The Cure and Philosophy: Love as a Parade of Identities Myma Benzarti The unbridgeable gap between the alter and the ego in the Swedish masterpiece Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) The Cure’s album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, released in 1987, is one of those rare, fully realized works that serve as a journey into…
The essay below appears as Chapter 2 of The Last of Us and Philosophy. Justifying Joel: In Defense of Love and Favoritism Daniel Irwin and William Irwin “To me, he did the right thing for him,” video game and show co-creator Neil Druckman said in an interview with Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times.…
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Love Across Universes Kyle York There’s a scene near the end of Everything Everywhere All at Once (EEAAO) that tends to make me cry (or cry more). The scene’s between Evelyn and her daughter, Joy. Evelyn and Joy have both gained the ability to access different, parallel versions of their own lives across the multiverse.…
Thawing Frozen Hearts with Anna and Elsa* Jamey Heit At its core, the story of Frozen is about two sisters who love one another but cannot be together. As children, then as adults, a heavy door always keeps Anna and Elsa apart. In the early days of their childhood, Anna jumps into Elsa’s bed…
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…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Philosophy Let’s do the time warp again— By Jeffery L. Nicholas The Rocky Horror Picture Show is almost—almost—indescribable, unclassifiable. RHPS will celebrate its 40th birthday next year. After having a rough start, RHPS quickly developed cult status, and many of us, I am sure, have attended at least…
Burning Man and Philosophy: Love in the Desert Mike Ventimiglia Sometimes you can just feel it. I remember staring at the computer, contemplating this ridiculous trek to the middle of the desert, a place devoid of both animal and vegetable because of the extraordinary preponderance of a particular mineral: a flight across country, a scramble…
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