Melina Pendulum

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Année : 2009

Nombre de saisons : 1

Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 42 minutes

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Talking about pop culture, race, feminism, and other social issues with a lot of nuance and profanity.

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Épisode 5 - Why Edward Hates Blondes {A Twilight fanfiction video}

23 février 2009

*READ* I made the video based on my fanfiction Why Edward Hates Blondes. Vanessa is my Twilight original character. Anyway this is the story. The Sepia Tone in the beginning shows "Edward"'s point of view as Vanessa arrives at the Cullen's. Her arrival makes Bella wonder who she is, only to be told by Rosalie that she is an old friend of a family. Edward feels conflicted by this past with Vanessa and seeing her makes him remember their shared past which was damaged when Vanessa locked him up in a cave before leaving to join the Volturi. He thinks about how even though he loves Bella, these old feelings are still inside of him, even as he fights it, by trying to hurt Vanessa. The second sepia tone and white flash signals Vanessa's point of view and how she was brought to Forks by the Volturi. It then goes to her anger towards Edward's betrayal (which was attempted rape and somewhat implied) and how even though he seems different, she still sees the same person who hurt her. Even when he tries to make piece she refuses to trust him and decides to figure out her feelings alone in the forest as she remembers their past relationship. Edward comes again and tries to reconcile once more, only to have Vanessa push him away again, more because of his new family than the past. Rosalie asks Vanessa if she is sure and new doubt forms. Edward recalls how he hurt Vanessa. And Vanessa recalls how she acted on revenge and hurt Edward. They both feel foolish. Vanessa goes to see Edward and they dance together, but she feels guilty once she sees how it hurt Bella. The ending is both of them realizing that even though they may never forgive each other, they will always care for one another, much to the sorrow of Bella. Fanfiction link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4683781/1/Why_Edward_Hates_Blondes DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT WHY EDWARD HATES BLONDES AND VANESSA!

Épisode 78 - Taboo Topics 2: Race

9 mai 2011

Remember everyone's a little bit racist. Also sources for my clams on Japanese-American stuff found here: Dower, John W.[ War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.] New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. Kennedy, David M. [Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.] New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Spector, Ronald H. Eagle Against the Sun. New York: The Free Press, 1985. Print. Quotes: "In the last war, I looked at dead Germans and thought about their wives and children," one general told a reporter; "these [Japanese] bastards that don't even occur. "In April, 1943," Dower reports, "the Baltimore Sun ran a story about a local mother who had petitioned the authorities to permit her son to mail her an ear he had cut off a Japanese soldier in the South Pacific. She wished to nail it to her door for all to see. On the very same day, the Detroit Free Press deemed newsworthy the story of an underage youth who had enlisted and 'bribed' his chaplain not to disclose his age by promising him the third pair of ears he collected." A year later, Life "published a full-page photograph of an attractive blonde posing with a Japanese skull she had been sent by her fiancé in the Pacific. Life treated this as a human-interest story." In a test 54%of combat infantry men interviewed said that seeing [white] Axis POWs had given them the feeling "they are men just like us; it's too bad we have to be fighting them." In contrast 42% of soldiers who after seeing a Japanese POW, "felt all the more like killing them Not to mention the incident with the S.S. St. Louis where in June 1939, the ship, carrying nearly a thousand German Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution, was refused permission to dock in the U.S. on Roosevelt's direct orders. Canada and Cuba both also refused to let them in. The ship returned to Europe, and most of the refugees eventually were killed.

Épisode 114 - Merlin| Misfits| Lost Girl

8 décembre 2011

Three shows that I have really enjoyed watching this past year: Merlin: Merlin is a young wizard who arrives in the kingdom of Camelot after his mother arranges for him to stay with the court physician, Gaius. He discovers that the king, Uther Pendragon, has outlawed magic and imprisoned the last great dragon deep under the kingdom. The dragon tells Merlin that he plays an important role: to protect Uther's son, Arthur, who will bring forth a great kingdom. When Merlin meets Arthur, he believes that he is an arrogant bully and Arthur, likewise, has a less than stellar opinion of Merlin. Merlin must keep his magic secret or face being executed by Uther. Morgana is Uther's ward with the power of prophetic foresight, which frightens her and which she keeps secret. Guinevere, whom she calls "Gwen", is her maid and close friend. Misfits Misfits follows five early-20s delinquents on community service in Wertham (a fictional borough in London), who are caught outside during an electrical thunder storm and hail the size of bowling balls, and who acquire special powers. Kelly (Lauren Socha) gains the ability to hear the thoughts of others, Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) can rewind time after experiencing an immense sense of regret, Alisha (Antonia Thomas) sends people into a sexual frenzy when they touch her skin, Simon (Iwan Rheon) can become invisible, and Nathan (Robert Sheehan) does not discover his power until the end of the first series. Lost Girl: Bo is a succubus who grew up in an adopted human family, unaware of her non-human nature and of the Fae world. Her succubus powers only become apparent to her when accidentally she kills her first love by draining him of his life energy, an act which forces her to flee her home. Bo exchanges her previously normal life for one without family or friends, moving from place to place whenever she kills again. In the pilot episode, Bo saves a human girl named Kenzi; the two quickly become friends and Kenzi decides they should team up to create a Fae/Human detective agency. Confronted by the Fae elders with having to choose a side ("Light" or "Dark"), Bo declares herself neutral, deciding to side with humans after Kenzi risked her life to find what had happened to Bo for her own sake where most of the Fae simply saw her as another factor on the board.

Épisode 233 - Race in Fantasy: House Martell & Ambiguously Brown

8 juillet 2013

AN: Apparently he released another statement, but it was after I recorded this video that he said whatever it is that he said. I have nothing against Pedro Pascal as an actor and if he does identify as Latino there are still issues at play in the way the casting was handled. Also just in case anyone asks. I pictured the Martells Middle Eastern/Southeast Asian in appearance. GRRM Statement: I wasn't present for Pedro Pascal's audition, but I understand that he really killed it with his reading. And since his casting was announced, the producer of another TV show on which he appeared recently has written me to say how terrific Pascal is, and to congratulate us on the casting. So I suspect that he will turn out to be a wonderful Red Viper. I do know that David and Dan and HBO do favor having a racially and ethnically diverse cast on the series. It is true that we've lost several black characters who appear in the novels (Chataya and Alayaya, Jalabhar Xho, Strong Belwas), but to balance that, characters like Salladhor Saan and Xaro Xhoan Daxos, both white in the books, have been played by black actors. Missandei as well, though in the books the Naathi are golden-skinned, not white. As for the Dornishmen, well, though by and large I reject one to one analogies, I've always pictured the "salty Dornish" as being more Mediterranean than African in appearance; Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, etc. Dark hair and eyes, olive skin. Pedro Pascal is Chilean. (Check out Amok's version of the Red Viper, that's how I saw him. Or Magali Villenueve's beautiful and sexy portrait of Princess Arianne). Meyer's Statement: "This question is answered in CINDER (Chapter 19), but when people ask this, I think what they really want to know is what does she look like. There's been much confusion over this, in part because the actress in the book trailer is very fair, but also because I avoid specifying a race in the book. I envision Cinder as a mix of many races. Tan skin, brown hair, brown eyes. She has the type of coloring that's very ambiguous and allows her to blend in just about anywhere (especially in a world where cultures and ethnicities have been merging for hundreds of years, like the Earthen Union). Two actresses that I think look like Cinder (sort of) are Mew Azama and Shay Mitchell.

