It's been a strange year. Feminist rights leapt to the fore, in a tumbling series of events that I'm still having trouble piecing together.  From the criminal hacking of celebrity nude photos, to the Gamergate bullshit conroversy, to the recent harassment allegations against renowned Canadian celebrity-host Jian Ghomeshi, it seems like this year we pulled up the carpet and were surpris

This last weekend saw the wrap-up of the 12th Doctor's (13 if you're being a nerdy git) first season, save of course the obligatory Christmas special to come.  Already opinions are flying about, proclaiming Worst/Best Season EVAH depending, largely, on what fanboy camp you currently fall into with regards to actors and showrunners.  My thoughts?  Read on... An Episode-by-Episode

There's a morbidly fascinating direction to media cycles.  When a crisis occurs, the immediate reaction is to seek an explanation.  How did this happen?  Who do we blame?  How can we help?  We aren't after information; information is obtained through rigour, not through rapid development.  We're after judgement, and the quicker the better, because the intoxicating po

I know it's been a very long time since I've blogged. I can put this to a lot of things:  a rather marked increase in the workload at my day job, a pair of volunteer tasks that require a fair amount of focus and attention, a need to work at writing things that I hope to send out for publication in the near future.  There's more to it, though. Unless you've been completely cut off from