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Film Review: “Moana (2016),” a Fable for the Trump Era

Sometimes, you want a movie that helps you to see that it’s not all hopeless, that…
Film Review: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and the Pain of Endings

Spoiler: Full plot details for the film follow. As anyone who has read this blog is…
Reading Tolkien in the Time of Trump

Now that it’s Tolkien Appreciation Month here at Queerly Different, I thought I’d begin this year’s month with…
Goodbye, Appalachia

Dear Appalachia: I want to start this letter with a little anecdote. A couple of weeks…
Tracks for the Trump Era: “Perfect Illusion” (Lady Gaga)

I’ve decided to launch a series of blog posts about songs that we can listen to…
Trump and the Terror of History

In my work on the post-war historico-biblical epic, I talk a lot about the “terror of…
Weekly Rant: Dear Dr. Stein

Dear Dr. Stein: I struggled with writing this letter and with whether or not to put it…