Television
Selah and the Spades: How the Series Would've Benefited Young Adult Media
The world was introduced to Selah Summers and Haldwell Academy in April 2020. Selah is the titular character of Selah and the Spades, an independent Young Adult drama that tells the story of how Selah walks a fine line between being feared and being loved. Months before the film’s release, Variety released an article stating that Amazon Studios had bought the rights to the film and planned to develop a series based on the movie. According to the article, the show was supposed to expound on the world of Haldwell Academy, possibly after Selah graduated. Unfortunately, we learned a few years back from Tayarisha Poe (the writer and director) on Twitter that the series isn’t happening. Looking at the current state of Young Adult Entertainment, Amazon should've developed the series. Teen media today lacks authentic minority representation, original content, and has alienated teen audiences. If the Selah and the Spades series existed, there would be more minority representation in teen media, an original show amongst the sea of remakes and reboots, and a show that doesn't alienate teen audiences.
By Tallulah Chanel8 months ago in Critique
Israel Attacks Iran
Israel Attacks Iran – June 2025 Overview In the early morning hours of June 13, 2025, Israel launched a massive, coordinated military operation—codenamed Operation Rising Lion—targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, military leadership, and strategic infrastructure. The assault marks the largest Israeli attack on Iran since the Iran–Iraq War and represents a dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions, with the world now bracing for further retaliation and regional instability.
By M Irfan Zafar8 months ago in Critique
MAGA Fatigue
The 2024 U.S. presidential election has led to increasing disappointment among Americans who backed Donald Trump because they expected his promises of economic growth and law enforcement and American greatness. The base of Trump supporters now experiences deep regret about their support because his administration's policies have produced results that cannot be denied. The initial enthusiasm for Trump has transformed into deep frustration and anger and feelings of betrayal because his second term has exceeded all expectations of chaos and division and damage.
By Melvin Savage8 months ago in Critique
Immigration Policy
Australians are now living an average of a decade longer than we were just ten years ago, with women benefiting the most from this increase in life expectancy, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' report, Life Expectancy. While this is a remarkable achievement and something we often celebrate, it comes with a sobering reality: our standard of living has significantly declined. Although we may be living longer, many are living lives far poorer than they had envisioned - something the media rarely addresses openly.
By Narghiza Ergashova8 months ago in Critique
Review of Shangri-La Frontier
While this show has been rather enjoyable, there are some things that I would have done differently as the writer. The dialogue alone can be irritating, especially when they use terms from back in the 2010s like “broseph”, but it can also be hilarious, at times. I don’t remember the last time I laughed so much while watching an anime. There have been so many new, fantastic anime coming out that I have watched or want to watch and I think now is the time to start showcasing my writing skills with my thoughts on all of the anime I’ve seen since, like, 2015; which is quite a few, but not nearly enough compared to other reviewers like Anime America, the YouTube channel.
By Juliet Adams8 months ago in Critique
Signed and Resigned
I just need enough to be solvent, but that may be hard without rescinding this letter and sacrificing my sanity To those reading my resignation while casually pushing policies that are supposed to impact our work culture, but they never do, I hope you find this letter. I seriously hope that after finding this letter you read it too.
By Narghiza Ergashova8 months ago in Critique
Zero Day
Introduction I must admit that I was a little apprehensive about watching this, thinking one more conspiracy/disaster movie/series, but it had Robert De Niro as ex-President George Mullen and Matthew Modine as House Speaker Richard Dreyer.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 8 months ago in Critique
The Rig
Introduction I had heard good things about this series when it was on the BBC, then I saw it was the top series on Amazon Prime and thought I would give it a go. There are two series, and I am up to episode four on series one. This does mean I don't drop spoilers about how things end up, so here goes.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 9 months ago in Critique
