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Pop Culture Commentary

Longform analysis of TV, film, and fandom that treats emotional impact, subtext, and cultural meaning as the main event.


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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3 min read

Books Like Veronica Mars

Books Like Veronica Mars

For readers who understand that solving the case was never really the point

Apr 4, 2026

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3 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 Closet of Prestige TV

The Closet of Prestige TV

Prestige TV Was Art. Unless You Were Queer.

Apr 1, 2026

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5 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

Frank Underwood Was Gay, They Just Didn’t Have the Guts

Frank Underwood Was Gay, They Just Didn’t Have the Guts

Netflix almost gave us a queer Machiavelli, then chickened out.

Mar 15, 2026

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4 min read

Loving Scream While Side-Eyeing the Industry Choices Behind It

Loving Scream While Side-Eyeing the Industry Choices Behind It

Why Loving Scream Feels Complicated Right Now

Feb 25, 2026

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3 min read

I Measure My Life in TV Seasons

I Measure My Life in TV Seasons

Because emotional milestones make more sense in 13-episode batches

Feb 22, 2026

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4 min read

The Kalinda Sharma Effect: Queer, Complicated, Unforgettable

The Kalinda Sharma Effect: Queer, Complicated, Unforgettable

She walked so every morally ambiguous bisexual on TV could run.

Feb 18, 2026

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4 min read

Love, Lies, and Lavender Politics: Why Fellow Travelers Wrecked Me (In the Best Way)

Love, Lies, and Lavender Politics: Why Fellow Travelers Wrecked Me (In the Best Way)

Because apparently I only cry over spies and queer repression now

Jan 21, 2026

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6 min read

The Soundtracks That Taught Us Heartbreak

The Soundtracks That Taught Us Heartbreak

The songs that made heartbreak and longing feel universal (even when the stories weren’t ours)

Jan 18, 2026

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5 min read

Main Characters Who Should’ve Been Background Extras

Main Characters Who Should’ve Been Background Extras

Or a list of leads who should’ve lost their speaking privileges

Jan 14, 2026

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3 min read

The Teen Drama That Thought It Was Shakespeare

The Teen Drama That Thought It Was Shakespeare

Teen dramas always think they’re about something

Jan 7, 2026

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4 min read

Let Them Sing: A Defence of TV’s Most Chaotic Musical Detours

Let Them Sing: A Defence of TV’s Most Chaotic Musical Detours

Why musical episodes, even the disastrous ones, deserve your respect and possibly a standing ovation.

Jan 4, 2026

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5 min read

The Essays That Stayed With Us

The Essays That Stayed With Us

Essays About Queer Representation That Resonated

Dec 31, 2025

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6 min read

The Queer Melancholy of Friday Night Lights

The Queer Melancholy of Friday Night Lights

Football, cornfields, boys crying in locker rooms — masculinity undone under stadium lights.

Dec 28, 2025

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4 min read

The New Christmas Movies Era: A Field Report

The New Christmas Movies Era: A Field Report

From shirtless snowmen to former heartthrobs doing charity through abs.

Dec 21, 2025

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4 min read

Every Streaming Algorithm Thinks I’m in a Situationship

Every Streaming Algorithm Thinks I’m in a Situationship

Because apparently my watch history screams ‘emotionally unavailable but trying'

Dec 17, 2025

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4 min read

He Wasn’t the Villain, He Was Just Hot and Misunderstood

He Wasn’t the Villain, He Was Just Hot and Misunderstood

Because every generation has its toxic crush curriculum. Ours just happened to be broadcast in HD.

Dec 10, 2025

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6 min read

Buffy Summers Invented Emotional Labour

Buffy Summers Invented Emotional Labour

I think I learned how to overfunction from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and my mum)

Dec 7, 2025

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5 min read

The Gayest Year in Film Was 2004 (and I Can Prove It)

The Gayest Year in Film Was 2004 (and I Can Prove It)

When repression, bisexual lighting, and Natalie Portman’s wig ruled the box office

Dec 3, 2025

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4 min read

F Marry Kill: I Wanted Camp, They Gave Me Confusion

F Marry Kill: I Wanted Camp, They Gave Me Confusion

Lucy Hale worked hard. The movie did not. That’s the review.

Dec 1, 2025

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6 min read

Prestige TV Ruined My Ability to Enjoy Anything Wholesome

Prestige TV Ruined My Ability to Enjoy Anything Wholesome

After years of watching people suffer beautifully, I just want nice things.

Nov 23, 2025

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4 min read

Dylan O’Brien Has No Right Being This Good (Or This Hot)

Dylan O’Brien Has No Right Being This Good (Or This Hot)

Twinless hits hard, Dylan O’Brien hits harder, and I am not taking questions at this time.

Nov 22, 2025

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6 min read

Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep: The Evolution of the TV Mean Girl

Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep: The Evolution of the TV Mean Girl

Once upon a time, the Mean Girl was a villain. Now she’s a lifestyle brand.

Nov 19, 2025

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4 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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