My Husband by Maud Ventura: A Review

Her life revolves around him: if he remembers to say he loves her or not, if he sits too far away from her on the couch, or omits her from a story he’s telling by saying “I” instead of “we.” She’ll analyze it all to get to the bottom of the question: does he still love her back?
Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror: A Review

My favorite essays were Reality TV and Me, where Jia talks about her time on a reality TV show, bringing us back to reality TV in the early 2000s. Then there was the essay Pure Heroines, where she takes a look at different classic female main character molds from both then and now and what they said/say about a woman’s role.
Dancing For The Devil: A Review | The 7M TikTok Cult Docuseries That Took Netflix By Storm

The Dancing For The Devil docuseries was a reminder that religion has so much power, and probably always will. That power can be used either for good or for bad, and in this case it was used for bad.
Tell Them You Love Me: A Review

Anna Stubblefield is a woman who went to prison for having a relationship with a disabled man. Huh? Some background. Anna had specialized in disability studies as a professor at Rutgers. The topic interested her because growing up, her mother had worked with disabled people and she was around them a lot. Most severely disabled people have a lot to say, even if they don’t have the ability to express it, she found.
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth: A Review | Literary Horror ft Female Rage

Motherthing was a fascinating portrayal of the slow buildup to female rage and a general analysis of the human psyche. It was Abby’s character that kept me reading. Abby was probably in her mid thirties yet she behaved like a child, with fierce, ever-fluctuating emotions.
The Act on Hulu: A Review

The twisted yet somehow *somewhat* loving relationship between the two could be a plot of its own, and come to think of it reminds me of something out of The Bates Motel on Netflix. It’s a story of what happens when one closes in on another’s boundaries so far that the only way the other can differentiate herself is to kill.
Nightbitch Review | A Howl for Moms Everywhere

Nightbitch was feminine rage at its finest. We got the buildup, the oh so relatable motherhood emotions on full display: her guilt, worry, her wanting so much to be a good mother and failing in so many areas, the headache of it, her fears, her not wanting to sleep train or put her child in a nursery, her feeling that she’s not worthy because she’s not earning money. The way it shuts her in, in, in until she goes crazy.
Self Blame in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer: An Analysis

A major theme of the show was self blame and Donny going back to people who hurt him or ‘letting’ them continue to hurt him.
Crazy Ex Girlfriend Review | A Rare Gem in Musicals and Comedies

It’s feminist without shoving it down your throat (but if it is shoved down your throat it’s done in a funny way).
What’s on My Reading List | The 7 Books on My TBR and Why

The 8 books on my reading list and why I chose them. Are any of them on yours?