Monthly Archive:: September 2020
Sep 06 2020
Lovecraft Country Masterfully Blends Horror and History
“The evil that men do lives after them.”
That well-known line from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar could serve as the underlying theme and overarching message of Lovecraft Country, the brilliant new series on HBO. The evil here originates from two sources: the horrific mythology…
Sep 05 2020
The Minnesota-Based I Drink Your Podcast Finds Its Footing
In July I wrote about a brand-new Minnesota-based podcast I’d be checking out: I Drink Your Podcast, in which some friends join together to banter about movies that came out in 2007. Why 2007? According to the hosts, it was one of the best years for movies. They aren’t just discussing the…
Sep 04 2020
A Beginner’s Guide to a Solarpunk Lifestyle
Subcultures in geekdom pop up with every new iconic game, show, and comic. Solarpunk is one such genre: relatively young, it’s one of the many -punk subcultures (like steampunk and cyberpunk) that make up the world of geek, thought to have been given a name in 2008 by Republic of the Bees. Its focus?…
Sep 03 2020
Chadwick Forever
Last week, a king died.
Words fail to express the impact that this man had on the world, especially for Black people around the globe. The news of his passing was as devastating as it was surprising. I have cried more than one time since hearing it, as we mourn the loss of such an important cultural icon.
Chadwick…