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Game of Thrones Ends as a Paean to Reactionary Politics
I know I’m hardly the only one who was disappointed by the final season of Game of Thrones, but as time has passed since its finale aired on May 19, 2019, I’ve gotten the impression that the feelings of many have softened. This has made me think quite a lot about how my experience has […] More
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in Music
Bastille’s Newest Album, Give Me the Future, Tackles the End of the World
A band who pull inspiration from history, mythology, and world politics, Bastille are a fourpiece band who formed in London in 2010. They became famous in 2013 when their single ‘Pompeii’ became incredibly popular and earned them top chart position in countries including Ireland and the US. The intellectual and political lyricism is what drew […] More
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The West Wing: “The Supremes” — Fear and Gloating in the SCOTUS
A note for future readers: It is late September of 2020. Protests to ensure that Black Lives Matter are ongoing across the country. A viral pandemic is killing 1000 people a day. The 2020 election is just over a month away. And Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal lion and feminist icon of the United States […] More
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in Potpourri
Stonewall: How Far Have We Come in 50 years?
The Stonewall Riots are one of—if not the most—important moments in modern Queer history. They’re the reason we have Pride parades. They’re the reason we get to see a gay couple on HGTV, or the women’s soccer team kiss their girlfriends at the World Cup. Fifty years ago, New York police attempted to arrest a […] More
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in Series
When They See Us is a Political Act that Shows us the Dark Soul of America
I tried to imagine someone watching When They See Us who didn’t know the history—some poor soul who might have held out hope until the end of Episode 2 that these boys might be acquitted as they should have been—but I couldn’t do it. I knew the story going in, and if you didn’t, well, […] More
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Black Mirror: Reality Outstrips “The Waldo Moment” (Recap and Analysis)
If you haven’t seen Black Mirror, well, I’m not sure why you’re here. If you have, you know it is arguably one of the most important and thought provoking shows of our era. TV Obsessive is proud to feature analyses of each and every episode. Here, Caemeron Crain digs into Black Mirror S2E3, “The Waldo […] More
