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I'm a freelance writer with 6+ years of experience in online media, with a focus on pop culture.
Ever since America's Got Talent: The Champions premiered earlier this year, one question has baffled and intrigued viewers: Who are the mysterious "superfans" voting on which acts will make it to the finals? Since AGT: Champions was pre-taped, viewers at home are not able to vote for their favorites acts.
The Spice Girls albums "Spice" and "Spiceworld" celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. We look back at the group's impact and success.
I watched "Die Hard" for the first time in honor of its 30th anniversary, and I learned to be more open-minded about action movies.
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. We look back at the movie's depiction of its teenage heroes.
Parenting blogger Thalia Kehoe Rowden created the Maisy Test to help parents spot sexism in kids' TV shows.
Testing or grading media on diversity isn't foolproof, but it can encourage viewers to advocate for change in Hollywood.
To this day, "Mean Girls" continues to unite millennials, no matter what "clique" they may have belonged to in high school.
My best friend lives on the opposite side of the country, but we can still watch movies together thanks to the internet.
Women's Voices Now - the "Netflix of feminist films" - is an online platform promoting women's rights through film, and is telling us about its history and mission.
A lack of diversity among film and TV critics is an oft-overlooked problem, and we as viewers can help make a difference.
The project Unconsenting Media offers a database of sexual assault in movies and TV series in order to help viewers decide what to watch.
I've fallen down quite a few YouTube rabbit holes in my life. I can't tell you how many times the clock has struck 2a.m. and I've found myself 10 videos deep in cute cats or goofy Emma Stone interviews.
Last night the new comedy series Selfie premiered on ABC. I found it problematic, and not just because of Karen Gillan's weird Cher-Horowitz-meets-Zooey-Deschanel version of an American accent, or the scene where vomit spills out of a barf bag, or the fact that the characters are named Eliza Dooley and Henry Higgs.
A few weeks ago at Comic-Con, Natalie Dormer, aka Margaery Tyrell on Game of Thrones , appeared on a panel called "Women Who Kick Ass" that was all about the women who bring TV's best female characters to life. During the panel, she gave a pretty kick-ass statement about how far ahead television is in terms of complex female representation.
Guys, I might have found my favorite Lifetime movie ever in this week's In the Dark . After last weekend's snoozefest An Amish Murder , it was great to see the network get back to what they do best: suspenseful thrillers about how evil men are. That's the Lifetime I know!
How do I even begin to describe this week's glorious Lifetime movie? I guess I could start by telling you it was called Escape From Polygamy . My knowledge of polygamy is limited to that Yearning for Zion Ranch controversy a few years ago and a couple of 30-second TV spots for Sister Wives , but that's also probably all the filmmakers knew when they made this movie.