Joanna C. Valente

Poem: Nobody Cares About Skeeter Valentine

A poem for Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug.’

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

Whether they’re fleeing feline persecution or chopping vegetables, these rodents know how to party.

A spoiler-free endorsement of this movie you can watch on Netflix.

The Conan O’Brien–backed sci-fi comedy stacks star on top of star—Armisen! Tennant! Torres!—and plots its first season.

Hollywood renders nonbinary people nearly invisible, which is why the latest ‘Steven Universe’ episode a revelation.

Breaking the spell of a pervasive—and damaging—cultural force.

Meet the Gundam franchise’s Dick Cheney. Or Lyndon B. Johnson. Or Stringer Bell. Really, take your pick.

Maternal, idealistic, insecure, stubborn, short-tempered. Katara is emotion—her trauma, her power. Just like me.