Queer la Queer: From Illogical Dedication to Misappropriation

Kill la Kill is one of those rare series that has delivered just about everything I could possibly want in a story and then some. It has impressed me so much that I actively analyzed and took notes on it as I watched/re-watched, which honestly hasn’t happened for me before. Over the next few weeks,… Continue reading Queer la Queer: From Illogical Dedication to Misappropriation

Reflections in the Ice Part One: Elsa’s Queerness in Frozen

I’ve finally had the absolute pleasure of watching Frozen, this year’s Oscar winning animated feature that the Internet has been freaking out about since its theatrical release. I expected the movie to be good, but what I didn’t expect was for it to impress me on a level that would inspire an entire blog post… Continue reading Reflections in the Ice Part One: Elsa’s Queerness in Frozen

Lessons from Women of the Silk: Weaving in Strong Messages

Gail Tsukiyama’s Women of the Silk is, for me, one of those random treasures I picked up during a used book sale in college. Half the fun of these kinds of books is that sometimes they’re terrible, but sometimes they have everything you could possibly ask for in a story and you weren’t even intentionally… Continue reading Lessons from Women of the Silk: Weaving in Strong Messages