And here’s the part where I get personal, because, as a educatee of U.S. public schools I have to admit that I did not know what The Partition was before Ms. Marvel. I knew of British occupied India from literature (primarily Kipling) and my own further reading, but school absolutely failed me when it came […]
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 4: Seeing Red
July 23, 2022In episode 4 of Ms. Marvel Kamala and her mom travel closer to the source of the mysterious bangle bringing out her powers by visiting family in Pakistan. After first setting the scene with some touristy and family activities, which are absolutely beautiful and fascinating bits of representation, handled with grace and levity, Kamal meets […]
T.V. Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 3: Destined
July 14, 2022In Episode three we finally get to see some links between the t.v. incarnation of Ms. Marvel and the comic origins of Ms. Marvel. They are subtle, but as the episode opens in a flash back showing where Aisha (Kamala’s great grandmother) found the bangle that appears to be bringing out Kamala’s powers we get […]
TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 2: Crushed
July 12, 2022Kamala Khan is a super hero! Well, she’s trying to be now that she has super powers. But first comes mastering her super powers. With her trusty companion Bruno she is determined to insert her head directly into the clouds, much to her mother’s dismay. But after a genuine act of heroism she discovers that […]
TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 1: Generation Why
July 7, 2022I am a huge Ms. Marvel fan, so of course I’m tackling this one an episode at a time. Kamala has been one of my favorites for awhile. My partner has been looking forward to the series as well, and after the first episode he said he felt it was written for a younger audience […]
*Covers Issues #14-19 of Deadpool: World’s Greatest comics. ISBN: 978-1-302-90148-6* Deadpool has been trying to get his life together, and it’s kind of worked. He runs a business, the Mercs for Money. He has a wife. He has a kid. He’s somehow managed to become an Avenger. But balance is not something that Deadpool is […]
TV Review: Doctor Who Season One (2005)
March 19, 2022There’s no question that Doctor Who is a long time essential speculative fiction world. The 2005 reboot propelled the title into the lives of a new generation of people, building a wonderful world of a unique mesh of science fiction, fantasy, and, yes, horror. My first exposure to the Doctor came from horror, namely the […]
TV Review: WandaVision
April 24, 2021Or wherein your author gets emotional. My mom died when I was 9 and those (what feels like) eons ago, people weren’t as quick to get therapy, or talk about their emotions as much. Or maybe it was just my family. When my new life with my dad started so did one of the greatest […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pains of the Real Vampira by Sandra Niemi Feral House, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781627311007 Available: Paperback, Kindle ( Bookshop.com | Amazon.com ) Glamour Ghoul is the biography of the woman who was Vampira, Maila Nurmi, written by her niece, Sandra Niemi. Pieced together from diaries, notes, family stories, and an unexpected […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas BearManor Media, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781629333861 Available: Hardcover, paperback ( Bookshop.org ) 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 is a beautiful book that includes the stars and women behind the scenes who have molded the horror genre. Heller-Nicholas provides a global view of the “vast number of […]