Many freelance writers today know the pain of formatting a pitch, especially when the recipient is a new contact and the ins and outs of what they like is not known. Do they like something short and sweet? How much detail do they want? Is two paragraphs too long or…
Anyone that knows me will tell you I talk a lot. They might even tell you I talk too much. In fact, I KNOW I talk too much because my motor mouth has gotten me into a variety of trouble over the 27 years I’ve been on Earth. …
A little personal essay about my time back in the place I grew up.
I still remember the day my parents told me we were moving out of Oklahoma. A few days prior we embarked on a spontaneous trip to Pensacola, Florida. This wasn’t completely out of the ordinary because…
From 1966 until 1987 Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker were the hottest thing on Christian television. While their ministry started with puppets and kids’ sermons, they eventually grew into a mega-conglomerate of all things Christianity, which included a television station that ran 24 hours a day, an amusement park, praise…
While driving to Los Angeles the other day for a visit to a coffee shop and the infamous Griffith Observatory, I asked my husband to rank all the Guillermo Del Toro films. Just the night before we had seen his newest, Nightmare Alley, and were both a little underwhelmed. During…
Since becoming a film journalist in 2016 I have tried my best to watch as many new releases titles as possible. …
If you cut me open, you’ll find I’m made of pure emotion. This might not come as a surprise by those who know me because I’m a cliche — I wear my heart on my sleeve. …
HBO’s I Know This Much is True is a cathartic search at how intergenerational trauma manifests. Dominick Birdsey and his twin Thomas, both portrayed by Mark Ruffalo, represent two different end results and are the main focus of the six-episode series. As Thomas struggles to cope with paranoid schizophrenia in…
I no longer celebrate Independence Day. Sure, I love a good slice of apple pie and fireworks, but this holiday is an annual gathering to celebrate a freedom that doesn’t exist. As citizens of the so-called United States, we’ve been told to use specific days that are set aside as…
Because today’s Valentine’s Day, I decided to do a little writing on the 2009 romantic-comedy: The Proposal. When searching the internet for anything about the film in its relation to Native representation, I came across an interesting conversation in the comment section below the specific scene I’ll be focusing on…
