Balancing Binaries January 23, 2023January 23, 2023Erik Wieboldt 1 There is a basic human instinct to separate oneself from others. You are yourself. Others are others. As you grow in a community ...
Follow Apollo November 14, 2022November 14, 2022Erik Wieboldt 6 Here’s a controversial take: Representation matters. Omar Apollo puts this on full display as he has come to embody the voice of a ...
Gayla and All That Jazz October 16, 2022October 16, 2022Erik Wieboldt 5 Ten years ago, I would have never imagined that on a Saturday morning in the middle of fall, I would find myself in ...
Discriminating Taste for Necessary Blood Donations May 30, 2022May 30, 2022Erik Wieboldt The season 18 finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” tackles the issue of gay men not being able to give blood. For such a niche ...
Redefining the Word “Queer” May 8, 2022May 8, 2022Erik Wieboldt 1 The word “queer” is complicated. According to Merill Perlman of the Columbia Journalism Review, “it first showed up in English about 1513” and ...
Generational Trauma Representation in Media Serves as a Method of Healing May 1, 2022May 1, 2022Erik Wieboldt 1 As I’m sure you’ve noticed, there has been a recent trend by many large movie studios to tackle the complex topic of generational ...