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Welcome to the third and final installment of “Sexism and Season 6,” the essay series seeking to counter the distressingly abundant claim that Game...
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A new saga in Captain America’s 80-year history is just on the horizon. Kicking off next year, Cold War will be an epic comic...
Reviews
Do you like drafting card games? Old wallpaper? Shiny gold cards? Piecing cards together to make something beautiful (or at least fun to look...
Entertainment
The entire Bachelor franchise has been a mess for ages, and that’s not changing anytime soon. It’s been mere weeks since the franchise ignored...
Podcasts
Rain, Ariadne, Khoz, and Blossom meet a new friend in Cosima – Played By the amazing Lexi McQueen (@blackgirlmage), a firbolg with a magic...
Books
So, first things first. Just to be clear, this is a review of the Cursed Child script. I didn’t see the play. By the...
Television
Big Brother has been full of surprises this summer. Fans were excited to see veterans Da’Vonne Rogers, James Huling, Nicole Franzel, and Frank Eudy...
Television
This is it, ya’ll. The season finale is here, and God is coming to Annville. The episode begins with a montage of Annville as...
Television
Stranger Things gets better as it goes, less a blatant nostalgia trip (though there’s still plenty of that) and more plot-driven show. Episodes 3...
Film
On some kind of crazy whim, I rewatched a classic this past week: M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. If you haven’t heard of...
Comics
(Warning: Light spoilers and very mild mentions of gore.) I just spent roughly a month going through an entire book series. I have analyzed...
Television
It’s hard to evaluate a work of fiction from a feminist perspective because there’s no such thing as a guideline to what is or...
Analysis
So, about 3 weeks after watching Season 4 of OITNB, I am still trying to dissect and discern just what the hell happened. But...
Television
He’s learning how to heal. Oh, and before you start reading, SPOILERS for Steven Universe Season 3 through 3×15, “Alone at Sea.” We’re more...
Analysis
Honesty time: The Prisoner of Azkaban has always been my favorite Harry Potter book and rereading it only strengthened my attachment to the book....
Analysis
One of the unspoken rules here at The Fandomentals is “Thou shalt own thy Problematic Faves,” so in the spirit of that commandment I...
Videos
Hello guys! First things first-a question. Are you tired? Tired of inconsistent sloppy and illogical storytelling? Inconsistent characterization? The abundant use of sexist tropes? Well have...
Television
Not since the film Van Helsing was released have we seen so many classic horror icons on a single screen. Yet, while the film was extravagant and...
Books
“But so far my only thought has been to get here; and I hope I shan’t have to go any further. It is very...
Television
Preacher’s penultimate episode begins with a return to 1881, and Ratwater. We see a child looking anxiously out of a window as a shadow appears...
