TJ West

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Changing The World From Within to Without: My Take on the Importance of Critical Theory (9…
Screening Classic Hollywood: “Home from the Hill” (1960)

Though it was not a phenomenal success when it was released in 1960, Home from the Hill is…
Reading History: “Time and Chance” (by Sharon Kay Penman)

Sharon Kay Penman’s second novel about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine picks up roughly where When…
Getting it Both Ways: Gay Porn and the Bareback Debate(s)

If you follow the goings-on in the face-paced. contentious, and often-troubling world of online gay porn,…
Screening Classic Hollywood: “Executive Suite” (1954)

As I’ve been writing and researching my dissertation, I have increasingly come to appreciate just how…
Cortana: Gender Devolved (25 Sept. 2015)

Originally posted on Metathesis: For many, the summer’s release of Windows 10 marked a return to…
Sex on the (Game) Table (18 Sept. 2015)

Originally posted on Metathesis: I’m going to pivot here from the past two weeks, away from…
Why I Tweet About Classic Films

A few weeks ago, someone asked me why I tweet about classic movies (particularly at the…
Reading History: “When Christ and His Saints Slept” (by Sharon Kay Penman)

I’m a sucker for a good historical novel, and Sharon Kay Penman’s When Christ and His Saints…
Screening History: “Samson and Delilah” (1949)

Well, I finally got around to watching my Blu-Ray edition of Cecil B. DeMille’s epic Samson and…