While supporting the Black Lives Matter movement can take on different forms, including signing petitions, donating to causes and attending protests, self-education through pop culture can be extremely useful in beginning to understand how and why systemic racism exists and persists in the U.S.
Tag: TV Column
Regularly scheduled programming: How to get back together with your favorite show
What do you do after heartbreak taints your favorite show? TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reflects on how she got back together with “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
Regularly scheduled programming: 10 shows you should binge while stuck at home
Whether feeling the blues or boredom, social distancing is leaving a lot of us with a lot of time on our hands. TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 recommends ten TV shows to get caught up on while we’re racking up screen time.
Regularly scheduled programming: I haven’t finished it yet! My problem with series finales
TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reckons with her inability to watch series finales, and whether or not the fear even matters in the age of streaming and binge-watching.
Couch potato: How Netflix’s algorithm affects what you watch — or doesn’t
To explore Netflix’s algorithm and the extent of its influence, Gabriella Del Greco SC ’21 does a deep dive on her own Netflix account compared to the account of her perfect opposite: a middle-aged man.
Couch potato: On the perils of watching TV with your parents
How to navigate watching TV with parents when perils like sex scenes and explicit content appear
Tele Talk: Visualizing consent — why you should watch this ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episode
The Grey’s Anatomy episode “Silent All These Years” provided intentional, compelling and necessary storytelling regarding sexual assault.
Cartoon carnage — A cross-cultural analysis of child violence in animation
Anime has been showing a trend towards a more specific kind of violence — explicit violence toward children.
Trash & Treasures: What it means to be a good person — an exploration of morality in ‘BoJack Horseman’
Is BoJack Horseman a good person trying to disrupt his pattern of toxic behavior, or a scumbag completely incapable of change?
‘You’ teaches us to look beyond our raving romanticism
“You” employs all the rom-com stereotypes. But Joe manipulates the story to portray himself as a misunderstood romantic with good intentions.