Portions of this post were originally presented as part of Realizing Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Star Wars, Episodes VII, VIII, & IX, May 2-4, 2019. Not so fast, Boba Fett! The infamous bounty hunter may have made his on-screen debut in The Star Wars Holiday Special, but it's Bea Arthur's performance that's truly the …
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Happy National Cheesecake Day! July 30th was also first officially named #GoldenGirlsDay by the Disney ABC Disney Television Group in 2018, and I'm pretty sure that means that fans of the show intend on celebrating it every year. It's just too perfect to pass up! Last year I celebrated with a post featuring a vintage …
Welcome to the first of two posts for LGBTQ Pride Month! Somehow I missed writing something for the occasion last year, so this year I wanted to do something special. There are already lots of wonderful articles out there about why the show connects with LGBTQ audiences and how it tackled topics ahead of its time, …
Bea Arthur may have frequently described herself as shy and introverted but, given the right circumstances, she could definitely cut a rug with the best of them! A certain video from the 90's of her doing just that has been making the rounds on social media lately, so I thought it would be fun to …
After I wrote A Short History of Sophia's Purse I started doing research for an essay about the "72 Hours" episode of The Golden Girls. There are already some great articles out there about it, and Jim Colucci's chapter in Golden Girls Forever is particularly illuminating. In trying to write about just what makes that …
