I Binged “This is Us”: Nobody Met on a Dating App

Hope the title wasn't a spoiler? Well, it shouldn't ruin anyone's enjoyment of the show if they were planning to watch it. I also won't discuss specific plot points with specific characters until the very end, where I'll give a warning. So, the majority of this is a general discussion, and having watched the show …

Godmothered: Surprisingly Anti-Amatonormative

I decided to watch a random Disney+ movie one night when I needed mindless entertainment and Godmothered looked like it would fit the bill. Starring Jillian Bell and Isla Fisher, and directed and written by folks I've never heard of, I expected it to be an entertaining, but ultimately forgettable hour and a half of …

Hotel Transylvania: Surprisingly Conservative And Amatonormative

Spoiler Warning for Hotel Transylvania (2012). Note: This post was written in 2022 and edited and published in 2023 due to procrastination. Hotel Transylvania was one of those movies that I wanted to watch when it came out, but I never got around to it for a whole decade. Overall, I thought it was entertaining, …

One True Ace Pairing: A Retrospective

Since my last post in my OTAP series, I've learned a lot more about the asexual and aromantic spectrum and even reevaluated where I belong in these spectrums. Given my new knowledge, I think it's time I revisited the series. I've written about pairs who could potentially fall at various places in both of these …

Romance is Confusing: Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman is the story of a very disturbed young woman who goes down a very self-destructive path. That being said, I absolutely LOVE the mission she is on: force people to look in the mirror. She goes to a club all dressed up and sexy, acts super drunk, let's a nice guy take …