Signature Showcase: Gene Roddenberry
A study of the usage of the future as a form of revolutionary utopian optimism through Star Trek.
Topic: Politics
The Night’s Watch, Warders and the Citadel
Military academy influence on parts of A Song of Ice and Fire and Wheel of Time.
The Anglicization of Middle-earth
A study of anglophile and ethnocentric narratives, given perceptions of racism in Arda, the setting of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, as seen in Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Simarillion.
“The Last War” and The Great War
War: the very thought of it brings to minds untold horrors. War is unique in the history of man primarily because of its duality. At no time have so many men died for so little accomplishment.
Ableism, Sidekick Agency and Ageism
Welcome back to our intersectional look at how fandom, feminism, LGBTQ representation and other generational dog whistles are portrayed. Today we look at Bucky Barnes, onetime kid sidekick of Captain America, and both hero and antagonist in his own right with his own resonant internal and deeply personal struggle.
Advanced Clichés and Critiques
An editorial blog “behind the scenes” of The Unconventional. A look at the sweat, blood and tears, techniques and ethos behind this journey. The raison d’être, DNA and agenda of this intellectual Mecha.