Épisode 266 - Sleepy Hollow 2x11: A Huge Disappointment aka The Akeda

7 décembre 2014

Spoilers for Episode 2x11: The Akeda Synopsis: Unforeseen sacrifices must be made and loyalties are put to the ultimate test in the fight against evil. My Opinion: Why, almighty Hera, is Katrina so fucking useless? From everything to already having little magical abilities to then having Purgatory suck her powers even more. It is almost sad how poorly this show has handled her. Not to mention this obsession with maternity. It is both tiring and insulting. It is tiresome because a woman is not just a womb and therefore shouldn't be so hypnotized by Henry. I understand that it is her son, but to abandon all her senses just seems silly to me. Especially if they end up validating her feelings. I'm reminded of season three of Xena where Gabrielle became impregnated by her own demon spawn and initially wanted to believe that it could be evil. In the end, Gabrielle's actions led to the death of Solan (Xena's son) and she was forced to eventually kill her child in the end. So unless Katrina and Henry end up in a pit of lava sometime soon I'm over it because this Henry redemption arc is tired as hell. Looking all confused when Moloh is telling him to sacrfice himself: did you not know who you were working for? Abbie is the only one with her eyes on the prize and every episode just further emphases why she is such an important part of the show. Just like with Gwen, I feel like Abbie represents a character on television I have always wanted to see. A black woman who is a lead character: competent, brave, not just a "strong black woman" stereotype with ethnic juju. We have hundred of Ichabod Cranes, there is only one Abbie Mills. She is my fucking hero and I need her for that kid inside of me that still feels like she has no place in fantasy television. Irving's death was upsetting, but as soon as I saw the episode all the signs were there. Black character with super limited screen time, little to no plot line, who suddenly appear and actually does things in an episode: PoC Redshirt 101. Sleepyheads this is not just about Frank, which is not to say that the loss of Frank is not a problem in it of itself, it is and screw the writers for it, but this is also about every black character who has never been killed off blindly and without care. It is about the expendable nature of our bodies and presence that is constantly justified by uncaring excuses. No one is saying that POC can't die on these shows, but to have the character place second fiddle for AN ENTIRE SEASON and then kill them off for the drama that is bullshit and it is insulting. Especially since we trusted this show and we trusted it do not treat us this way. Which is a rare thing, trust me. Frank Irving (Sleepy Hollow) Wells (The 100) Tara Thorton (True Blood) Every non white person but Bonnie (TVD) Kendra (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Recommended Blogs: thisislucreziasand.tumblr.com allerasphinx.tumblr.com http://fatpinkcast.tumblr.com/ My Stuff: Tumblr: http://melinapendulum.tumblr.com Twitter: @melinapendulum

Épisode 267 - Reign 2x09: Acts of War [Episode Review]

7 décembre 2014

*Spoilers for Episode 2x09: Acts of War* Trigger Warning: This video discusses spoilers and the topic of rape. Synopsis: Mary proposes a marriage idea for Claude, but Claude has plans of her own. Meanwhile, Bash and Francis concoct a scheme to free Francis from following Narcisse's demands; and Greer discovers she may be deeper in the Protestant movement than she realized. My Opinion: Watching the episode all I could think was that they could have gotten the exact same results if they had just critically wounded Mary. Rape is used only because, as you said, it is seen as the absolute worse thing that can befall a female character. The whole scene was gross, they could have cut away much earlier and taken out the slow-mo. The only positive to come out of it was the Catherine/Mary interaction. That female positive interaction was moving and I love that Catherine knew not to touch Mary and how two survivors could talk. But I’m also equally disturbed by the speech that Catherine gave Mary because of it’s historical context. As I mentioned before, Mary QOS was raped. After the death/assassination of her second husband, Lord Darnley, she was raped by James Hepburn aka Earl of Bothwell and married him a month later to save face and as a result people revolted against her and she was forced to abdicate her throne. This is what led her ending up in England and her eventual death by the order of Queen Elizabeth I. What’s upsetting is that Mary’s situation has often been romanticized and even something modern day historians criticize her for (marrying Bothwell). So the way that Catherine’s speech is worded makes me wonder if they are talking about the actual historical figure because she is (largely) seen as a victim and a lesser Queen than Bess, which is bullshit, but a result of the sexism of having a ruler who wanted to be both a Queen and a more feminine woman. My Stuff: Tumblr: http://melinapendulum.tumblr.com Twitter: @melinapendulum Recommended Blogs: thisislucreziasand.tumblr.com

Épisode 298 - Interracial Romance & Fandom | Black History Month Vid #3

19 février 2016

*Sorry for the camera issues, tried to add clips so you wouldn't have to be subjected to the horror that is my camera being passive aggressive (our relationship is still new).* In 1967 The Supreme Court of the United States agreed that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional in the groundbreaking Loving v. Virginia case. However, it wasn’t until 2000 that Alabama finally repealed all their old anti-miscegenation laws with nearly 526,000 voting against the repeal. That was only sixteen years ago. So if you are older than sixteen you were born in a time where there were laws on the books were it was illegal for two people of different races to marry. Not to mention in 2009 when a Louisiana justice of the peace refused to officiated an interracial couple. What is important to recognize is that these laws only existed to protect white superiority in the context of in the United States. I Love Lucy was the first interracial couple on television, featuring real life couple Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. The Jeffersons television show featured the first interracial black and white couple on television, with Helen and Thomas Willis. Star Trek very notably featured the kiss between Kirk and Uhura in “Plato’s Stepchildren.” People were a little salty about it, but society seemed to get over it…well until Uhura x Spock, but that’s something else altogether. So today we are going to look at five interracial romances across different genres and how fandom has treated them for better or worse. This is not to say that there are not popular interracial ships: Archer x Lana, Ichabod x Abbie and Wash x Zoe are very popular, but they are the minority in terms the majority of ships feating a mixed-raced relationship. I am only going to be focusing on five ships for the sake of this video, so I’m not going to be able to cover everything, but I wanted to talk on this issue. The focus on each of these couples are mostly BWWM, but these problems can come about in BMWW relationships as well (ie. Hale x Kenzi from Lost Girl, Xena x Marcus from Xena and Jimmy Olsen x Kara from Supergirl). *Click Here For A Great Run On The Shawn x Angela Relationship* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko-elQHMpNo

Épisode 299 - Black Sci-Fi & Fantasy + BOOK RECOMMENDS [BHM VID #4]

