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The Body (Buffy Season 5, Episode 16; Feb 27, 2001)
This was the episode that inspired this blog, and is easily one of the saddest 45 minutes, like, ever. After Wendy’s murder on October 28, 2000, I started to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer religiously....
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Forever Isn’t Long Enough (Buffy Season 5, Episode 17; April 17, 2001)
This episode, “Forever”, was even worse than the last one, in terms of the tears spoutage. And look at the dates: It aired almost 2 whole months later. I wasn’t watching it back then, but for the Buffy...
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Spike Through The Heart
Spike is totally my favorite character. I love his honesty and his ability to tell things like they are, not humouring anyone’s bullshit. As the show goes on he is turning out to be one of the more...
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Teacup Vampires
Teacup Vampires. For the first time in my life, I am working with children. I don’t particularly like children, or want to have any of them, but this job is exactly what I need to supplement my writing...
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A Love Letter to Cold Case
Written on a postcard of a police case file box: You bring me closer to closure. ♥ Z Where a stamp could go but now it says “CLOSED”: Philadelphia September 3, 2009 Every time. The post A Love Letter...
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My Supernatural Fetish
Phillip Burne-Jones, The Vampire 1987 At the moment I have a totally healthy obsession with the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries by Charlaine Harris, the novels that have become the HBO phenomenon known as...
View ArticleIntertextuality and Irony in Lady Gaga’s PAPARAZZI
My submission for this week's www.RedRoom.com themed blog competition on "What is your favorite pop song?" The post Intertextuality and Irony in Lady Gaga’s PAPARAZZI appeared first on Zuzu's Petals.
View ArticleThrough Naz, the Man at the Core of ‘The Night Of,’ We See the U.S. Legal...
"HBO’s The Night Of gives Naz — and the rest of us — an education in reasonable doubt, presumed guilt, and a certain kind of brownness." For Wear Your Voice Mag, September 2016. The post Through Naz,...
View ArticleShowtime’s “Roadies” is a Dumpster Fire of Asian Stereotypes and Casual Racism
"What really started to gnaw at me as the episodes went on was the unbearable casualness of all this blatant, outright racism. This is 2016. Why is nobody vetting shows like Roadies? And what kind of...
View Article13 Reasons Why “13 Reasons Why” is Dangerously Problematic
"It was supposed to be a show to get people talking about teen suicide, bullying, sexual assault and more. It was supposed to open and encourage dialogue between generations and demystify how insidious...
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