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Mean Girls and the Emptiness of Remaking a Classic

Spoilers for Mean Girls. But seriously, that movie is 20 years old.

6 min readJan 31, 2024

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Mean Girls and the Emptiness of Remaking a Classic

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Priscilla and How We Talk About Elvis

Spoilers for Priscilla, which is honestly based on a real story so how much of a spoiler warning does it require?

6 min readNov 11, 2023

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Priscilla and How We Talk About Elvis

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Fixing Cyberpunk 2077

Massive spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077

10 min readOct 22, 2023

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Fixing Cyberpunk 2077

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

I Want to go to the World’s Fair

Spoilers for We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, like all of it.

5 min readMar 26, 2023

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I Want to go to the World’s Fair

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

High School and the Haze of Assumed Heterosexuality

Note: Spoilers for High School. The 2022 TV show, not like, the time period of your life.

4 min readDec 7, 2022

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High School and the Haze of Assumed Heterosexuality

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Queertober Part 8: The Retreat

One thing that I find odd is, despite slasher and home invasion movies often being framed as a monster hunting innocent people, it’s very…

4 min readNov 11, 2022

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Queertober Part 8: The Retreat

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Queertober Part 7: The Perfection

If there is one kind of representation I hate almost as much as demonization, it’s idolization. I don’t just want queer stories, I want…

4 min readOct 31, 2022

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Queertober Part 6: Lyle

“Movie X But With Y” is a time honored tradition in movies. Think of how many movies you’ve seen that could be described as “Die Hard but…

3 min readOct 27, 2022

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Queertober Part 6: Lyle

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Queertober Part 5: Jennifer’s Body

4 min readOct 20, 2022

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Queertober Part 5: Jennifer’s Body

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Queertober Part 4: Poison

In the early 90s, as queer media by queer creators began to gain greater prominence, there was a movement called New Queer Cinema. What…

4 min readOct 15, 2022

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Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Elessar The Porg Whisperer

Being the adventures of an Alaska-born incurable narcissist with a love of film & too much free time. I write for @criticalwrit and I really like bears.

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