27 février 2016

CLICK TO READ FOR LINKS! SO MANY LINKS! If i were to ask you to name a popular black science fiction or fantasy author most people can think of two names, if that, Octavia E Butler and Samuel R. Delany. So this video is about giving you both a brief history of black authors in the genre and some books that you may not have read and should check out. So that the next time you think “well if you want diversity you should write your own stuff” you will know just how full of it you are. Black History Month Playlist 2016: Parable of the Sower/Kindred by Octavia Butler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler Dhalgren/A.B.C: Three Short Novels: The Jewels of Aptor, The Ballad of Beta-2, They Fly at Ciron The Vampire Huntress Legend Series #1--13 by L.A. Banks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Esdaile_Banks Who Fears Death/Binti/Akita Witch by Nnedi Okorafor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnedi_Okorafor The Inheritance Trilogy/The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin Ghost Summer/ African Immortals Series by Tananarive Due https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tananarive_Due Inside a Silver Box by Walter Mosley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mosley The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7022361.Kai_Ashante_Wilson Shadow Blade (Shadowchasers Series) by Seressia Glass https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21697.Seressia_Glass?from_search=true&search_version=service Orleans by Sherri L. Smith https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/414681.Sherri_L_Smith?from_search=true&search_version=service Lion’s Blood by Steven Barnes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625846.Lion_s_Blood?from_search=true&search_version=service Saturn's Child by Nichelle Nichols & Margaret Wander Bonanno https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1253022.Saturn_s_Child?from_search=true&search_version=service Falling in Love with Hominids/ The Chaos/Brown Girl in the Ring/ by Nalo Hopkinson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27528.Nalo_Hopkinson?from_search=true&search_version=service Moses Man of The Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84030.Moses_Man_of_the_Mountain?from_search=true&search_version=service Octavia's Brood Anthology https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129839-octavia-s-brood?from_search=true&search_version=service The Cambion Chronicles by Jaime Reed https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5140626.Jaime_Reed?from_search=true&search_version=service Great black heroes/books by non-black authors Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22295304-shadowshaper?from_search=true&search_version=service Ben Aaronovitch's River's of London https://www.goodreads.com/series/51937-peter-grant Libba Bray's Beauty Queens/The Diviners https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2526.Libba_Bray?from_search=true&search_version=service Jacqueline Koyanago's Ascension--Tangles Axon Series https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17751274-ascension?from_search=true&search_version=service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Voodoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(folk_magic)

Épisode 336 - Is The White Princess Empowering?

24 avril 2017

Is The White Princess Empowering? I love period dramas. Like most things in my life, I blame Xena for that. This past week I was able to watch a special screening of The White Princess through Refinery29. It was an interesting watch. I am not a fan of Phillippa Gregory's interpretations of the women involved in the Wars of the Roses. However, I do often enjoy these types of shows because, despite it all, I know there are good acting and eye candy. The White Princess was no different and while I was watching it and listening to the Q&A after, I was thinking about how we tell the stories of women in history. Specifically as to how they choose to portray empowerment. VIDEO POLL CLICK INFO BUTTON TO VOTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_drc7c43nU Articles: http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/149882/the-white-princess-henry-lizzie-rape-scene http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/21/entertainment/white-princess-starz/ http://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/150003/the-white-princess-starz-cast-mostly-female Recommended Reading: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sisters-Women-Behind-Roses/dp/0465060986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493010738&sr=8-1&keywords=blood+sisters https://www.amazon.com/Wars-Roses-Fall-Plantagenets-Tudors/dp/0143127888/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0143127888&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5 https://www.amazon.com/Game-Queens-Women-Sixteenth-Century-Europe/dp/0465096786/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0465096786&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5 https://www.amazon.com/Plantagenets-Warrior-Kings-Queens-England/dp/0143124927/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0143124927&pd_rd_r=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5&pd_rd_w=r41FS&pd_rd_wg=xtp1h&psc=1&refRID=WT0QPH73DG5NZC8XTND5 Follow Me On Social Media INSTAGRAM @melinapendulum TWITTER @melinapendulum TUMBLR: http://melinapendulum.tumblr.com/ Starz The White Princess, The White Princess, Starz, The White Queen, Elizabeth of York, Lizzie, Lizzie of York, Henry VII, Henry Tudor, Elizabeth Woodville, The Wars of the Roses, The Cousin’s War, Rape, Spousal Rape, The CW, CW Reign, Reign CW, Mary Stuart, Review, Recap, Reviewer, Empower, Empowerment, Women

Épisode 399 - Bridgerton and the Problem of Pastel Progressivism

19 février 2021

Bridgerton ... it's no Brandy's Cinderella, but it is a (small) step in the right direction. 70-30. Watch me and @The Princess and the Scrivener talk more Bridgerton after watching this on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47758494 Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 3:31 - The Book 7:32 - The Show 17:12 - Romance & Sex 20:49 - Consent & That Scene 29:22 -To skip past explicit discussion of that scene 33:19 - Black Royals 38:39 - Conclusion Alright: new lens, new mic, new teleprompter. Ya girl is getting better at equipment, but we still have a little raggedy moments here and there. I tried some new things and I am sure you'll let me know if they work. ~ Princess Social Media: ? Patreon: http://patreon.com/princessweekes ? Twitter: @weekesprincess ? Instagram: princess_weekes Links: ✨ Tamron Hall interview: https://youtu.be/Jb5aXPlR8WM ✨THR: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-the-bridgerton-novels-made-it-to-netflix ✨Carrie Wittmer on The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/9/30/21492341/actor-sex-scenes-research-study ✨Ann Hornaday for the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sex-is-disappearing-from-the-big-screen-and-its-making-movies-less-pleasurable/2019/06/06/37848090-82ed-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html) ✨Diana Gabaldon on romance: https://bookriot.com/on-outlander-romance-and-diana-gabaldon/ ✨Rom-coms have been “dying” according to media since around 2014: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/01/the-romantic-comedy-is-dying-but-cinematic-romance-is-thriving/283252/ ✨CVD on "The Scene": https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35166643/bridgerton-controversial-sex-scenes-chris-van-dusen-interview/ ✨The Stand Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bX8XSkdbkI&t=2980s ✨ Full Duke & I Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=attmZbMFgO0&t=1504s

Épisode 407 - How True Crime Reveals the Corruption and Failures of the Legal System

20 août 2021

True Crime, if consumed critically asks the consumer to be critical of the criminal justice system, aware of the corruption, bias, and failures of the police state. In this video we are going to talk about the lessons that can be learned about our criminal justice system from true crime and why I think that you are a true crime fan your politics should tilt a little ... to the left, to the left. Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/MelinaPendulum/ Sara Z is Charles Dickens Thumbnail edited by Angelina M. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 01:50 Preamble 08:47 Brilliant Ad 10:44 "Bad Apples"? 39:09 Junk Science and Brady Violations 56:17 Discipline & Punish Remix 1:05:51 What do we do now? Social: Twitter: @WeekesPrincess Instagram: princess_weekes Patreon: Patreon.com/princessweekes Sources: Books Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption by Justin Fenton Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman, Jr. Articles: All To Familiar: https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/Us1.htm https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/ https://www.bbc.com/news/57581270 https://newrepublic.com/article/160532/what-black-people-think-police https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/ https://jacksonvillefreepress.com/black-americans-want-police-to-retain-local-presence/ https://tulsaworld.com/archive/cop-out-on-bruce-nypd-pulls-stadium-escort-after-41-shots/article_9d792e38-769f-5eb4-9762-8ac4accc098b.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2020/04/23/police-officer-salary-state/?sh=5619400b2010 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16961146/baltimore-gun-trace-task-force-trial https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/long_held_beliefs_about_arson_science_have_been_debunked_after_decades_of_m https://www.themarysue.com/yang-mental-health-nyc-mayor-debate/ https://www.newsweek.com/who-was-amadou-diallo-why-story-his-death-still-relevant-1508815 https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lapd-lazurus-murder-mystery-killer http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/gun-trace-overview/ True Crime Pod Recommendations: Let's Go to Court Casefile Crime Show Last Podcast on the Left Southern Fried True Crime Image Credits Getty Images: O.J. Simpson Criminal Trial- Pre-Trial Hearing - January 12, 1995 (Photo by Lee Celano/WireImage) Charles Manson (Photo by Albert Foster/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) The Ramseys offer reward for any information on their daughter JonBenet Ramsey's murder (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) Branch Davidian Compound Burning (Photo by Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) ABC's "Good Morning America" - 2014. (Photo by Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) AMANDA KNOX WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: Brooklyn Borough President and New York City mayoral nominee Eric Adams (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 346136 01: 22-year-old Amadou Diallo is shown in this undated photo. Diallo, an African immigrant, was returning to his home when four members of New York City's elite police force 'street Crime Unit'' fired 41 bullets, killing Diallo. (Photo by Richard Harbus/Getty Images) BALTIMORE, MD - AUGUST 24: State's Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, Marilyn J. Mosby is interviewed by Shoshana Guy, Senior Producer NBC News (not pictured) while walking through the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, where Freddie Gray was arrested, on August 24, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for BET Networks)

