Television
celebrities
Controversy ensues after “DWTS” Week 6
I was truly at an impasse and distraught: I didn’t want anyone to go home. But someone must.
celebrities
No tens at week 5-“DWTS” returns
Long time no see, but I am back with a new round-up of “Dancing With the Stars!”
LGBTQ
“Heartstopper” Season 3 is an ode to queerness and mental health
The hit queer coming-of-age show “Heartstopper” returns with its junior season — and this time it tackles heftier topics than before.
Dancing
Dancing with the Stars? More like dancing with scam artists
Over 11 weeks, contestants work with professional ballroom dancers to learn routines of different styles, competing for the Mirrorball Trophy. And each week, someone is sent home.
Adventure Time
Obsession: a retrospective on the love story of Simon Petrikov and Betty Grof
The love story of Simon and Betty is not one of pure love and affection. It is instead a love story of uneven sacrifice, obsession, and loss.
Netflix
‘First Kill’ deserved a second season
“First Kill” wasn’t canceled because it was bad. It was canceled because it was fun.
good trouble
Goodbye Callie Adams Foster
I understood Callie and seeing even the tiniest piece of me in her story, I couldn’t help but keep watching her until the end of “The Fosters,” and then onto “Good Trouble,” because I wasn’t ready to let go. Hers and mine are not the same story but I know it represents a lot of teenagers who are facing a brokenness they already feel is so inescapable in their young lives.
chinese series
‘Zhen Huan Zhuan’ is worth going the extra mile
“Zhen Huan Zhuan” is a 2011 Chinese television series based on the novel of the same name by Liu Lianzi. If you’ve ever seen any telenovela or would like to watch something with the same vibe, “Zhen Huan Zhuan” is the answer for you.
tv show
Derry Girls reminds us to continue living, amidst an insane world
It highlights the idea that while history is being made, mundane things are happening. In history books, these moments could be described as earth-shattering and groundbreaking, but in reality, life keeps on being lived as it was.
technology
The Good, The Bad, and the Meta
More than anything else, I believe that people in the middle of a 2-year-long (and counting) pandemic are simply desperate to feel a physical human connection again.
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