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Why Silicon Valley’s Approach to the Bechdel Test is Brilliant

22 Jun 201530 Jun 2015
We all know what the Bechdel Test is.  Or, if you don't, it's that rule, invented by Alison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, about fiction which…
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What’s Missing From True Detective Season Two

22 Jun 201522 Jun 2015
Am I the only person disappointed that the episode didn't end with Matthew McConaughey showing up to the crime scene, winking at the camera, and saying "All right, all right,…
A Song of Ice and Fire…

Dead Men of Westeros and The Stringer Bell Paradox

15 Jun 201511 Apr 2016
Note: The following contains aggressive spoilers for both the first three seasons of The Wire, and for the five existing seasons of Game of Thrones. You remember when Omar Little…
A Game of Thrones…

Can the Sand Snakes be Saved?

18 May 2015
In a previous post, I published a dialogue between a relative and me, regarding Dorne and the wild Sand Snakes.  We asked a number of questions, the main one being…
Game of Thrones…

Why All the Bad News About True Detective is Actually Good News

12 May 201513 May 2015
Like all television shows that appeal to the intellectual and the obsessive, True Detective has gathered itself a menagerie of obsessive fans, the sort that remind you that fan is derived…
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The Book You Need to Read Before Season Two of True Detective

12 May 20152 Jan 2018
People are always recommending things with the equation of if you liked this, then you will like that. Or, before you see ____, make sure you read _____. And while…
A Game of Thrones…

Brief Interviews of Ice and Fire: The Sand Snake Seven

11 May 2015
The following is a conversation regarding both the A Song of Ice and Fire books and the Game of Thrones television show.  It contains spoilers for the five ASOIAF books…
A Song of Ice and Fire…

Why I Hope Mance Rayder is Dead

13 Apr 201513 Apr 2015
Note: this assumes you have seen every episode of Game of Thrones, through Episode One of Season Five.  I do not assume that you have read the books, but this…
A Game of Thrones…

Why All the Bad News About Game of Thrones is Actually Good News

4 Apr 20158 Apr 2015
Before you read: I assume you have seen the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, but have not necessarily read the books.  I have carefully written this to not give…

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