My Transsexual Summer, and what goes into diverse representations
My Transsexual Summer recently aired around these parts, a year after it was aired by the UK’s Channel Four. It’s …
Tag Archives: television
Dipping into a Very Gender-Conscious 2012 in Australian Popular Culture
Crossposted at Gender Across Borders. Popular culture helps its audiences to play out their feelings and experiences against its mirror. …
The Forty-Sixth Down Under Feminists Carnival
Hello and welcome to the forty-sixth edition of the Down Under Feminists Carnival! I last hosted DUFC #12, so I’m …
Race on children’s television: Lizzie McGuire and How to be Indie
I watch a lot of US and Canadian television directed at the 12-18 set. A lot. More than you’ve had …
Linksplosion! Four Aussies and a Canadian edition
O.L.S.I.O.H.T.P. (Obvious Lesbian Subtext in Ostensibly Heterosexual Television Programming) by Maeve reminded me a bit of my Subtext revisited. The …
Subtext revisited
I recently began watching the 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, not knowing a whole heap about it, but …
Faithful to thee, books! In a fashion
(… I can’t believe I just mangled a Dowson poem for a title. Why Dowson, of all poets? They should …
Spoilers, sweetie
Well, Steven Moffat and the crew have provided us with an ever so convenient and frustrating mid-series break. So it’s …
We can do better than this, surely?
This post, while not strictly speaking about Doctor Who, contains a spoiler for the second episode in the current (sixth) …
Winners & Losers has definitely lost
In my last post on new Australian drama Winners & Losers, I mentioned that I wanted to write a post …
Winners & Losers winning and losing
There’s a new show on Channel 7, an Australian production, called Winners & Losers. It’s about high school friends were …
‘I’m the Doctor, I’m worse than everyone’s aunt! And that is not how I’m introducing myself.’
Spoilers for Doctor Who Series 5 follow! So, now that we’ve all had a bit of time to giggle and …
Doctor Who discussion thread
Now I know lots of you are Doctor Who fans, so let’s have a conversation about what we think of …
In Advance of The Eleventh Hour
People, I am so excited for the new series of Doctor Who, I can hardly tell you. I am even …
Doctor Who discussion thread
Spoiler alert, of course. What did you all think of The End of Time? Discuss! Remember, if you are feeling …
