Star Trek TOS’s “Charlie X”: When Nostalgia Presents Things That Never Went Away

I haven’t seen all that many episodes of the original series Star Trek. I was raised on the movies, and I somehow obtained a book that novelized every episode of the first season. I read it as a kid. And, obviously, I saw “Amok Time” and “The Trouble With Tribbles,”…

What To Say As the Wedding Speech You Didn’t Write For the Couple You Won’t Ever See Again

One of you could get bitten by a snake. (Just to be clear, I don’t mean one of you in particular. Either of you could be the snake-bitee in this story. There’s a big difference, so I want to make sure you understand. It’s important. I’ll start again.) One of…

Join This Fandom: Rebecca Sugar’s Steven Universe

There are dozens of online writers praising Rebecca Sugar’sĀ animatedĀ series Steven Universe, which is feminist, queer-positive, and generally amazing. Allow me to join them. Steven Universe is the comic, sentimental, epic story of a boy named, what else, Steven Universe, who is the newest member of the Crystal Gems. Said Gems…