Posts tagged popular culture
Rock and a Hard Place: the Mental Illness/Paranormal Disturbance Parallel in The Haunting of Hill House
Rock and a Hard Place: the Mental Illness/Paranormal Disturbance Parallel in The Haunting of Hill House

Is this one long metaphor for madness, or is The Haunting of Hill House just a very nuanced ghost story?

Read More
TVA. Martinepop culture, popular culture, haunting, mental illness, mental health, ghosts, TV, tv show, television, television show, shirley crain, olivia crain, red room, hill house, haunting of hill house, secrets, family dysfunction, family, childhood, steven crain, addiction, theo crain, theodora crain, nell crain, eleonora crain, luke crain, hugh crain, adulthood, insanity, ghost story, ghost, hauntings, dursley, poppy hill, murder, infanticide, suicide, accident, accidental death Comment
Four Levels of Doom and Gloom in Black Mirror
Four Levels of Doom and Gloom in Black Mirror

It’s easy to think that Black Mirror operates on technophobia, but it has always been about people, and about how we misuse what we create.

Read More
TVA. Martineblack mirror, dystopia, television, uk television, british, series, anthology, complicated characters, technophobia, technology, showrunners, immigrant, love, lgbtq, protagonist, pop culture, popular, popular culture, representation, tv show, cult shows, underrated, charlie booker Comments
The Enduring Cult of Spike: on Nostalgia and Popular Culture Staples
The Enduring Cult of Spike: on Nostalgia and Popular Culture Staples

A show supposedly dedicated to female empowerment is considerably depreciated when the relationship at its crux, lauded by fans for years, is the very example of what empowerment is not.

Read More
TVA. Martinebuffy, buffy the vampire slayer, spike, angel, drusilla, willow, oz, riley, xander, joss whedon, buffyverse, feminism, harry potter, fandom, star wars, sherlock, twilight, nightmare before christmas, friends, one tree hill, coming of age, popular culture, pop culture, cult shows, culture, popularComment