‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ is a film by Hayao Miyazaki made in 1985. The film takes place 1,000 years after the fall of the industrialized revolution and centers around Nausicaä, the princess of the Valley of the Wind. With the fall of the industrialized revolution the jungle became toxic, continuously spreading year…

In preparation for this post I went through and watched the entire Avatar franchise, which took about nine hours to start to finish. The first movie made in 2009 introduces us to Jake Sully, the protagonist, an ex-marine who agrees to take the place of his identical twin brother in the Avatar Program on the…

“Reservation Dogs” is, at least for now, a one of a kind show equipped with an entirely indigenous writers room and heavy reliance on native directors, actors, musicians, and production designers. The show, simply put, is a complete antithesis to what colonialism attempted to do. Incidentally, Tribal Critical Race Theory (TribalCrit) begins on the basis…

It’s an interesting time to dive into a formal, academically speaking, study of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in part due to the fact that there is an attempt to ban CRT in schools. This widespread ban frames this as a preventative measure aimed to “protect” K-12 students from “indoctrination”. It’s a rather ironic ban considering…

Living in today’s world we are surrounded by a constant stream of media that influences us both consciously and unconsciously. While I consider myself a cultural critic I would definitely not say I am an expert. The more I learn about cultural criticism the more my perception of how much I know and understand shrinks.…

Media activism like so many things in this world has grown to better fit modern times. Organized protests can come together a lot quicker reaching a much larger audience. Individuals have a place in which they can create and grow a platform. More voices are being heard than ever before.  One such form of media…

To talk about artificial intelligence now is very different from talking about artificial intelligence ten years ago. The concept of AI has been discussed in books, in movies, and around dinner tables, but up until recently that concept has been primarily discussed in the abstract. With ChatGPT arrival bringing generative AI into mainstream reality the…

The first time my concern was piqued about media corporations was when I was on a roadtrip listening to a podcast called “The Catch and Kill” hosted by Ronan Farrow, one of the journalists responsible for bringing the Harvey Weinstein case into the public light. The podcast title, “The Catch and Kill”, is a term…

My relationship to the media is a rather convoluted one. I was born in the early 2000s as the youngest of four children, my siblings were born six, eight and ten years prior. My mom was 39 and my dad was 41 when I was born. I give this information as a preface as I…

While I have no particular fondness towards football, nor do I stay updated in this particular arena, this year’s half-time succeeded in drawing my attention. My attention was captured in part, due to the political controversy that encircled the performance. The backlash to the NFL’s headlining artist, Bad Bunny, was so immediate and immense that…