This Open Thread Missed Some Pop Culture Moments
Were you introduced to a TV show or movie too late? Did you see something that was clearly only good to those who could watch it through nostalgia-colored glasses? Did timing just ruin pop culture for...
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Grief and Motherhood in The Babadook
Snap Synopsis: A widowed mom tries to hold it together when she realizes her son’s night terrors might be real. Trigger Warning: The dog dies. Amelia (Essie Davis) reads Mister Babadook to Sam (Noah...
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PoC News in America
We have another video heavy article this week. Let’s get to it! AlterNet has a great article as a part of their Fear in America series titled “10 Things Black People Fear that White People Don’t.” In...
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This weekend I did not watch the MTV VMAs but I did watch most of these unforgettable hip-hop performances from the VMAs. Kanye West received the Video Vanguard Award and host Miley Cyrus defined white...
View ArticleGetting Questionable With Age
We all have childhood movie and TV faves that never seem to translate once you look at them with grown-up eyes. Working in schools has changed a lot of the way I consume movies and TV. Any time there’s...
View ArticleLunchtime Poll: What Movie Genre Are You?
It’s been no secret here on PMag, or anywhere else, that I really love movies. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering about what my life would look like as a movie. On most days, when I’m searching a...
View ArticleThe ‘End of Year List’ List
Love them or hate them, end-of-the-year roundups are now just an essential part of December. Everything that we can rank the best of, will be ranked and then vehemently disagreed with in the comment...
View Article#OscarsSoWhite Scorecard
This week is the Oscars, which means around the country, people are cramming in their last chances to have social media bragging rights over whether they watched all the Oscar-nominated movies before...
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