It’s been so long since I updated Virgins Never Die — one year from today, to be exact. So it feels fitting that I should write this update now. When I started this blog, it was with the intention of sharpening my blog-form writing skills and also talking about subjects that interest me (instead of …
The future of sex is bionics. From Jason X to Jaime Sommers (“Bionic Woman”) to Adam from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, the cyborg body has long been a subject of intrigue in science fiction and horror. Although cyborgology may seem worlds away from the realm of possibility, continual developments in bionical creativity engineering, or bionics, such as … Continue reading
While sipping my coffee earlier this morning, I came across this awesome article that BJ Colangelo wrote for her blog Day of Woman, about whether rape as a plot device or other narrative technique is ever “okay.” She cites movies like I Spit On Your Grave (1978) and the notorious Cannibal Holocaust (1980), both of which … Continue reading
A week after the Season Two finale of Hannibal, Bryan Fuller’s delicious television adaptation of Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon, I found myself restarting the series from the beginning with my mom – who, after adamantly rejecting the show for its “gratuitous scenes of torture as entertainment,” finally conceded. If you haven’t jumped on the Hannibal … Continue reading
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