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Charmed

Three sisters, one manor, and a decade of spells that were never really about witchcraft. Essays on the show that dressed female power in pastel and hoped nobody noticed how radical it was.


Books Like Charmed

Books Like Charmed

For readers who know the magic was always the least interesting part

Apr 4, 2026

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2 min read

Books That Feel Like Your Favourite 2000s TV Shows

Books That Feel Like Your Favourite 2000s TV Shows

The shows you grew up on were building something underneath the plot. These books are working in the same structure.

Apr 4, 2026

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6 min read

The Men Who Built Our TV Dreams (and Poisoned Them Too)

The Men Who Built Our TV Dreams (and Poisoned Them Too)

Joss Whedon, Mark Schwahn, Brad Kern — the showrunners behind Buffy, One Tree Hill, and Charmed built the TV worlds that raised us. Here's what they did behind the scenes.

Mar 22, 2026

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2 min read

Grief, Guilt and the Cost of Power

Grief, Guilt and the Cost of Power

On what Charmed understood about consequence that most fantasy television doesn't

Jul 27, 2025

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4 min read

Julian McMahon. Our Demon Boyfriend, Gone Way Too Soon

Julian McMahon. Our Demon Boyfriend, Gone Way Too Soon

From Cole Turner to Christian Troy, Julian McMahon gave us chaos, queerness, and the ache we didn’t have words for.

Jul 6, 2025

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5 min read

Power, Punishment and Phoebe Halliwell

Power, Punishment and Phoebe Halliwell

Revisiting “Morality Bites” and why it’s the darkest, smartest episode Charmed ever gave us

May 6, 2025

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5 min read

Mentally, I’m in Season 3 of Charmed

Mentally, I’m in Season 3 of Charmed

Or pop culture breakdowns from a gay millennial raised by witches, aliens, and VHS tapes.

Apr 28, 2025

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3 min read

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ABOUT THIS SPACE

Where queer millennial nostalgia settles in. Part diary, part TV debrief, part late night spiral about the scenes that shaped us. A place for the characters we held close, the crushes we could not shake, and the moments that linger long after the credits fade, usually turning up again when we least expect it.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Nathan writes about TV as memory, queer adolescence as folklore, and the tiny moments that shaped who we became. He lives in Naarm with his cat, Captain.

FOR THE RECORD

Always in support of queer rights, trans lives, and a free Palestine.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters across Australia and pay my respects to First Nations peoples, past and present. Their stories, knowledge and care for Country continue to shape this place, and I’m grateful to be writing on lands where storytelling has always mattered.

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