Épisode 417 - True Crime & The Theater of Safety

12 mai 2022

This is not a video that I have ever wanted to make, but here we are. Sources & Links: Myth 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9pbrBmHI58; https://twitter.com/ah1ic/status/1329101480830365697?s=21&t=i6EYjPIQwBkpz6TRwPy8Jg Myth 2: https://www.newsweek.com/amber-heards-alleged-abuse-ex-partner-resurfaces-amid-depp-trial-1704452; https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Judgment-FINAL.pdf Myth 3: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Judgment-FINAL.pdf Myth 4: https://twitter.com/cathyrusson/status/1517221995418554368?s=20&t=njBDEbX2LrmYjK35StLWxQ; https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ4_pA4VEAAaTr4?format=jpg&name=medium Myth 5: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/aclu-amber-heard-couldnt-pay-half-of-donation-after-financial-difficulties Myth 6: https://variety.com/2020/film/global/amber-heard-johnny-depp-assistant-sexual-violence-survivor-1234707688/; https://www.nickwallis.com/_files/ugd/5df505_e62f89f69f22437cbb8262c77fe54519.pdf (Line 15) Myth 7: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-amber-heard-lawyer-specific-makeup-bruises-johnny-depp-defamation-trial-1701478 Myth 8: https://www.thehotline.org/resources/the-myth-of-mutual-abuse/ ▪️https://www.thehotline.org/resources/the-myth-of-mutual-abuse/ ▪️https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/supreme-court-repeat-sex-offenders.html ▪️https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-offender-laws-dont-make-children-safer-politicians-keep-passing-them-anyway_n_5d2c8571e4b02a5a5d5e96d1 ▪️https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/us/domestic-incidents-police-officers-danger/index.html ▪️https://www.bwss.org/eighteen-months-after-leaving-domestic-violence-is-still-the-most-dangerous-time/ ▪️https://www.vera.org/news/womens-voices/womens-incarceration-rates-are-skyrocketing ▪️https://www.bustle.com/articles/166507-oj-simpsons-1989-domestic-abuse-arrest-didnt-lead-to-jail-time ▪️https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/health/do-you-feel-trapped-because-of-your-hiv-status ▪️https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgyp3/gabby-petito-homicide-police-report-domestic-violence-arrest ▪️https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/10/30/eyewitness-testimony-is-unreliable-or-is-it ▪️https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-body-language/ ▪️https://www.thetaskforce.org/bisexual-women-have-increased-risk-of-intimate-partner-violence-new-cdc-data-shows/

Épisode 421 - How Al Sharpton Went From Agitator to Parody

30 août 2022

Sponsored by Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/melinapendulum How did we get from being called a "race agitator" to Rollo Goodlove? Note: I felt like I could have gone harder on discussing the anti-Semitic issue so I reached out to my friend and fellow creator @Ladyknightthebrave and they gave me some feedback so I wanted to just add this: The incident at Crown Heights was, by all accounts, an accident, and the rumors that the ambulances didn't stop to help the Black children are unfounded. Sharpton did not help the issue and while he has "apologized" it doesn't erase how he played a part in inflaming the scapegoating the Jewish community at large at that time. Explaining and discussing the issues that created his comments, do not excuse them and we can, and should, discuss these things without anti-Blackness and anti-Semitic language. Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro 2:30 Who is Al Sharpton 4:19 Bernhard Goetz 11:08 The Murder of Yusef Hawkins 19:20 The Shooting of Amadou Diallo 22:32 The Crown Heights Riots 26:52 Tawana Brawley rape "hoax" 34:25 The Criticism Against Al Sharpton 53:02 Why does this matter? Follow me: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Twitter: @WeekesPrincess Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Links & Sources: "Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight For Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century" by Clarence Taylor "Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century" by Cheryl Greenberg - https://www.pewresearch.org/interactives/public-opinion-on-race-relations-1990-2016/ - https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/09/26/in-the-nineties-race-didnt-exist/ - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/clinton-and-the-politics-of-90s-racial-backlash.html - https://www.al.com/life/2020/11/race-in-america-on-90s-sitcoms-how-they-addressed-it-then.html - https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/30/us/in-a-90-s-quest-for-black-identity-intense-doubts-and-disagreement.html - https://www.npr.org/2013/01/19/169734710/the-rev-al-sharpton-in-six-true-false-statements - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/al-sharpton-trump.html (note: author Glenn C. Loury is a Black Conservative - https://www.thedailybeast.com/al-sharptons-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime?ref=scroll (1991 crown heights riot) https://web.archive.org/web/20190617114135/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/nyregion/sharpton-is-stabbed-at-bensonhurst-protest.html - https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/08/25/332289.html?pageNumber=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190704042652/https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/the-death-of-yusuf-hawkins-20-years-later/ - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-23-me-1220-story.html (decade of hate) - https://jewishinsider.com/2019/05/al-sharptons-mea-culpa-i-should-have-done-more-to-heal-rather-than-harm/ - https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/09/weekinreview/region-after-grand-jury-what-happened-tawana-brawley-s-case-attitudes-about-race.html

Épisode 430 - Queen Charlotte & The Bridgerton Problem

8 mars 2023

Special discount of $20/year for fans of Princess Weekes ($2.50/month) https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes Watch The Prince now: https://nebula.tv/videos/philosophytube-the-prince?ref=princessweekes Bridgerton is one of Netflix's most successful intellectual properties, so we are getting a spin-off about the younger years of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Sterlitz. Who was played on the flagship series by Guyanese-British lesbian actor Golda Rosheuvel and the younger version will be played by India Amarteifio. As a tie-in, Julia Quinn (and Shonda Rhimes) have penned a prequel series titled "Queen Charlotte" about the monarch and the tragic love story between herself and George III. While I overall support the efforts of bringing people of color into period dramas—mainly because they are a significant part of Western European media and therefore, I want talented actors of color to be included. The particular expansion of Charlotte makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because once you get past a certain period with the British Royal Family—or any royal family—slavery becomes a reality. Let's talk about it. Monster Pin: http://store.nebula.tv/monster Villain Pin: http://store.nebula.tv/villain The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com Special Thanks to Joey Follow Me On: ✨Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes ✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes ✨Twitter: @WeekesPrincess ✨Instagram: princess_weekes ✨TikTok: PrincessPendulum Other Videos Mentioned: ✨ History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp2N4AHCDHY ✨Bridgerton and the Problem of Pastel Progressivism: https://youtu.be/GiD_yqfqCoo ✨Broey Deschanel's The Liberal Escapism of Bridgerton: https://youtu.be/F_CAK_yj5JM Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV#Early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Charlotte:_A_Bridgerton_Story https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-defense-of-king-george-180978852/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dirty-little-secret-115579444/ https://georgianpapers.com/2019/01/21/uncovering-royal-perspectives-on-slavery-empire-and-the-rights-of-colonial-subjects/ https://slaverylawpower.org/george-iii-slave-trade/ https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2021/01/bridgerton-and-the-real-queen-charlotte/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiento_de_Negros https://slaverylawpower.org/queen-anne-speech/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/23/british-royal-family-monarchy-historical-links-to-slavery

