humanity
Humanity or geek-manity? Humanity topics include pieces on the real-life lives of geek advocates and influencors.
Midnight Mass - A Netflix Series Review
I wonder what is going to happen at mass tonight. Midnight Mass is a Netflix series released in 2021. A new priest arrives at an isolated island community. A multitude of miraculous and bizarre events occur, leading people to speculate omens.
By Marielle Sabbag4 years ago in Geeks
Accurate Representation is Important. Top Story - October 2021.
I was thrilled when Disney released the trailer for "Encanto". Not just for their more recent branch of more diverse movies and the representation of different cultures, or the fact that the movie seems like a blast with great animation and music, but for the simple fact that Mirabel, the movie's main character, wears glasses.
By Tone Breistrand4 years ago in Geeks
What the Movies Don't Say About Adults
Helplessly facing adulthood. That's what it feels like. I'm an adult, I say. I should be able to handle this. All the job interviews, the impending driving tests, the search for a house. The money distress, the lack of support system, the loss (but not death) of all the family I've known.
By Minte Stara4 years ago in Geeks
"Soul Adventures: Dreams and Survival"
"Soul Adventures" is a set of thought-provoking movies. I believe that every adult who has watched it will have some enlightenment, thinking about the meaning of life after decades of survival. Finding the spark (Spark) of life, and Whether to live really meaningful. Ordinary people who live a plain life, happy for a slice of Pizza, rejoicing for a fallen leaf, and living for ordinary people who work hard to earn money for their children and families, do they live meaningfully? People need to die, why bother to reincarnate or reincarnate, or to stay a bit closer to the trend, why bother to fight Kexing.
By Emma Jane Ross4 years ago in Geeks
Tolkien Ruined My Marriage but I Don't Care
It's finally happened. I stood up for myself against the darkness that has seeped from the void. Growing up, I never cared for fantasy. My father would scoff at my little brother reading while we were eating and would say "Books are a waste of time and memory. You think all that make believe will make you more smarter?". That was as close as I ever got to the topic of fantasy. Decades later, my wife and I would sit in front of the television every night after dinner. I never cared much for anything on albeit except for the news so I'd always watch whatever my wife wanted to view which was usually jeopardy followed by cooking shows but as time went on, I noticed she slowly took to reading in front of the television until eventually I saw that she didn't care what I changed the channel to. When I questioned her lack of interest, she answered by telling me that I could watch whatever I wanted.
By Karlitos Thomas4 years ago in Geeks
Waiting for my Hogwarts Letter
I sat under my blanket late at night on my bed nearly six years old with a flashlight to read through the entire Harry Potter series. My days were spent hiding and to read the story of a boy that grew up under the stairs, I felt a connection. As a young girl of a depressed mother and an alcoholic stepfather, books were my escape into a new world. I would wake up in the morning never having enough time to get ready for school, even at six years old. I would make breakfast for my sister and take the bottle out of the fridge for my baby brother. My mother would already be passed out on the couch and my stepfather would be stumbling out to work.
By brooke vecchi4 years ago in Geeks
5 Things From 'The L Word' That Didn't Stand The Test Of Time
Showtime's The L Word was groundbreaking. While the very subject of the LGBTQ+ community was downplayed after the AIDS epidemic hit, the late 90s and early 2000s brought the community into a bigger light with a different perspective in television and film. Shows like The L Word aimed to depict the lives of queer people as "normal," along with giving queer actors a chance to play a version of themselves on television. The series has a loyal fanbase and was instrumental in a lot of Millennial-age queer people seeing representation for the first time. However, there are a lot of things that the original series did that didn't really hit the mark by today's standard.
By Jenika Enoch5 years ago in Geeks
Personal Intrest
I have many different interests and hobbies which have shaped me into who I am, but none have been as influential as filmmaking and cinematography. Throughout the years, I have always been fascinated with telling stories and making my ideas come to life on screen. From a young age, I have always been intrigued by different forms of media, and I have been creating and writing different movies and scripts for a long time. This helps me express myself, while simultaneously giving me an opportunity to give other people new stories to relate to and see themselves in.
By Georges Kassouf5 years ago in Geeks
What Drives Me
At some point, I think we all had someone who we believed we wanted to be. Whether it be a superhero? An athlete? Maybe the protagonist of your favorite novel. Well, as for me, I wanted to be the hero. I wanted to save the world, or you know, my backyard. I wanted to have daring fights, superhuman abilities, and a slightly morally right nemesis. I would watch in awe as the superheroes on TV would battle it out with the bad guys, and be amazed by every moment of it. Yet, there was just one problem... there weren’t any heroes(or villains for that matter) that looked like me.
By Lynn Barrett5 years ago in Geeks
