Discord in the Doghouse My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic By Andrea Zanin It’s true, Equestria is immersed in pimped-up ponies singing, sauntering, and socializing in forests wrought with candy canes and heart-shaped confetti (as such) but before you book your summer vacation, dip in to My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and you’ll soon…
Logan, Human Dignity, and the Integrity of the Body by Armond Boudreaux [Some spoilers for Logan follow.] Who would have imagined that a movie full of brutal violence would turn out to make a persuasive plea for human dignity and the integrity of the body? Logan might have more graphic violence and death in it…
The Rhetoric of War in The 100 Edwardo Pérez “War is here,” sputters a barely alive Octavia to Clarke toward the beginning of Season Four’s fifth episode “The Tinder Box.” Unfazed (just another day on the ground), Clarke begins ordering people around like the seasoned general she’s become – focused, slightly emotionally detached, and always…
When Chance Took Us to Church The Problem with (White) Liberal Neutrality By Matthew William Brake Did you watch the Grammys last week? Yeah, me neither, but I heard about them the next day. One of the main stories to come out of the Grammys was Chance the Rapper’s performance of various Christian worship songs…
“Sorcery”? “Science”? Magic and Spirit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Armond Boudreaux One of the most interesting developments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception almost ten years ago has come, not in an Avengers or an Iron Man film, but in a television show and in a movie based on one of…
The Politics of Nick Spencer’s Captain America by Armond Boudreaux Nick Spencer’s Captain America books (Captain America: Sam Wilson and Captain America: Steve Rogers) have been some of the most politically-charged comics that we’ve seen in a long time. Spencer is clearly influenced and inspired by the Captain America comics of the 1970s and…
Rogue One and a Philosophy of Hope By Matthew William Brake After enduring years of crappy prequels, Star Wars fans have now received not one, but two good Star Wars movies since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. While I liked The Force Awakens, the Honest Trailer for the movie voices all of my criticisms of that…
Self and Identity in Gotham By Darian Shump In Season 2 of Gotham, we are introduced to Theodore Galavan, a descendent of the once-powerful Dumas family and new claimant to the mayoral seat. He arrives in Gotham with a plan to return his family to power and exact vengeance upon the living legacy of the…
Who would Katniss Everdeen vote for? Who would Katniss Everdeen vote for? George Dunn, editor of The Hunger Games and Philosophy, has the answer. Find out here: http://2paragraphs.com/2017/01/katniss-everdeen-votes-trump-or-clinton-hunger-games-expert-reveals/
Inhumans vs. X-Men Race, Class, and the Right to Have a Story By Matthew William Brake Ever since Disney bought Marvel, there has been a noticeable shift in the latter’s storytelling. By all appearances, Marvel has been promoting and elevating its lesser-known properties (like Guardians of the Galaxy) while seemingly giving characters who have…
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series 