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The Evolution of Vampires in Popular Culture
Pop culture has become so saturated with vampires that it’s hard not to roll your eyes every time a shoddily-plotted vampire novel or half-rate vampire…
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Ultimate Dystopian Showdown: Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games
With the popularity of its movie series, the infamous rumour has resurfaced that Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is a (*cough cough*) rip-off of Koushun…
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The Titans of Our Time
Attack on Titan is biting social commentary; literally. Set in the distant future, Attack imagines a post-apocalyptic landscape where all of humanity is confined behind…
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Kundera’s Angels and Contemporary Political Criticism of Russia
In this article, I want to analyze a strand of contemporary criticism of Russia by means of exploring the tradition of this criticism in the…
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Crazy Hair and Secret Lairs: Mad Scientists in Popular Fiction
So you’ve got that doctoral diploma burning a hole in your pocket, and some distant uncle you never met left all these uncut diamonds and…
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The Fragility of First Love in Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow”
Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s novelette, “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow,” surrounds two teenage boys with peculiar bodies: Splinter, a boy made of glass, and Look,…
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Make Your Own Joke About Love Potions: Why Ron and Hermione Belong Together.
Just when you thought the Harry Potter mania was dying down (it’s been nearly three years since the release of Deathly Hallows Part 2), J.K…
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Reimagined Race: Superheroes for a More Enlightened Age
Last November, news broke of Marvel relaunching their Ms. Marvel title with a new protagonist: Kamala Khan, a young Muslim teen from New Jersey. Kamala…
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Film Review for Her
Spike Jonze’s newest masterpiece, Her, is a gorgeous portrayal of the future. With its soft pastel colour palette and blush pink sheen, the film fabricates…
The Spectatorial 