PinnedMel TurnageMy Personal Transgender Evangelion ExperienceThere are several articles and thinkpieces detailing everyone and their mothers’ trans readings of Hideaki Anno’s landmark anime series…8 min read·Sep 1, 2021----
Mel Turnage‘Death Stranding’ and the Oldest Lie in AmericaWARNING: Death Stranding spoilers ahead. Seriously, if you intend on playing the game, do that before reading this. If you don’t, enjoy the…8 min read·Jul 4, 2021----
Mel Turnage‘Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days’ and ‘Re:coded:’ Why Video Games are Not MoviesMedium-bending in fiction is not a new idea. People experiment with it all the time, whether that be Black Mirror adopting a…10 min read·Jun 1, 2021----
Mel TurnageThis is a review of ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things.’ Kind of.Trigger Warning: panic attacks, suicide, self-harm.9 min read·May 8, 2021----
Mel TurnageThe Latent Transness of ‘Total Recall’A particularly annoying film controversy of late stems from the Wachowski sisters’ incredible 1999 film The Matrix. Since the film’s…7 min read·May 7, 2021--1--1
Mel Turnage‘Promising Young Woman’ and the Men Who Told Me It Was BadTrigger warning: sexual assault. Also, spoilers ahead.7 min read·Apr 16, 2021----
Mel Turnage‘The Boys in the Band’ and the Art of the ArtificeArtifice. That’s the word that’s been stuck in my mind for a week or so now. “Artifice.” I’ve not really allowed myself to think too…6 min read·Feb 11, 2021----
Mel TurnageThat One Joke in “The Prom”The Prom (2020) is shockingly homophobic. Ryan Murphy is to blame.10 min read·Feb 6, 2021----
Mel TurnageThe Democratized Dysphoria of ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’Warning: Spoilers ahead.5 min read·Feb 4, 2021----