by Dahlia | Apr 18, 2019 | Journal
I have daddy issues. My father was detached and disinterested (at best) for most of my childhood and adolescence before cutting off contact with me completely. A shadowy figure, usually working, often distant, frequently disapproving, he never seemed to provide me...
by Dahlia | Mar 20, 2019 | Journal
(If you plan to watch Shrill and care about spoilers, definitely don’t read this until after you’ve caught up.) Shrill, one of Hulu’s recent contributions to original television content, is emphatically marketed as “empowering,” mainly...
by Dahlia | Dec 13, 2018 | Journal
Warning: SPOILERS. Bradley Cooper and and Lady Gaga in a scene from A Star is Born, which Bradley Cooper also directed. Hollywood loves a good makeover montage, and the story told within A Star Is Born—successful musician stumbles upon a talented but unknown singer,...
by Dahlia | Jun 17, 2018 | Journal
These days, the world feels crushingly bleak. There is no shortage of horror in our daily news, no shortage of abuses by those in power, no shortage of inequalities and injustices—and all these can leave you (me) crushed by the steamroller that has become a regular...
by Dahlia | May 29, 2018 | Journal
This post is not meant to declare that any one people is “good” or “bad.” I’ve repeatedly tried to move away from such simplistic binaries. The simple purpose of this post is to discredit some of the claims that Israel is an apartheid...
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