Ella Enchanted was my favorite book when I was 12, is my favorite book right now, and might be my favorite book forever. As a lover of fairy tales, balls, and evening gowns, every version of Cinderella was a treat, but this one felt like it was made just for me. Because in this version,Continue reading “What I learned from Ella Enchanted”
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Why I’m a fan of Star Wars’ Rey
The complaints have started to come in. So far, I’ve heard the politics in Star Wars: The Force Awakens don’t make sense, Rey is too good to be believable, and that rehashing the story beats from the original films takes away the great experimentation of what people loved about the films in the first place.Continue reading “Why I’m a fan of Star Wars’ Rey”
some housekeeping
Hello! Just wanted to drop a quick note on a few site changes. I updated the look of raesdays.com and also updated some of the backend. If you subscribe, you should hopefully still get posts the way you used to, but please let me know if there’s any issues and I’ll see what I canContinue reading “some housekeeping”
taylor swift’s bad blood music video poster
This morning Taylor introduced us to Catastrophe, the main character in her new video for Bad Blood, premiering May 17, the day of the Billboard Music Awards. Her makeup is on point in an exaggerated cat eye and a deep part I wish she’d wear more often. I assume she is wearing a red lipContinue reading “taylor swift’s bad blood music video poster”
met gala 2015 aka the year of rihanna
RIHANNA. We have to start here and end here and return to here because this is jaw-dropping, icon-making fashion. THIS is what the Met Ball is for. Celebs can wear the pretty, safe boring things they always wear the rest of the year. The Met Gala is for turning fashion up to 11, it’s forContinue reading “met gala 2015 aka the year of rihanna”
vanessa on daredevil
Vanessa on Daredevil went on a date with the devil himself. When Wilson Fisk, the evil mastermind rebuilding Hell’s Kitchen in his vision, takes her to a dinner that gets interrupted by a haggard-looking criminal yelling at Fisk, Vanessa realizes this might not be your average businessman. So on their next date, Vanessa brings aContinue reading “vanessa on daredevil”
felicity, the hero we deserve
Arrow does a great job of featuring whole, flawed, wonderful women. Nyssa, Thea, Sara, Laurel, Felicity, Moira, and Mama Smoak are SEVEN women off the top of my head from this world, and I could name three facts about each of them. That is a deep bench of interesting women characters. It’s a wholeContinue reading “felicity, the hero we deserve”
my favorite pop culture pastime: shipping
I ship Oliver and Felicity, and Elizabeth and Philip. I ship Alicia Florrick with everyone, but especially Finn Polmar. I yell “make out!” at the TV so often, it’s become a constant refrain in my apartment. In TV land I am ruthless. I want everyone to cheat on everyone, unless you’re a couple I thinkContinue reading “my favorite pop culture pastime: shipping”