Épisode 432 - How The Jedi Failed Anakin Skywalker (& Created Darth Vader)

29 avril 2023

I'm here to once again remind you that the Jedi sucked and ruined Anakin's life. ~~ The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/melinapendulum04237 For a limited time (now through April 30, 2023), Skillshare is offering 40% off your first year of membership - one of their best offers out there! https://skl.sh/melinapendulum40 ~~ Yes, I know it is cliche now that people of my generation have retroactively tried to turn the prequels into art, and while I wouldn't go that far—with the absolute mess that was the handling of the structure of the sequel series we at least get a W for being able to at least string together a cohesive story for three installments. Not to mention Padmé is tragically one of the most well-developed women in the Star Wars main canon—no, I will not be taking questions at this time. And for all the issues with Hayden Hayden Christensen's performance as Anakin in the films, the character struggle of Anakin and his arc from a young boy to Darth Daddy Vader is interesting. To me, the tragedy of Anakin can be seen in my favorite line from The Phantom Menace: “I’m a person, and my name is Anakin.” ~~ Thank you to Joey for the credits Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Keywords: star wars, star wars celebration, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé, the last jedi, the phantom menace, attack of the clones, the clone wars, return of the jedi, revenge of the sith, the force awakens, star wars legends, rise of skywalker, George Lucas, Disney, Lucasfilm,

Épisode 434 - Why We Needed To Relearn The Classics

24 juin 2023

Classics are getting an update. Check out http://80000hours.org/princessweekes From Medusa to Clytemnestra to Penelope, we see a new boom of retellings. But it is not new. What does this new generation of reimagined classics say about the moment we are in and the limitations of trend reimagining versus how we learn these stories in an academic setting? Sources & Links: https://qz.com/quartzy/1408600/the-medusa-statue-that-became-a-symbol-of-feminist-rage https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/design/medusa-statue-manhattan.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_of_Paris https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/emily-wilson-on-porous-boundaries-and-the-world-of-homer/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-first-english-translation-of-the-odyssey-by-a-woman-was-worth-the-wait/2017/11/16/692cdf82-c59a-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html Music & Clips : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcV90cya1Y https://youtu.be/jvU4xWsN7-A Now We Fight by Bonnie Grace labour by Paris Paloma Derry Girls Hercules & Xena the Battle for Mount Olympus Poison by Bell Biv DeVoe Supplementary Reading Material: (1) The Oedipus Complex, Antigone, and Electra: The Woman as Hero and Victim Dorothy Willner American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 58-78 (21 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/675950 (2) Women in Greek Myth MARY R. LEFKOWITZ The American Scholar, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Spring 1985), pp. 207-219 (13 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/41211188 (3) Greek Attitudes towards Women: The Mythological Evidence P. Walcot Greece & Rome, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Apr., 1984), pp. 37-47 (11 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/642368 (4) Medusa and the Female Gaze Susan R. Bowers NWSA Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp. 217-235 (19 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316018 (5) Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens David Cohen Greece & Rome, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Apr., 1989), pp. 3-15 (13 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/643180

Épisode 436 - Anne Heche: When Community Doesn't Show Up

7 juillet 2023

This is probably my version of a You're Wrong About episode. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes Watch my video Heteronormative Culture is a Menace on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-heteronormative-culture-is-a-menace Content Warning: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse, biphobia, transphobia, sexual harassment, and addiction. Pride is an interesting time. More often than not, it is both a time for celebration and for over-thinkers like myself to reflect on the realities of how experiences within the LGBTQIA community have changed. Or haven't. A little under a year ago, actress Anne Heche was declared brain-dead and taken off life support on August 15, 2022. If you don't know her name, you might remember her as the voice of Suyin Beifong in The Legend of Korra. She was on shows like Everwood, Ally McBeal, and All Rise and in the films I Know What You Did Last Summer and John Q. Hers is a name I’d heard in passing growing up. Still, I had no idea about the trauma and battles she faced throughout her life as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, sexual harassment, familial trauma, mental health issues, and extreme biphobia. And when I was working on an article about her passing back in 2022, her story resonated with me because as we have seen the attempts from Conservatives to criminalize our community—I think it is important to remember the damage that we also do to each other when we fail to back each other. So this video is a bit of queer history, reflection, and a lot of trying to explain why we need to re-access how to talk to each other. I promise to try and do something happier for the next Pride. Maybe. Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Sources & Links: Bisexual Stats: https://mashable.com/article/bisexual-people-sexual-violence; https://www.thetaskforce.org/news/bisexual-women-have-increased-risk-of-intimate-partner-violence-new-cdc-data-shows/ Jay Leno Quote Source: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/anne-heche-mental-health-history-homophobia-1234751477/ Elliot Page Sweepstakes Quote (Warning has Deadname): https://www.gawker.com/361783/the-ellen-page-sexuality-sweepstakes NYT Magazine Quote: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02heche-t.html The Advocate 2001 Article: https://books.google.com/books?id=G2UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false People Article about Breakup: https://people.com/archive/yep-its-over-vol-54-no-10/ Heche on building back familial bonds: https://web.archive.org/web/20120221011547/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8465999/Anne-Heche-There-was-no-joy-in-my-family.html

Épisode 437 - The Menedez Brothers Case and the Changing Perceptions of Child Abuse

4 août 2023

In the 90s, several televised trials/cases became part of the public imagination and heavily impacted how modern true crime looks. OJ Simpson, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobett, and the Menéndez Brothers. Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes Watch my next video The Many Mediocre Love Interests of Mel Vera: https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-the-many-mediocre-love-interests-of-mel-vera All of these have been examined and re-examined in the past decade. Most recently, the Menéndez Brothers, who were mocked for their claims of childhood abuse. In 1996, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of the 1989 murder of their parents, Jose and Mary "Kitty" Menendez. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Due to their actions before and during the trial, the brothers were heavily parodied and mocked—especially Lyle for wearing a hairpiece. At trial, as part of their defense, the brothers expressed being emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by their father and feared for their lives. The prosecution argued they did it for money, and their claims of sexual abuse were treated as a lie. For as long as I've heard about the Menéndez Brothers in many of the True Crime podcasts I've listened to, the narrative has always been: they were liars—the original "affluenza" brothers. Except, due to new evidence, this might not be the case. And what I think is interesting about this new evidence is not so much the gotcha of the "culture got it wrong" but what is the responsibility while it is being unfolded. How do we deal with something that was assumed correct for decades now having a new reality? Table of Contents: 00:00 Start 02:22 Housekeeping 04:24 Nebula 06:25 Revisiting the Menendez Story 34:42 Credits Sources: The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence by Bill James https://abcnews.go.com/US/lyle-erik-menendezs-cousin-testified-sexual-abuse-speaks/story?id=44420173 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/arts/television/menendez-brothers-menudo-roy-rossello-documentary.html https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/monster-season-2-menendez-brothers-1235599246/ https://www.biography.com/crime/menendez-brothers-murder-case-facts https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-03/menendez-brothers-seek-overturn-convictions-cite-documentary#:~:text=Erik%20and%20Lyle%20Menendez%2C%20the,former%20underage%20member%20of%20Menudo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menéndez#Parody_and_dark_comedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo_(group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Lannert https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fcalifornia%2Fstory%2F2023-07-17%2Fmenendez-brothers-vacate-convictions-new-hearing-evidence

