Series 1: Episode 1

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Westminster, Colorado, my parents Craig and Michelle Habben sat in Westminster Lutheran Church. Lyndsay, who was my cousin, was getting confirmed; my parents, along with the rest of my dad’s side of the family, sat and supported her. My mom Michelle had been experiencing some pain and discomfort all day, therefore, she didn’t get any sleep the night before. Once my mom noticed that she was having contractions five minutes apart, she knew for sure she was in…

Question 1 “House Husbands” and “Man Men” are two TV dramas set in vastly different times and have almost no ideas or issues, they are essentially two pieces of media that contradict each other. Where “Mad Men” represents its male characters (exclusive of Salvatore “Sal” Romero, who acts in accordance with the expectations of heterosexual men) as the breadwinners of a household, making all the money and most of the decisions in the family and women are the caretakers and caregivers. This is the…

ethnicity, and class. Certain people might take offense to certain things they say or do based on how they treated other gender and race but there are plenty of shows that are either just like it or even worse. F is for Family is a Netflix original series that was created in 2015. Only one season is out at the moment but they are going to release…

enforcing “traditional” values and norms, inflicting fear of STDs, and utilizing what the author of the article Teen Pregnancy and Parenting considers “scientifically incorrect information.” Abstinence-only sex education teaches only three main concepts: 1) waiting until marriage to partake in sexual activity as the expected standard, 2) abstinence is the only certain way to avoid unwanted pregnancy and STDs, and 3) sexual activity outside the context of a committed marriage will have harmful…

have no friends. In the episode "Potion Commotion", Justin helps his sister fix a competitor with a love spell, so he can take his place at a World School Summit at the UN. This portrays intellectuals as greedy and manipulative to get what they want. Though he can use magic to get what he wants, Justin is also a very strict rule follower and an insufferable tattletale. His staunch all work and no play attitude make him seem like he does not know how to have fun. In the episode "Alex's Spring…

Kenyan production series “Shuga” was gaining quite a peculiar popularity among the teenagers and youths in Nairobi city. Parents were also on the forefront arguing that the series was too explicit for their teenagers and the even so-called young adults it was initially meant for. Around this time I had just turned 14 years and the desire to watch this film was burning in me like hot pepper soup. Off course all the girls in my class had watched…

Dhavernas (Dr. Alana Bloom), and Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford), with Scott Thompson (Jimmy Price), and Aaron Abrams (Brian Zeller). The series is a horrific drama which begins as a prequel to the movie Red Dragon, released in 2002, and includes the retelling of certain instances throughout the quadrilogy of the infamous Hannibal Lector story. When a series of murders erupts throughout the state of Maryland the head of the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI, Jack Crawford, realizes this…

Combining science fiction elements with a 1980's aesthetic, Stranger Things has become a wildly popular original series on Netflix. Created and produced by The Duffer Brothers, the show consists of two seasons, but a season three is confirmed for 2019. The 80's set show takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. A group of young friends embark on wild discoveries when a boy named Will goes missing. After his disappearance, supernatural events begin occurring in the town. They meet a…

New York. He attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn where also his formal classmate was the Notorious B.I.G. Carter turned to rap at a young age to escape drugs and violence. In 1989 he joined rapper Jaz-O which they won an appearance on an episode of Yo! MTV Raps. 1996 jay released his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. That album reached No.23 on the billiard charts but it was also a classical, hip-hop album. In 1998 he achieved even broader success…

George Lucas’ magum opus, The Star Wars saga. With the eighth film in the franchise set to premiere only a week from this essay’s writing (December 8th, 2016) it can be described as nothing less than a mega franchise. The three original films in the series (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi) each had their own massive cultural impact- whether that be due to incredible special effects for the era, the greatest cinematic twist of all time, or a riveting conclusion, each…