of doing research and combing the films and books for lines about parenthood … More The Heroine Within
We all know how life-changing Frozen II is, but have you heard the demo recorded by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Patti Murin called “I Seek the Truth”? It is a song included on the Deluxe Edition of the Frozen II soundtrack. Here it is on Disney’s YouTube channel if you are ready to have your life … More I Seek the Truth: Frozen II and Some Other Pursuits
Today I signed the hiring papers for my new job. I’m not going to go into specifics about where I work, but just know that it’s supposed to be in my experience range (having a Bachelor’s degree and some grad school done). The sad thing is that my salary for this job after half … More Orlando Summer and New Job
Today I watched After in a movie theater filled with 50 teens making farting noises and running up and down the stairs. It was a little terrible. But I’m happy I finally got to see After after having to cancel on two different showtimes. Obviously there are huge problems with the movie version (see my last post), … More The Invisible Literary Movement of One Direction Fanfiction
Fanfiction is an extremely popular source of entertainment that caters to extremely specific desires of people who spend their time adoring a certain band, cast, actor, film, or anyone else. If you have never read fanfiction, chances are you don’t know anything about Wattpad, a platform that allows writers their writing for free online. That’s … More One Direction Fanfiction Made Into A Movie
When I was 12, Twilight happened. I was in sixth grade, I was over Harry Potter, and I was ready to sink my teeth into some YA lit with content I’d never read before. The movie was coming out that November and I was excited by the brewing phenomenon. I had little knowledge of what the Twilight … More I Was Banned From Reading “Twilight” When I Was 12 and Now I’m Here For Revenge
Welcome friends to my Best of 2017 post! I will be writing about the best music, movies, television that uh… that happened/I watched in 2017. First of all, look at my amazing graphic design skills. I really wanted to tie in NYE glitter and one of my good AMAs panoramic selfie. It looks better on … More The Best of 2017
And I’m here to tell my story. I was an 1iota ticket loser for every VMA option possible. I got some of my coworkers to enter and two of them ended up getting PIT TICKETS! It was literally the Friday before the show and the rest of my friends had not received anything. THEN. My … More I Went To The VMAs
I bought my ticket to the filmed version of Newsies the day after tickets were available. After a disappointing summer of trying to get my parents to take me to Los Angeles to see Newsies at the Pantages, I knew that this was the universe giving me a second chance. I had learned about Newsies through my college suitemate. Her childhood … More Newsies: The Filmed Musical
