Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #28: Lord of the Rings

Things Get Better?: LGBTQ Representation in Animation in 2022

In January 2022, I wrote that there was a possibility that in 2022 things would “get better” in terms of LGBTQ representation, with new fandoms developing from shows which take risks by telling diverse stories. Although 2022, in some regards, more than lived up to this possibility and went beyond, there were challenges. In the […]

Thoughts on the 2019 Emmy Nominations

I’ve been writing about television for the past six years, and for much of that time, Emmy Nomination day was my second least-favorite day of the year (the Emmy Awards themselves were my least-favorite day, for a variety of reasons). Every Tuesday, I would read through the list of nominees and get angry over how […]

Dream Casting: The Wicked Movie

Wicked is one of the most famous and popular musicals to be made in the last 20 years. Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire Wicked sets out to tell the true story about the Wicked Witch of the West and how she came to be, reinterpreting the world created by L. Frank Baum. The musical was originally produced in […]