Every week, Lilian Min muses on reality + sci-fi/fantasy fiction narrative and fantastical world building in her column “Chasing the Unicorn.” If you haven't been on the Internet for a couple of, I don't know, years, then maybe you won't care that the saga of Walter White, aka the protagonist of the critically acclaimed, culturally pervasive "Breaking Bad," is donning his … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Grey Matters
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One Nation Under Who? Us Against Big Brother
No one will say that before the Nixon presidency that the American people had complete faith in their government—a libertarian streak has always run through American politics. Americans pride themselves on being independent of the government, with no need for government handouts and an acute sense that people’s privacy should be protected. But at the same time, Americans … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who? Us Against Big Brother
Girls on Film: Debunking Over-Analysis of Female Characters
Film and television not only reflect society, but also act as a catalyst to how we view and react to a variety of circumstances in our own lives. Both artistic mediums offer different perspectives of the world. Narrative television and film involve fictional characters meant to portray actual life, or at least an interpretation of it. Yet when analyzing well-developed … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: Debunking Over-Analysis of Female Characters
Mickey D’s and WMDs: Game of Post-Cold War Thrones
A recent Buzzfeed article illustrating the current political exchanges between Obama and Putin regarding Syria via The Hills gifs made its rounds around Facebook. It was actually quite helpful to see Obama assigned the angsty face of Lauren Conrad while Putin was portrayed with the unfortunate malpractice warning that is Heidi Montag. Though most of my Facebook friends were … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Game of Post-Cold War Thrones
The Book Is on the Table: What Book?
In Brazil, every student of English as a second language hears the phrase “The book is on the table” at some point during their studies. The sentence has been so overly used during English classes, especially when teaching prepositions, that it has become a nation-wide joke. The belief is that if one knows how to say “The book is on the table,” then one knows how to speak … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: What Book?