by Dahlia | May 19, 2015 | Journal
Despite its glowing reviews, both by my friends and esteemed critics, Mad Max: Fury Road left me mystified and empty. What did I just see that they didn’t? What did they see that I missed? Because what I just saw was a dumbed-down spectacle of explosion and...
by Dahlia | Dec 22, 2014 | Journal
My feelings about Whiplash are complex, but one feeling isn’t. I hated it. I hated it with a passion. If I had seen it in theaters, I would have walked out. And here’s why: Whiplash glorifies a specific aspect of the artistic process — the grueling,...
by Dahlia | Dec 1, 2014 | Journal
In honor of AIDS Awareness Day, I’m just going to post some facts and figures. One of the things that upsets me most is the current complacency that seems to have become common around HIV/AIDS, so here are some reasons not to be complacent: In 2008, there were...
by Dahlia | Nov 28, 2014 | Journal
One of my favorite things about the TV show Scandal is when it has its soapbox moments, when the show seems to be a vehicle for political or feminist insight, for arguments in favor of gun control or women’s rights, when the writing is just so good that I feel...
by Dahlia | Nov 17, 2014 | Journal
[I was recently asked to write a short essay about Nikki Sudden for a book about him. So even though he died back in 2006, in some ways, this is my first time really coming to terms with it. Here’s a brief ode to a great man.] The first time I met Nikki Sudden,...
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