The Mortal Instruments. Shadowhunters. I was once told that the way to write journalistic essays was to keep your emotions out of things. But when you are writing about fandom, the truth is – it’s fueled by emotion. Everything that…
Editorial
We’ve got a lot of opinions. Take them or leave them – but the opinions remain… ours.
Let’s Talk About #DressLikeAWoman
There are many, many things that can impact the way a woman does her job. Her education level, her ability to multi-task and adapt, her life experiences and the moments she has enabled herself, her intelligence level , the insults…
Dear Show Runners – There Was A Huge Issue With This Weeks Shadowhunters
You had a responsibility – one job really, to deliver good TV. No one is asking for great, no one expects Shadowhunters to win Golden Globes. No one expects anything besides a plotline that makes sense and is cohesive, words…
So Long, Thanks For All The Fish!
The thing about science is that it’s there, resolute and immutable, whether or not you agree with it. It can be neglected in a corner, told to take a time out, or it can be misunderstood, but it doesn’t go…
Shadowhunters Needs to Fix its Shapeshifting Rune
Of all the senseless additions to the Shadow World that Shadowhunters has introduced over its first two seasons, the shapeshifting rune – that useful little mark that allows all our nephilim characters to seamlessly disguise themselves as other people –…
An Open Letter to Comic Book Fans
Hello, hello. I’d ask how you are, but you’re probably fine. Better than fine. You’re seeing your favorite characters come to the screen, be it in TV or movies, and you’re pumped. It’s a good thing. Even if they don’t…
Calling Someone A Kardashian Is Not An Insult
“You’re just as bad as a Kardashian.” I was at the store the other day when I heard a man tell his wife (I am guessing it was his wife)) this and by the tone and anger in his voice…
7 Blogs That We Like To Read Daily
In order to stay on top of blogging, you must stay on top of the latest and the greatest. Though we read a lot of how to’s, what’s new in social media, and technology blogs – we have our favorite…
Once Upon A Time: The End of Rumbelle
Funny, I keep thinking of Junot Diaz these days. He has a quote, from his book This is How You Lose Her that has stuck with me, through good times and bad times. It reads: ‘And that’s when I know…
Kensi Blye and The Powerful Case of Disability Representation
Do you know what’s rare in modern television? Showing a disability story honestly. Too often writers gloss over the negative feelings disabled people may have as they struggle with the traumatic incident that put them in the wheelchair, don’t show…