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    • Kids on Bikes: A Stranger Things Retrospective (Part II)

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      February 24, 2026

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      By taking the humanity out of the monsters and backdrops of the TV shows and presenting audiences with increasingly computer generated landscapes and monsters, viewers become distracted by spectacle and are less able to relate their emotional fears to the media they are watching.

      Kids on Bikes: A Stranger Things Retrospective (Part II)
    • Kids on Bikes: A Stranger Things Retrospective (Part I)

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      February 21, 2026

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      The subgenre levels with young viewers and allows them to admit, even if subconsciously, that being bullied or saying goodbye to childhood does feel horrific on the same level as having your life threatened, and it effectively allows these feelings and fears to be processed.

      Kids on Bikes: A Stranger Things Retrospective (Part I)
    • Hungry for Meaning: The Visual Power of Food in Tarantino’s Universe

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      February 17, 2026

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      Tarantino’s movies are not typical ‘food films’. One cannot say food forms an essential part of the plot in his movies. Nevertheless, food forms an integral part of his storytelling, be it the setting, the foreshadowing it creates, or the background action it inspires.

      Hungry for Meaning: The Visual Power of Food in Tarantino’s Universe
    • Listening for Politics in Tamil Rap

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      February 8, 2026

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      Artists like Arivu do not distance themselves from popular rhythm in order to signal seriousness; they lean into it.

      Listening for Politics in Tamil Rap
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