For this critical study of a media text, I would like to examine Doctor Who using an aspect of queer theory called chosen family. Chosen family is a phenomenon in the LGBTQ+ community that stems from the stigma many of these individuals face from both blood relations and local communities. It was first defined by [...]
I’ll be focusing on a Twilight Zone episode for the final project called ‘The Nick of Time’. Though it isn’t a particularly famous or mind-bending episode, I believe the subtlety of its grip is what makes it the best choice for the project. The episode details the honeymoon of a newlywed couple, Don and Pat [...]
In this short essay, I’ll be examining Venus of Dreams, easily a book that tackles a difficult and elusive topic for many science fiction writers: femininity. In this novel, the in-depth dive of the complex roles women play both in institutions but also in orbit of one another take center of the stage. As a [...]
This short essay is based more on our discussions from class and less on the readings for the week. My stake on the whole debate of class, which seemed to quickly devolve into a conversation about genres and transcendence, is based solely on one question. The need to ask it probably comes from my anthropological [...]
