Have you read Naomi Alderman’s The Power? If not, you should (before you watch the Amazon Prime version….) It imagines a world where women hold the power because, via a genetic mutation, they become physically superior to men. Spoiler alert: It’s not utopia. But still there’s something enticing about a politics based on consensus andContinue reading “Drama Queen: Queenmaker”
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Drama Queen: Alice in Borderland
I’m semi-retroactively christening a new series on the blog because I realized I have written a lot of posts about Asian dramatic series and movies, and I might as well round them up (rounding things up makes my inner Border Collie happy). Alice in Borderland is a 2-season Japanese dramatic series on Netflix based onContinue reading “Drama Queen: Alice in Borderland”
Drama Queen: Five life lessons from K-dramas
Here’s a non-comprehensive list of valuable things I have learned so far: Stay out of cane fields. Seriously, this is the most important one. I’ve learned from watching K-dramas that the only things in cane fields are corpses, or the serial killers who make them. Cane fields are the Korean equivalent of the mesa (whereContinue reading “Drama Queen: Five life lessons from K-dramas”
Friday Favorites: K-dramas
I’ll just stick to series here. I tend to like more of the action/adventure/mystery genre, though there are a couple of romance and “healing” genre entries on this list. I also have access only to the series on Netflix, so let me know in the comments if there are some great ones I’ve missed elsewhere!Continue reading “Friday Favorites: K-dramas”
