Category: Troubling Tropes

  • Lifetime Movie Network….Can We Talk About Your New Show?

    Lifetime Movie Network….Can We Talk About Your New Show?

    Not too long ago I wrote about HBO channel’s adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife, here. I had watched the first episode of the Steven Moffet led show, and immediately backed away in horror. To me, there was nothing romantic about the supposed romance between Clare and Henry. Clearly, lots of people agreed with me-HBO…

  • The Overturning of Roe V. Wade-Our Bodies Are Not Our Own

    The Overturning of Roe V. Wade-Our Bodies Are Not Our Own

    26 states are working to reduce or remove protections for people with uteruses following June 24th’s Supreme Court ruling. If you are in a position to help, consider donating to one of the many abortion funds in your area, or go to https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds?refcode=nnafwebsite to make a donation. The line between the personal and the political…

  • The Time Traveler’s Wife-What Is The Appeal?

    The Time Traveler’s Wife-What Is The Appeal?

    Maybe it’s because I’m queer, and growing up queer fundamentally changes the way I approach and perceive love, but nothing in The Time Traveler’s Wife feels romantic. It could be that I didn’t give it enough of a chance. Should I continue watching? Should I try to read it? What are your thoughts?

  • We Don’t Talk About Bruno

    We Don’t Talk About Bruno

    Published in 1972 as the first novel under the new pen name Philippa Carr, The Miracle at St. Bruno’s is the first in Carr’s Daughters of England series, told through a series of first-person diaries written by the eldest daughter of each subsequent generation, from Henry VIII’s reign all the way through WWII.