Épisode 446 - No—Twilight Hate Isn't Just Misogyny

23 février 2024

Sexism against Twilight doesn't mean erasing the problems with the books. SPONSORED BY 80,000 Hours | To get started planning a career that works on one of the world’s most pressing problems, sign up now at https://80000hours.org/princessweekes Do you like my new office? ✨Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes ✨Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes ✨Instagram: princess_weekes ✨TikTok: PrincessPendulum Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. ✨Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin ✨Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin ✨Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes ✨Music: Max Anson "Pressure Drop" King Sis "Cry an Ocean" ✨Sources: ?"Sacrificial Scripts, Blood Values and Gender in the Twilight Vampire Narrative" by Grietje Dresen {https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv2gjwtb8.14} ?"TWILIGHT" IS NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THE FAMILY IN STEPHENIE MEYER'S "TWILIGHT" SERIES by ANNA SILVER {https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533972} ? "My Vampire Boyfriend: Postfeminism, "Perfect" Masculinity, and the Contemporary Appeal of Paranormal Romance" by Ananya Mukherjea {https://www.jstor.org/stable/23416381} ? "Twilight's Heteronormative Reversal of the Monstrous: Utopia and the Gothic Design" by Kelly Budruweit {https://www.jstor.org/stable/26321204} ? "Civilized Vampires Versus Savage Werewolves Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight Series" by Natalie Wilson {https://www.academia.edu/28684886/Civilized_Vampires_Versus_Savage_Werewolves_Race_and_Ethnicity_in_the_Twilight_Series} ?"DO MORMON MOMS DREAM OF MONSTROUS GODS?" STEPHENIE MEYER’S TWILIGHT MYTH AS MORMON HEROINE’S JOURNEY" By Maxine Hanks {https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/157-26-30.pdf}

Épisode 447 - The Missed Potential of Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch

12 mars 2024

I don't have all the answers, but ... I can say that being hot and having a sword is undefeated. SPONSORED BY NEBULA| Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: :https://nebula.tv/princessweekes ?️Voice Overs By: Maggie Mae Fish Jessie Gender F.D. Signifier Dan Olsen Angelina Meehan ?️Music: Alec Slayne -- Stimuli spring gang -- Segersta ?️Links, Sources, and Further Reading: ?"Escaping the Sentence: Diagnosis and Discourse in "The Yellow Wallpaper""by Paula A. Treichler [https://www.jstor.org/stable/463825] ?Sucker Punch Reviews: [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sucker_punch_2011/reviews?type=top_critics] ?Interview with Steve Shibuya: [https://www.8asians.com/2011/03/24/sucker-punch-co-writer-steve-shibuya/] ?Prevalence of a history of sexual abuse among female psychiatric patients in a state hospital system [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3356438/] ?Abuse Is Found at Psychiatric Unit Run by the City [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/nyregion/06kings.html] ?"The Mako Mori Fan Club" by Cait Coker from Dis-Orienting Planets: Racial Representations of Asia in Science Fiction Isiah Lavender III (ed.) [https://academic.oup.com/mississippi-scholarship-online/book/17163/chapter-abstract/174532084?redirectedFrom=fulltext] ?Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton ?The dark history of gay men, lobotomies and Walter Jackson Freeman II [https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sexuality/the-dark-gay-history-of-lobotomies-and-walter-jackson-freeman-ii-419069/] ?'Sucker Punch' and the Decline of Strong Woman Action Heroines [Note author's deadname is still up at the source: [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/03/sucker-punch-and-the-decline-of-strong-woman-action-heroines/73090/] ?Ten Days In a Mad-House BY NELLIE BLY [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html] ?ELIZABETH PACKARD [https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2013/01/elizabeth-packard.html#google_vignette] ?The Trouble with Charlotte Perkins Gilman [https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/03/11/the-trouble-with-charlotte-perkins-gilman/] ?"The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952]

Épisode 448 - Why Sci-fi & Fantasy Can't Fix Its White Savior Problem

3 avril 2024

You will never look at Tarzan the same. | SPONSORED BY SKILLSHARE: The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare" https://skl.sh/melinapendulum03241 Videos Mentioned @HillsAliveYT : https://youtu.be/SB7Z_Z8Rz0Y @coldcrashpictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyczktZVbzA Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Time Stamps: 00:00 Start 01:00 White Man's Burden 03:25 Mighty Whitey Trope 13:00 Skillshare 15:56 Dune (Spoilers for Part Two) 24:52 Dany & Game of Thrones 40:07 Why The Discourse? 52:57 Credits xx Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Sources & Links: ? "Science Fiction by, about, and for Arabs: Case Studies in De-Orientalising the Western Imagination" https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/reorient.6.1.0004 ? "The Imperial Superhero" https://www.jstor.org/stable/43284493 ? ""Heart of Darkness, Tarzan", and the "Third World": Canons and Encounters in World Literature, English 109" https://www.jstor.org/stable/25111993 ? "CHAPTER 2 ‘Hoist the Colours!’ Framing Feminism through Charismatic White Leadership in the Fantasy Blockbuster" https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1pwt3hk.7 ? "Romancing the Zulu: H. Rider Haggard, "Nada the Lily", and Salvage Ethnography" https://www.jstor.org/stable/23267874 ? "Aboriginality in Science Fiction" https://www.jstor.org/stable/4241374 ? "From Menace to Messiah: the Prehistory of the Superman in Science Fiction Literature" https://www.jstor.org/stable/41389055 ? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/norse-code-white-supremacists-reading-the-northman-robert-eggers ?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Imperialism ?https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/taliaferro-tarzan.html ?https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism ?https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/King_Solomon%27s_Mines_comic_cover.jpg ? https://books.google.com/books?id=ud3h0TkX3P8C&pg=PA11&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false ? https://grrm.livejournal.com/326474.html?thread=17886026#t17886026

Épisode 451 - Why We Fall for Monsters

28 juin 2024

A wild academic ride through monster romance! Sponsored by Ground News| Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/princessweekes From folk tales to the latest best-sellers and films, we're diving deep into the complex allure of otherworldly lovers. Table of Contents 00:00 Start! 01:35 Eros & Psyche -- Animal Bridegrooms 11:29 Loathy Ladies & Shapeshifting Maidens 22:17 The Sheik and the Other 32:50 Shape of Water 45:38 Ground News Ad 47:48 Credits Works Cited & Reading List: - Aguirre, A. (n.d.). "Tentacles & Triathlons." - Bugge, J. (2004). "Fertility Myth and Female Sovereignty in 'The Weddynge of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle'." The Chaucer Review. - Díaz de Arce, L. (n.d.). "Rhapsody in Blue Bodies: Primitive Desire in Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians." Interstellar Flight Magazine and Medium. - Feinstein, S. (n.d.). "Longevity and the Loathly Ladies in Three Medieval Romances." Literator. - Hull, E.M. (1919). "The Sheik." - Jenkins, H. (n.d.). "It's not a fairy tale anymore: Gender, Genre, Beauty and the Beast." JSTOR. - Lee, L. J. (n.d.). "Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance Novels as Reworked Fairy Tales." JSTOR. - The Oriental Beast, The Sheik and Fairy Tales. (n.d.). Journal of Popular Romance Studies. - The Sheik. (n.d.). Wikipedia. - "Desirable Futures: Romance." (2019). Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction. Videos Reference: (Part 2/2) || The Shape of Ableism: How We Restrict Disabled and Disfigured Stories The Princess and the Scrivener | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK1KLVPipmY The Shape of Water: Falling In Love With Monsters (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | READUS 101| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrVNKEQJA8&pp=ygUXc2hhcGUgb2Ygd2F0ZXIgbGluZHNheSA= My Monster Boyfriend| Lindsay Ellis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YesMWAxqJ60&t=1336s&pp=ygUXc2hhcGUgb2Ygd2F0ZXIgbGluZHNheSA=

