A LOVE LETTER TO A NYC - THE PEOPLE, THE PLACE
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) and participation in the production of place
Actually, It Is That Deep
Essays that start with pop culture and end somewhere unexpectedly academic, because actually... It Is That Deep
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AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN…
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and what does Never Again actually mean?
THE ENDLESS PURSUIT OF PROGRESS
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Who gets to decide, and where does legitimate authority come from?
TAKING THE BLAME
COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY #5 - X-Men: First Class and the hidden architects absolving real villains of their crimes
MIRRORS OF OUR TIME
COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY #4 - Eyes of Wakanda (2025), The Odyssey (2026) and the Politics of Adaptation
IS THE WORK EVER DONE
COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY - BONUS ESSAY: Spider-Noir (2026)
PASSING
Agent Carter (season 2) and 'The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life'
To Those Who Think Tents Are the Big Fix
Responding to misinformation and the misuse of refugee camps as a rhetorical prop
DISPOSABLE LABOUR
Agent Carter (season 1) and the Value of Women's Labour
IS GOOD GOOD ENOUGH
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and what makes a hero?
COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY
102 stories. 102 essays. One question: what does Marvel teach us about being human?
FEMININE EXHAUSTION
The House of The Dragon (season 1) and the exhaustion of feminine rage
THE MYTH OF THE 'PERFECT REFUGEE' - PART I
Superman (2025) and refugee exceptionalism
COERCED CONCENT OF THE DESPRETE
The First Purge (2018) and consent of the vulnerable - part 1
AN ACCIDENT OF BIRTH
28 Years Later (2025) and Passport Discrimination
MAKE DO AND LIVE
The Martian and Placemaking Beyond its Western Definition
THE BURDEN OF OTHERS SACRIFICE
What we all can learn from Ser Duncan the Tall in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (part 2)
YOU CANT SAY THAT ANYMORE
The Fast and The Furious, Franchise Pop Culture and the Archive of Cool
ANY KNIGHT CAN MAKE A KNIGHT
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and the role of education in emancipation
WHAT IS THIS?
Introducing Pop Culture As Parable, a site for understanding our new moral scripture