Personal Writer Biography and Intro to Celtic Riverside 14 Dec 2019 Hello, Reader! Welcome to Celtic Riverside! Feel free to jump around to whatever section interests you - this is not a singular piece that must be consumed in whole or…
#HeForShe… Because (An Open Letter to the Daughter I May Never Meet) [Redux] 17 Jan 201916 Apr 2019 Dear Alice Kathryn, Hey there, Ally Kat. You know, even before I met your mother I had dreams about you. Your mom and I would be laying on a couch…
#HeForShe… Feminism in the World of Disney 25 Jul 201814 Mar 2019 One of the areas that serves as a foundation for gender and race relation discussion is pop culture, and my childhood, like many, involved Disney and Pixar. Today, I want…
Critical Thought… A Teddy Obsession (A Sort of Gerwig’s Little Women Review) 10 Aug 20209 Aug 2020 When I finally got around to reading Little Women in college, it immediately became one of my favourite stories. Jo and Meg charmed me (admittedly, I found Amy annoying on…
Uncategorized How to Change Your Animal Crossing Island Name! 31 Jul 2020 Sorry, I was mistaken. You can't change the name of your Animal Crossing island. Yes, it's clickbait, but this is important and you're here now. And since you're here, you…
#HeForShe… Why I Stepped Away from Feminist Twitter 27 Jul 2020 In the era of reactionary vitriol, allow me to begin by stating that feminism is important and very much necessary today. I know some readers will interpret a piece like…
Mental Health… An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?) 10 Jul 2020 I have memories of walking around my college campus before evening class in the autumn. I was still using a portable CD player, and my regulars at the time were…
Social Contract Dunning-Kruger Is My Middle Name: Empathy, Knowing How Much I Don’t Know, and Struggling in a World of “Experts” 8 Jul 2020 Where even to start? There is the mask requirement debate or the "Karen" response or the even broader state of discourse. There is the snowflake versus the deplorable. There is…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney and Pixar Animated Classics – A Summary 30 Jun 2020 To recap the full list of 80 films reviewed in the previous pieces, here is a simplified list for quick viewing without all the commentary. List begins here for the…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 10-1 30 Jun 202030 Jun 2020 You made it to the moment we've all been waiting for - the top ten. I'm sure the dedicated Disney fans out there have been keeping tabs in their heads…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 20-11 29 Jun 2020 You've made it to the top 20 - the elites. We are getting into the Who's Who of Disney and Pixar animated classics now. For those who need to reverse…
#HeForShe… Harry Potter and the Constant Controversy 29 Jun 2020 It happened again. This time Stephen King responded to something of Rowling's not realising people saw a transphobic tone, Rowling responded with high praise, someone else asked King for clarification…
Critical Thought The (Not So) Definitive Ranking of Disney Animated Films: 30-21 28 Jun 2020 Welcome to the top 30! The competition will surely heat up a bit as even less seasoned Disney fans should recognise all of the entries at this point. Newer generations…