Épisode 452 - Comp Het, Feminism, and Queer Identity

4 juillet 2024

Full of thoughts, observations and rambles. Hope you enjoy. Sponsored by Nebula Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes Chandra Pride 2024 Shirt (which was sent to me by Wizards of the Coast): https://mtgproshop.com/products/pride-2024-chandra-and-embercat-tshirt-magic-the-gathering Table of Contents: 00:00 Start 00:24 Content Warning/Intro 04:00 What is Comp-Het/ Compulsory heterosexuality 06:41 TW SA & Medical Abuse 07:49 TW End 11:09 "bisexual women and their boyfriends ..." 25:27 Stream IDENTITEAZE/ad 26:58 TERFS impact in sapphic inclusion 36:39 wrapping it all up 45:59 credits Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Sources & Books - Adrienne Rich. “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence.” 1980. [Link](https://posgrado.unam.mx/musica/lecturas/Maus/viernes/AdrienneRichCompulsoryHeterosexuality.pdf). - Jude Cramer. [Into More](https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/music/the-writer-of-this-gay-anthem-has-a-heartwarming-message-for-queer-folks/). - Rolling Stone Interview (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chappell-roan-good-luck-babe-interview-1234998731/). - Teen Vogue Interview (https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chappell-roan-casual-music-video-trans-rights-pink-pony-club-of-dreams-interview). - Lisa M. Diamond. "Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: results from a 10-year longitudinal study." [Link](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-12290-013). -PEW (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/23/5-key-findings-about-lgbtq-americans/) -Krista Burton: Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America -June Thomas: A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women’s Culture.

Épisode 454 - Tall, Dark and Racially Ambiguous

29 août 2024

Alright, close your eyes and think of the following phrases: “olive-skinned,” “dark features,” and “tall, dark, and handsome.” Hold in your mind's eyes what that looks like ... | Sponsored by Nebula go check out https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes for 40% off a yearly Nebula membership ?? General Disclaimer: This video only covers a narrow part of this topic and not an exhaustive look into the topic. Anything left out was either cut for brevity/subject matter or simply did not come up in my research. I encourage anyone to fill in any gaps I may have missed with their own content or in the comments. ?? Table of Content: 00:00 Who is tall, dark and handsome? 02:41 "Race Science" 08:35 Jon Snow 15:38 Jo March 21:39 Katniss 28:50 Duke Leto I Title Credit: Chewie Cheshire on Patreon End Music: "White Castle" by Tabemono ? | Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum ?Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. ?Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin ?Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin ?Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes ?Sources| Works Cited ? Painter, Nell Irvin. The History of White People. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. ? Roediger, David. Working Towards Whiteness. Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs. Basic Books; Reprint edition 2018. ? Rioux, Anne Boyd. Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018 ? Cain, Mary Cathryn. “The Art and Politics of Looking White: Beauty Practice among White Women in Antebellum America.” Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008, pp. 27–50. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.1086/528904. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024. ?Lorenzo DiTommaso. “History and Historical Effect in Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune.’” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 1992, pp. 311–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4240179. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024. ?Ellen Feehan. “Frank Herbert and the Making of Myths: Irish History, Celtic Mythology, and IRA Ideology in ‘The White Plague’ (Frank Herbert et La Création Mythique: Histoire Irlandaise, Mythologie Celtique, et Idéologie de l’Armée de Libération Irlandaise).” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 1992, pp. 289–310. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4240178. Accessed 26 Aug. 2024. ? Rudolph Valentino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino ? ⁠@Yharazayd "The Day Rue "Became" Black ?⁠@florida.florian

Épisode 456 - 'House of the Dragon’ Isn’t Just an Adaptation

2 octobre 2024

Nerd alert: Fictional dragon history opinions are incoming. Sponsored by Nebula go check out https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes for 40% off a yearly Nebula membership Ten Ten x Temari | When Filler Makes Things Worse | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-ten-ten-x-temari-when-filler-makes-things-worse Why Endeavor's Redemption Story Matters | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-why-endeavors-redemption-story-matters-anime-court ?? General Disclaimer: This video only covers a narrow part of this topic and not an exhaustive look into the topic. Anything left out was either cut for brevity/subject matter or simply did not come up in my research. I encourage anyone to fill in any gaps I may have missed with their own content or in the comments. ?? Table of Contents 00:00 Content Warning 00:08 Dun dun dun da 03:06 Thoughts on Season 2 24:27 The GRRM (Not a) Blog Post 31:55 A History of Fire & Blood 59:27 SPOILER ALERT 59:59 SPOILER ALERT OVER Aemond Shirt -- https://www.etsy.com/shop/SippinSistersCo End Credit Song -- https://open.spotify.com/track/3Rr10aN5GLLnFqX8nUpHnj?si=ab9aae2f72564159 Creators Mentioned *ladydragonjj | https://www.tiktok.com/@ladydragonjj *gameofthroneshistorian | https://www.tiktok.com/@gameofthroneshistorian *Hill's Alive @HillsAliveYT *kaycharisse | https://www.tiktok.com/@kaycharisse *rhanialam | https://www.tiktok.com/@rhanialam *theerachaele | https://www.tiktok.com/@theerachaele *alwaysaprille | https://www.tiktok.com/@alwaysaprille Mary I Books * The Myth of "Bloody Mary": The First Queen of England by Linda Porter *Mary Tudor: England's First Queen Paperback by Anna Whitelock Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes

