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in GamingSlaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in GamingSlaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror IconsTakashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
When it comes to original Twin Peaks cast members, Piper Laurie was one of the biggest stars in the original run, and also the one that is the most seldom talked about. She has shied away from interviews and appearances, and, for all her awards and accolades, is little known among the younger generations. David […] More
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in ThrillerInto the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
Restraint is not a common artistic or narrative characteristic in revenge films nowadays. We live in an explicit world where the louder and more outlandish outpourings of violence are what grab attention and audiences. The stern and sullen are taken as dull and tedious. Like its title, Into the Ashes resides in the crackling smolder […] More
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
Some shows start off great but end up sticking around too long. Whether they jump the shark, or just otherwise overstay their welcome, this is the theme of 25YL’s Cancelled Too Late series. This week we look at 3%, which started by exploring a question about meritocracy but turned into something flat and boring. When […] More
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in HorrorThe Woman: That is Not Civilized Behaviour
Remember how in the Disney film Pocahontas, American war hero John Smith finds this beautiful tribal woman in the forest and offers to teach her how to be less of a savage? Well, the 2011 film The Woman is kind of similar to that, only with less love and singing, and more violence and rape. […] More
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in Sci-FiDonnie Darko and The Philosophy of Time Travel
Can you believe Donnie Darko is 18 years old? Doesn’t time fly! But I’m here today to talk about the tale of Donnie Darko, who sadly didn’t make it to his 18th year. Jake Gyllenhaal looks like a young pup when you watch it all these years later. Richard Kelly’s directorial debut absolutely still holds […] More
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in LegionThe Time is Out of Joint in Legion S3E4
Legion has always been a visually stunning show, and one that is experimental in its form. Back in Season 1, for example, we got the scene presented in the style of a silent film, which remains in my mind one of the most brilliant things that has ever been on television. But this has also […] More
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Janey-E and Her Nuclear Family Forgery
With our Celebration of Women articles, it’s time to let the dreamer sleep and focus on the dreamy. Janey-E is an essential character in understanding the breadth of Twin Peaks: The Return with its range of statements and impact. That is to say that audiences shouldn’t miss the series’ possible statements on women, gender, and […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror Icons
Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
A Horror Icon That Goes for Our Guts
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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in Gaming
Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror Icons
Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror Icons
Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Gaming
Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror IconsTakashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
A Horror Icon That Goes for Our Guts
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
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The Woman: That is Not Civilized Behaviour
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
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The Woman: That is Not Civilized Behaviour
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
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The Woman: That is Not Civilized Behaviour
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
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The Woman: That is Not Civilized Behaviour
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
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Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
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in GamingSlaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in GamingSlaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror IconsTakashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
When it comes to original Twin Peaks cast members, Piper Laurie was one of the biggest stars in the original run, and also the one that is the most seldom talked about. She has shied away from interviews and appearances, and, for all her awards and accolades, is little known among the younger generations. David […] More
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in ThrillerInto the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
Restraint is not a common artistic or narrative characteristic in revenge films nowadays. We live in an explicit world where the louder and more outlandish outpourings of violence are what grab attention and audiences. The stern and sullen are taken as dull and tedious. Like its title, Into the Ashes resides in the crackling smolder […] More
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in GamingSlaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror Icons
Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
A Horror Icon That Goes for Our Guts
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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The Farewell Is a Culturally Unique Situation of Gallows Humor
We all have to fake a goodbye in our lives to someone terminally ill. We all don’t want to, but we will. We’ll say “I love you” and “see you soon” to someone close to us we won’t see again. And we won’t. We will mean half of those last words said to them, the […] More
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Silent Star: The Life and Career of Piper Laurie
When it comes to original Twin Peaks cast members, Piper Laurie was one of the biggest stars in the original run, and also the one that is the most seldom talked about. She has shied away from interviews and appearances, and, for all her awards and accolades, is little known among the younger generations. David […] More
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Into the Ashes: A Gritty Tale of Revenge
There’s always heat when Frank Grillo is the toughest and scariest guy in the room
Restraint is not a common artistic or narrative characteristic in revenge films nowadays. We live in an explicit world where the louder and more outlandish outpourings of violence are what grab attention and audiences. The stern and sullen are taken as dull and tedious. Like its title, Into the Ashes resides in the crackling smolder […] More
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How 3% Lost Its Merit
Some shows start off great but end up sticking around too long. Whether they jump the shark, or just otherwise overstay their welcome, this is the theme of 25YL’s Cancelled Too Late series. This week we look at 3%, which started by exploring a question about meritocracy but turned into something flat and boring. When […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror IconsTakashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
A Horror Icon That Goes for Our Guts
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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Slaying Their Own Dragons: Women in Video Games
They’re their own heroes, and yours too probably
I struggled with how to approach the topic of “strong female protagonists” in video games. Not because of the issue of who to pick, but more along the lines of why I should focus on them. What kind of traits and characteristics do we consider to be valuable in a strong protagonist? And more importantly, […] More
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What’s the Buzz: Finds of the Week (Dean Hurley, Shane Dawson, and More!)
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, 25YL’s feature where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or […] More
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The Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines an episode […] More
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in Horror Icons
Takashi Miike’s Cinema of the Stomach
A Horror Icon That Goes for Our Guts
When a horror film reaches new heights, we often reach for the same familiar words like awesome, brutal, and sick. We use these words with such frequency that they lose their meaning. They become amorphous synonyms for the same, elevated sense of really, really, good. We don’t mean a film was so bold, arresting, and […] More
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