‘The Boys’ Will Be Boys
(Warning: the below contains mild-ish spoilers for Amazon Prime series ‘The Boys’.) Amazon’s new series The Boys imagines an America where superheroes walk among humans, and capitalism has turned them into money-making…
Category: Essays
You’ll be exhausted just watching ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’
Say what you like about Tom Cruise – he knows how to make a damn good action movie. The man is 57 years old and last year starred in Mission: Impossible…
‘Euphoria’, and how Kat breaks the mould of the fat friend
Warning: contains mild spoilers for Euphoria, but only for Kat’s storyline. Promise. The premise for Euphoria feels like any other teen show: an ensemble of characters from varying cliques (popular girls, jocks…
‘New Girl’ is way more toxic than I remember
I used to fucking love New Girl. I loved it’s manic-pixie-dream-ness, even though I knew I should know better. I loved it’s offbeat humour. I loved Nick Miller. Actually, I…
‘Victoria’, And The Performance Of The Party
A night out has, to me, always felt like putting on a show. Like a theatre performer, you add layers of lotions, colours and kohl before stepping out into the…
Who Is Captain Marvel? I Still Have No Idea
Did you know that Nick Fury lost his eye in an incident with a cute ginger cat (or what appears to be a cat) named Goose? Or that he can’t…
‘The Matrix’: 20 Years On, We’re Still Tumbling Down The Rabbit Hole
What is the Matrix? Control.’ We find Morpheus explaining this to Neo in the Construct; a blank, white space used by him and the Resistance to simulate any situation they…
‘YOU’, Male Entitlement & Our Rom-Com Expectations
***This post contains spoilers for Netflix‘s new series ‘YOU’. You have been warned!*** Joe (Penn Badgley) is a seemingly straight-edged ‘nice guy’ who manages a bookstore in New York city….
For Fat Women, The Existence of ‘Dietland’ is Groundbreaking
Looking back at previous depictions of fat women on screen, you’d be hard pushed to find anything truly positive. Instead, we are the fat but non-threatening friend; the whale someone…