Épisode 457 - The Heathcliff Question

29 octobre 2024

I AM HEATHCLIFF! Sponsored by Nebula https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes for 40% off a yearly Nebula membership ▶️ Check Out: Ten Ten x Temari | When Filler Makes Things Worse | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-ten-ten-x-temari-when-filler-makes-things-worse Why Endeavor's Redemption Story Matters | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-why-endeavors-redemption-story-matters-anime-court Tall, Dark and Racially Ambiguous | https://youtu.be/xvg5nShcAOU ?? General Disclaimer: This video only covers a narrow part of this topic and not an exhaustive look into the topic. Anything left out was either cut for brevity/subject matter or simply did not come up in my research. I encourage anyone to fill in any gaps I may have missed with their own content or in the comments. ?? ▶️ Sources: ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ourika ? https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/europe ? Empire of Cotton: A Global History By Sven Beckert ?Wuthering Heights and the Liverpool Slave Trade| https://www.jstor.org/stable/30030265 ? "Marks of Race": G---y Figures and Eccentric Femininity in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3828863 ? “IMAGES OF BLACKNESS IN THE WORKS OF CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTË” | https://www.jstor.org/stable/44325077 ? "Heathcliff is Me!": Wuthering Heights and the Question of Likeness | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3044981 ▶️ Other Wuthering Heights Reading: ? Ethical Engagements over Time: Reading and Rereading "David Copperfield" and "Wuthering Heights" | https://www.jstor.org/stable/20107353 ? "My name was Isabella Linton": Coverture, Domestic Violence, and Mrs. Heathcliff's Narrative in Wuthering Heights | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/ncl.2009.64.3.347 ? Feminist criticism of "Wuthering Heights" | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41555645 ?Traversing the Atlantic: From Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" to Condé's "La Migration des cœurs" | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40986192 ? The Villain in Wuthering Heights | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3044379 ? "Abroad and at Home": Sexual Ambiguity, Miscegenation, and Colonial Boundaries in Edgeworth's Belinda | https://www.jstor.org/stable/463091 ? Juba's "Black Face" / Lady Delacour's "Mask": Plotting Domesticity in Maria Edgeworth's "Belinda" | https://www.jstor.org/stable/23365026 ? @pbsstoried | The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic? (Feat. Princess Weekes) | It’s Lit | https://youtu.be/t4wNZDIH8d8?si=8rBmHrOZ-oi3OlHp ?@florida.florian ▶️ Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram/Reels: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum BlueSky: @princesmweekes.bsky.social Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes

Épisode 459 - Main Character Syndrome & The Authenticity Trap

14 novembre 2024

What is Main Character Syndrome if not Mary Sue discourse preserving? Sponsored by Nebula https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes for 40% off a yearly Nebula membership ▶️ Check Out: Ten Ten x Temari | When Filler Makes Things Worse | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-ten-ten-x-temari-when-filler-makes-things-worse Why Endeavor's Redemption Story Matters | https://nebula.tv/videos/princessweekes-why-endeavors-redemption-story-matters-anime-court Time Stamps 00:00 Election Angst 11:48 In the beginning, Halsey 16:08 Main Character Syndrome 20:14 Virality 25:18 Panopticon & Social Media 37:26 Credits Song: White Castle Social Media Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pmweekes Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram/Reels: princess_weekes TikTok: PrincessPendulum BlueSky: @princesmweekes.bsky.social Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Thank you @Shanspeare for Voice Acting xx Monster Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-monster-fucker-pin Villain Fucker Pin: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes/products/princess-weekes-villain-fucker-pin Other Merch: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/princess-weekes Sources & References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/main-character-syndrome https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/halsey-the-great-impersonator/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8RsnEGpYRU https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/us/carolyn-bryant-donham-dead.html https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide https://time.com/247/millennials-the-me-me-me-generation/ https://youtu.be/TQxjB-A4TJ8 https://youtu.be/YGzSqLP21LIhttps://youtu.be/lETHRbwXYtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZFQG2e87ZU&t=2952s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeCi4CSqtzw https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lp48ldgyeo https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls https://www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html

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Épisode 1 - My Favorite "Official" Disney Princesses

Épisode 2 - My Favorite Disney Non-Princesses

Épisode 3 - My Top 10 Non-Disney Girls

Épisode 4 - Ariel vs. Melody

Épisode 5 - Why Edward Hates Blondes {A Twilight fanfiction video}

Épisode 6 - My Problem WithAnita Blake

Épisode 7 - What do male readers like in a heroine?

Épisode 8 - Bleach {Spoilers For Latest Chapters}

Épisode 9 - A list of my favorite anime shows

Épisode 10 - Leave Kristen Stewert Alone Twihards!

Épisode 11 - Explicit Review/Rant of White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

Épisode 12 - Melina and Steph at Barnes and Nobles (Extreme Sarcasm!)

Épisode 13 - Top 10 Annoying Things Writers Do {Part 2}

Épisode 14 - Top 10 Annoying Things Writers Do {Part 1}

Épisode 15 - Melina On Writing: Intro {The Standard of Books}

Épisode 16 - Video Diary #1

Épisode 17 - MOW: Originality

Épisode 18 - Question about Anne Boleyn

Épisode 19 - MOW: Organization

Épisode 20 - Video Diary #2

Épisode 21 - MOW: Historial Fiction

Épisode 22 - Video Diary #3 [Adventureland, Obessessed & More Books]

Épisode 23 - Is Anne Responsible {History Question #2}

Épisode 24 - Should Mary have submitted to Anne? {History Question #3}

Épisode 25 - Star Trek

Épisode 26 - Pride & Prejudice (1995 vs 2005)

Épisode 27 - LEAVE JANE SEYMOUR ALONE!

Épisode 28 - A Melina Pendulum Christmas

Épisode 29 - The Reason for the Season is LOVE

Épisode 30 - Re: Why do certain black women over-value their education/profession?

Épisode 31 - Melina & Steph Review Princess and the Frog {Spoilers}

Épisode 32 - Melina & Steph: Rate the Disney Prince/Princess

Épisode 33 - Melina & Steph Lose Their Minds in Toon World! {Part 4}

Épisode 34 - Melina & Steph Lose Their Minds in Toon World! {Part 3}

Épisode 35 - Melina & Steph Lose Their Minds in Toon World! {Part 2}

Épisode 36 - Melina & Steph Lose Their Minds in Toon World! {Part 1}

Épisode 37 - Quality vs. Entertainment

Épisode 38 - Needs and Wants in a Relationship There is a Difference

Épisode 39 - One Year Anniversary

Épisode 40 - My Top 10 Books of the Decade

Épisode 41 - The Five Worst Books of 2000's

Épisode 42 - Philippa Gregory {Love Her or Hate Her?}

Épisode 43 - Vampire Diaries {Episodes 1-10}

Épisode 44 - Why Don't Boys Read?{Marketing Standpoint}

Épisode 45 - DC Movies

Épisode 46 - Why I am a Marvel

Épisode 47 - Pink & Girly =/=Non-Feminist Part 1

Épisode 48 - Pink & Girly =/=Non-Feminist Part 2

Épisode 49 - The Problem with Anne Boleyn

Épisode 50 - Better to be Bad?

Épisode 51 - MOW: SEX

Épisode 52 - MOW: Sex Tropes

Épisode 53 - Spiderman Reboot/WW Costume/Ed Norton and more

Épisode 54 - HEKATE IS NOT EVIL! AHHH!

Épisode 55 - The Hunger Games: Hyped for a Reason.

Épisode 56 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Épisode 57 - Clockwork Angel-Book Review

Épisode 58 - Relationship Thoughts

Épisode 59 - Glee| Kurtofsky| Spoilers

Épisode 60 - Personal Demons {Book Review}

Épisode 61 - Angelfire {Book Review}

Épisode 62 - THE LAST SACRIFICE

Épisode 63 - Wildthorn Book Review

Épisode 64 - John Belushi Is Dead {Book Review}

Épisode 65 - Morganville Vamps Books 1-2

Épisode 66 - Melina on Sexual Orientations

Épisode 67 - Under The Red Hood

Épisode 68 - Rant: Buffy Reboot|Skins|

Épisode 69 - New Superman|Young Justice| Huck Finn & More

Épisode 70 - Book Review: Fallen

Épisode 71 - Book Review: Shiver

Épisode 72 - The "Be Nice" Bullshit

Épisode 73 - "As Long as They're Reading." Good or Bad?

Épisode 74 - Half The Sky: Women's Oppression

Épisode 75 - Miss Representation: Film Review

Épisode 76 - Historical Fiction

Épisode 77 - Taboo Topics: Religion