Throughout most of Hollywood history, it has been usually taken for granted that transgender characters would be played by cisgender performers. Even in the most well-intentioned cases, these films can result in stereotypical and surface-level depictions of transgender people. In…
Sense8 and the virtue of hope
Sense8 is and was a beautiful show because it understood that there something we all so desperately wanted to see on our screens: hope. It was a show that, by design, this critic was always going to gravitate towards as a…
The 2015 edition of the pop culture Dope List
2015 is just days from saying “peace out,” and we all know what that means: year-end lists. Instead of simply listing the best or worst movies, TV shows, music and games, the DOPE list 2015 scours every pop culture nook…
TV Review: Sense8 1×09 – 1×12
It’s time to have a look at the final three episodes of season one, which bring all eight of our main characters together in an attempt to rescue one of their own.
TV Review: Sense8 1×07 – 1×09
If you aren’t watching Sense8 yet, check out these eight reasons why you really should be! Now back to the episode reviews. Today we’ll jump in with episodes seven to nine, which is a slower chunk but also has my favorite…
TV Review: Sense8 1×04 – 1×06
If you aren’t watching Sense8 yet, check out these eight reasons why you really should be! If you are watching Sense8, or have watched the first season already, make sure to check out my reviews of the first three episodes.…
TV Review: Sense8 1×01 – 1×03
If you aren’t watching Sense8 yet, check out these eight reasons why you really should be! If you are watching Sense8, or have watched the first season already, today we look at the first three episodes of the first season…