Media Analyses… Personal Tragedy & Peanuts 23 Nov 202023 Nov 2020 Not to appear as though I'm fishing for sympathy or anything, but my grandfather recently passed away. It's been pretty difficult for me considering I haven't seen him in four…
Political Reactions… My Thoughts On Trans Issues & Experiences 18 Nov 202024 Nov 2020 So, I try to walk a fine line with my blog. I'm transgender, and I don't shy away from that fact because I feel like visibility is important and I…
Media Analyses Erotic Cinema: A Lost Film, Cool Posters & More Femina Ridens Praise 12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020 Through a complicated series of events, I recently decided to delve into the world of X-rated movies once again, specifically the "roughie" exploitation variety. I've been in a dark mood…
Thoughts & Memories Miscellaneous Stuff I Wrote For College: 5 Poems & 2 Dialogues 23 Oct 202023 Oct 2020 I was cleaning up my hard drive and stumbled on some old stuff I had to do for a college writing class. So I figured "why not? I'll share these…
Thoughts & Memories Beautiful Halloween Fantasy 22 Oct 202022 Oct 2020 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. The featured image for this post is me in my favorite Halloween costume, after…
Media Analyses Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (EXTRA!!) 14 Oct 202014 Oct 2020 As it turns out, immediately after I posted the main entries in this series I thought of a bunch of other participants I should have included. So, why not, let's…
Media Analyses Something a Little Less Serious (Random Art) 8 Oct 20207 Oct 2020 After all that bleakness contained in my last batch of uploads, let's relax for a second now and enjoy something less depressing. Here are some aesthetically pleasing images I've found…
Media Analyses 12 Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (2/2) 6 Oct 202014 Nov 2020 Continuing on from last time, here's the rest of the list. Remember these are not presented in any particular order. Little Bear Little Bear was perhaps the best series Nick…
Media Analyses 12 Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (1/2) 5 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 Something I've been noticing a lot with media the last few years is that what's not explicitly stated about a character can often be more tantalizing than what is. I…
Media Analyses The Most Iconic Song from the Summer of Love 1 Oct 20201 Oct 2020 Usually, I prefer to give the spotlight to lesser known people and art on this site when I can. Frankly, I find the articles which just reiterate the same ten…
Media Analyses The Delicate Beauty of Bonnie & Wendy Flower 29 Sep 202029 Sep 2020 One of the first posts on this blog was a list of lesser known albums. In that early series, I talked about classifying old music into different categories of rarity…
Media Analyses Seinfeld’s Early Years (w/ Emphasis on Elaine) 26 Sep 202026 Sep 2020 I love Seinfeld. It's by far my favorite sitcom, one of my "go-to" programs I can just throw on at any time, in any emotional state, and find myself enjoying.…
Media Analyses… Eureeka (From Eureeka’s Castle) is the Cutest Character Ever! 16 Jun 202016 Jun 2020 So with Penis & Giuseppe Rolando's partially lost filmography on my mind lately, I decided to try to seek out some obscure nostalgic media again. Every few years or so…
Thoughts & Memories A Serpentarian’s Testimony 11 Jun 202011 Jun 2020 We always picture the entrance to Heaven as a golden gate on some clouds, and Hell is a burning cave of devils prodding sinners with their pitchforks. What if they…
Media Analyses… My COVID-19 Experience (& Also Thoughts on Shantae) 6 Jun 20206 Jun 2020 So, obviously I've been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic the same as everyone. There were plans I was looking forward to that got cancelled and I had to do without…
Media Analyses… Radley Metzger & the Artistry of Golden Age Porn 29 May 202029 May 2020 I truly cannot emphasize enough how much Femina Ridens has influenced me over the past year. That one perfectly bizarre film, which I only discovered by complete chance, has expanded…
Thoughts & Memories My Idea for a Rock Opera 28 May 202028 May 2020 I was listening to some concept albums and rock operas lately and by the time I was finished, the most overwhelming feeling which came to my mind was exhaustion. Why…
Media Analyses My Favorite Episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation 27 May 202027 May 2020 Over the last six months or so, my boyfriend and I have been watching Star Trek TNG off and on. [Have I given him an astrology-inspired pseudonym yet? Fuck it,…
Media Analyses To Kill in Silence (1972) Fractured, Forgotten & Flawed 26 May 20203 Jul 2020 It all began with Stelvio Cipriani's beautiful compositions and the algorithms dictating YouTube's music playlists. That's what introduced me to Femina Ridens nearly a year ago, and that film in…
Media Analyses… Beautiful Easter Fantasy 5 Apr 20206 Oct 2020 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Easter Beagle was always my favorite Peanuts special. I love how Snoopy, a dog…
Political Reactions Hillary ’16 Nomination Acceptance Speech Reaction 26 Mar 202010 Apr 2020 I wrote this a few days after the night she delivered the speech. I warn you, this is gonna be a long post for a single speech even by my…
Media Analyses… The Overlooked Brilliance of Femina Ridens (1969) 9 Feb 202027 May 2020 I'll just come right out with it; Femina Ridens is an absolute masterpiece. Not merely a magnum opus among soft-core erotica, or of Euro-exploitation movies, or of Italian "sleaze," nor…
Political Reactions… Sexism (In Both Directions) 23 Oct 201917 May 2020 [The header image for this post is some shots of my eyes. Why? Well, why not? I couldn't think of anything else for this topic and my arguments are based…
Media Analyses Vertigo (10/10) Themes, Motifs and Repetition 15 Oct 201924 May 2020 Final part of my Vertigo analysis Themes Hitchcock Examination/”Confession” Much has been made of Hitchcock's penchant for remaking his leading ladies very specifically. Vertigo references this in the way Scottie…
Media Analyses… Scattered Thoughts on Princess Diana’s Legacy 25 Sep 201928 May 2020 Roundabout Introduction I love The Carpenters. You can't not like The Singles: 1969 - 1973 in particular; in fact, it's my fave "greatest hits" release by any artist. I see it as…
Thoughts & Memories The Worst Creatures Imaginable 24 Sep 201917 May 2020 [The cover photo for this essay was a picture of the wasp evolutionary cycle I took off a Reddit r/pics post. The psychedelic coloration was added by me in post.]…
Thoughts & Memories My Story (Coming Out as Transgender) 5 Jul 201917 May 2020 I understand that to someone outside looking in, seeing another person raised as a (wo)man "suddenly deciding" to live as the other gender would seem like an artificial and arbitrary…
Thoughts & Memories ABBA Songs Bring the Feels 26 Jun 201930 Jul 2019 I was walking back from the gym listening to this song and feeling a lot of emotions. It's so catchy and passionate that you feel good and catch yourself trotting…
Media Analyses Scattered Thoughts on Alice in Wonderland 19 May 201929 Dec 2019 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are such beloved and timeless stories that there's really not much for me to say that hasn't been discussed already. Not…
Thoughts & Memories Stuffed Animals are Cool 18 May 201917 May 2020 Growing up, I had a little stuffed brown bunny-rabbit as my imaginary companion. His name was Benny, and unfortunately to this day I don’t remember how I got him. I…
