A Word From My Better Half: Bryan Invents a New Term

October 11, 2024

Bryan: That right there is a textbook case of fuckboy-coding.

Me: I don’t think there is a textbook for that yet, considering you made it up 2 weeks ago.

Bryan: The lazy bum who invented it should get off his ass.

- Conversation on my couch, October 5, 2024

Greetings, readers. We have a special feature today: an appearance from my research partner, web admin, and husband, Bryan Fisher. Last month we decided to celebrate Star Trek Day by watching Star Trek: Enterprise, and he was inspired to coin a new term to describe one of the characters. Today, I’m interviewing him about what “fuckboy-coded” means.

The following has been edited for flow and clarity.

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Why We Vote, with Northern Exposure's "Democracy in America"

September 24, 2024

My dear readers, I hope this missive finds you well. As I write, we are just about 6 weeks out from a presidential election in the United States, so this is a good time to remind y'all to vote.

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Putting the B in LGBTQIA: Bi Erasure and Pride Month

June 18, 2024

Happy Pride!

Thanks, disembodied voice to whom I address my blog! Happy Pride to you as well.

I'd like to follow up on our previous investigation into Absurdly Cis & Straight Stupidity (ACSS, with a soft C). But first: have I mentioned I'm bi? I am, and for the purposes of this post you should know that.

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Man vs. Bear: DFGRR Weighs In

May 30, 2024

If you've been on the web this month, you've likely seen this question:

Would You Rather be Alone and Unarmed in the woods with a Bear or a Man?

Infographic on the Causes of Death in DFGRR. Total women studied 212, total dead women 59. Pie chart showing not dead 72.2%, killed by men 23.6%, killed by other 4.2%, killed by bears 0. Bar chart showing the same. Chances of attack by bear 1 in 2.1 million, chances of attack by man 1 in 3. Women killed in the past 25 years in north America, 27,393 killed by men and 30 killed by bears.


Flashback: Young Claire Does Shakespeare

April 7, 2024

Hello dear readers! I am deep into season 3 of Northern Exposure, and working hard to bring you a full report on Maggie O'Connell's dead boyfriends. In the interim, though, I'd like to offer up a special treat: an amateur podcast about the time my family set out to see Much Ado About Nothing, and along the way, a few things happened.

What does this have to do with anything?

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My Boyfriends May Be Dead, But At Least I'm Still Pretty: Buffy Summers, Part 2

February 9, 2024

 I have many thoughts about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which is why it's currently setting a record for the longest analysis I've ever written for this blog. In part 1, we covered how this whole universe hates love and loves sexual violence. At long last, readers, we can dig into the section of this analysis for which my blog is named.

The Deaths of Girlfriends Boyfriends

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Male protagonists of long-running franchises tend to be unlucky in love, by which I mean their girlfriends tend to die. The Dead Fictional Girlfriends Research Report tracks and analyzes this phenomenon - its causes, its prevalence, and its implications for the world of entertainment (and beyond).

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