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      10 Favourite Episodes of Community

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      Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

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      It’s Perfectly Okay Not to Be a Feminist

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      Daenerys and Walter White: Same Characters, Different Shows

      Why Game of Thrones Ended Perfectly

      The Genius of Game of Thrones Characterization

      Jon Snow: The Prince Who Was Promised

      Sansa Stark: Girl Becomes Woman

      Why People Love Game of Thrones

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      A Culture of Self-Deprecation

      A Lesson in Empathy

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      Good vs Toxic People

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      What’s My Political Compass?

      Why you SHOULD NOT vote Tory in the UK election

      Weed Should Be legal

      Abortion doesn’t care about your feelings

      Conservative Snowflakes

      Is Conservatism the New Counter-Culture?

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      On Being Sensitive

      Understanding Mental Illness

      How to Spot a Psychopath

      In Which My Situation Feels Ridiculous

      Alcoholics Anonymous vs Smart Recovery

      Are Personality Disorders Real?

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      Interview with Petrina Binney

      So, here we are.

      THIRD NOVEL COMING SOON! (5th published work)

      Plot vs Character-Driven Stories

      Review of Anne by Robert Fanshawe

      Changing the Way I Blog

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      Advice to would-be artists

      University wasn’t for me.

      Generation Y Me

      Facebook’s False Friendship

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10 Favourite Episodes of Community

By zarinamacha March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
2021 / Books Films Music TV / My Favourite...

These are my ten favourite episodes of Community. One of the best sitcoms I have ever seen, this show fantastically blends heart and soul with meta-commentary. These are all my personal favourites, not the ones that are ‘objectively’ the best. It was really hard but I was going on the […]

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Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

By zarinamacha February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
2021 / Books Films Music TV

In 2020 I watched the TV series Dexter with my partner, who had seen it years before. We finished it earlier this year. I understand that Dexter came out years ago, and writing about it years after it ended sounds a little pointless. Or does it? Season 9 is coming […]

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Rating TV Show Endings

By zarinamacha January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
2021 / Books Films Music TV

I love TV shows. For me, television is about connecting with characters and engaging storylines. As a writer and viewer, I love analysing character behaviour and getting engrossed in well-written dramas. On this blog I have written a lot about my favourite TV shows. I have discussed characters who touched […]

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Reviewing Troubled Blood

By zarinamacha December 21, 2020April 19, 2023
2020 / Books / Books Films Music TV

In September 2020, Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling released a book called Troubled Blood. It is the fifth instalment in her detective Robin and Strike series. An insane amount of ludicrous and unjust controversy blew up around this book. (Some reviews are positive though.) While I can understand some people […]

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Cuties and the Sexualization of Children

By zarinamacha December 10, 2020December 7, 2020
2020 / Film Reviews / Social Commentary

I am torn about the Netflix movie Cuties. Having watched it, I found it very disturbing, and I think there are ways the movie could have been made to still amplify its message. Certain scenes did not need to be shown. On the flip side, I do understand the director’s […]

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Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

By zarinamacha November 30, 2020April 18, 2023
2020 / Disney / Feminism / Film Reviews

Maleficent is a film with feminist undertones. It’s clear to see the feminist bias in how the movie plays out, especially the ending. Sleeping Beauty, by contrast, is not feminist. Yet it is more pro-women and a better movie overall. Here’s my comparison of the two, and a call for […]

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Zarina Macha

Zarina started this blog in 2017 to document her general opinions and thoughts on life. Originally on Blogger, she moved it to Wordpress in 2020, and hasn't posted any content since 2021. She is currently updating the blog and plans to resume posting content by the end of 2023.
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