Author: Taylor Ramage

Anime Challenge #2: Favorite Anime You’ve Watched So Far

At the end of my last post, I dropped a lowkey, mediocre hint at which anime I’d talk about in this post. If you guessed it, then congratulations and thank you for putting up with how much of a piece of trash I am for this specific anime. — Favorite anime I’ve watched so far?… Continue reading Anime Challenge #2: Favorite Anime You’ve Watched So Far

Anime Challenge #1: Very First Anime You Watched

I’ve been busy over the last few months and that combined with writer’s block has made me ignore blogging for a while. To fix that, I’ve put together some light posts based on a 30 day anime challenge I came across a few months ago. I won’t be posting every day. Heck no. But I… Continue reading Anime Challenge #1: Very First Anime You Watched

Finding God Imprisoning: Religious Identity and Exclusion in Orange is the New Black

Regular readers know by now that any time I see Christian iconography mixed with pop culture, I immediately want to pick out some grand meaning which ultimately suggests that said icons aren’t as sacrilegious as they seem. In the weeks leading up to season 3 of Orange is the New Black, these new promotional images… Continue reading Finding God Imprisoning: Religious Identity and Exclusion in Orange is the New Black

Madonnas of Ooo: Adventure Time Meets Christian Iconography

Given that I’ve cosplayed Marceline twice now, it’s surprising that I haven’t written much about Adventure Time. It’s certainly a much smarter show than people give it credit for, and as I’ve pointed out in the past, one can glean some interesting theology by looking past its often weird surface. I thought that crossover between… Continue reading Madonnas of Ooo: Adventure Time Meets Christian Iconography

Sentient Sailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill

 Today, I’m very pleased to welcome a guest post from R. I invited her to write a post after our discussion in the comments section of my Queer la Queer post. R highlights Kill la Kill’s trope play and Senketsu’s vitality to the entire plot. Thanks, R, for writing this! If I told you that I… Continue reading Sentient Sailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill

My Little Pony: Diversity is Magic

It’s been a long time since I’ve last blogged exclusively about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, but I’m catching up with the show again and was recently fascinated by the dystopian two-parter in which the Mane Six travel to a village in the far reaches of Equestria where the ponies who live there willingly give… Continue reading My Little Pony: Diversity is Magic

The Allegory of Giha Village: Platonism in Gurren Lagann

How could I invest so much time and energy analyzing Kill la Kill without watching its predecessor? Though I didn’t react as heavily to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann as I did to Kill la Kill, I still have plenty to say about the series. One of those things is its Platonism. At the start of… Continue reading The Allegory of Giha Village: Platonism in Gurren Lagann

Baltimore.

It’d be disingenuous to simply allow my weekly blog post queue to continue without commenting on the situation in Baltimore. Though I don’t live in the city (and therefore have the luxury of avoiding the focal points of recent events), I work and play in the city. Today’s events occurred a mere five minute drive… Continue reading Baltimore.

My Little Sato: Asami, Rarity, and the Femme Fatale Stigma

I can’t say how or why the comparison between Asami Sato from Legend of Korra and Rarity from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic came to me, but it did and I laughed. Then, I thought about it some more and realized that these two characters are actually very similar both in design and audience… Continue reading My Little Sato: Asami, Rarity, and the Femme Fatale Stigma