Assorted meta on various media properties.
Violence flows downhill: how institutional brutality to and by Red Heron students prevents their success
Violence flows downhill: how institutional brutality to and by Red Heron students prevents their success
Alternatively, why the Red Heron students are Like That (TM).
You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse
You’d be completely at our mercy: how imbalanced power relations at the BHI enable sexual abuse
An examination of sexual abuse in Pale's Blue Heron and things that make people more vulnerable to being targeted by it through a series of case studies.
Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes
Cultural oddities with Yiyun Jen, and some proposed fixes
Discussion of the elements of Yiyun Jen from Pale that feel inaccurate for a first generation Chinese Canadian immigrant character
The Symbolism of Enforcer Headwear in Arcane
The Symbolism of Enforcer Headwear in Arcane
Analysis of these particular choices in character design and comparison to the real-life military hats these reference