Malinda Lo

I saw Salt last weekend. I thought it was awesome. And I kept thinking about it, until I wrote up this whole blog post about the way that femininity is turned on its head in Salt. (Spoilers necessary for analysis ahead!) As the movie begins, Angelina Jolie’s character, Evelyn Salt, is imprisoned and tortured in ... More→

I‘ve been keeping a list of serious, important subjects I could blog about, but lately my brain has been fried (I’ve been doing hard work, I swear!) and all I want to do is escape into some good entertainment. So here are three things that have entertained me recently: 1. Inception I saw this movie ... More→

Yesterday, after reading Annalee Newitz’s thought-provoking analysis of Avatar (the new James Cameron sci-fi/CGI spectacular), I went and saw it. Wow. I’m not saying “wow” because I thought the special effects were so fantastic. Maybe they were, but I was pretty much aware the whole time I was watching it that I was watching special ... More→