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ESSAY • MEDIA REPRESENTATION
More Than a Subtitle: Accuracy is the Minimum Standard for Prestige TV
22 Feb 2026 — Thoughts on Filipino identity, linguistic attribution in prestige TV for The Pitt’s “1:00 P.M.”
This piece was reprinted for Kasing2 Magazine's inaugural issue, which you can also view here.
FEATURED INTERVIEW • UNCUT TRANSCRIPT
On Self-leadership & Craft
Dani Austria (writer and essayist behind the art and pop culture blog Back After This) originally pulled me aside for a quick Q&A for a local team project.
Because space was limited, I knew some of my favorite parts from our conversation might end up on the cutting room floor. This is the uncut version of that chat, preserved in full.
writing, elsewhere
Archival features from my time with What’s A Geek, tracking early milestones in music journalism, literary analysis, and pop-culture criticism before a fairly long intermission.
JANUARY 2016 • ESSAY • WHAT'S A GEEK
“Music for a Little Magic: Subterrania Sessions – A Benefit Gig”
A reflective feature rallying the local arts scene for award-winning author and mentor Luis Katigbak. This piece traces our early 2010 collaborative roots crafting speculative rock-goddess lyrics for UNO Magazine, honoring a steady voice that always enabled ‘Little Big Adventures’ in others.
APRIL 2016 • POP CULTURE SPECULATION • CINEMATIC ANALYSIS
“Divided They Fall – Captain America: Civil War Speculations”
A character-driven ideological breakdown tracing the narrative friction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the eve of Civil War. This essay maps the psychological weights of accountability, military command structures, and how our heroes are forced to pick a side.
JANUARY 2016 • ESSAY • MEDIA REPRESENTATION
“Delayed Impressions: Netflix’s Jessica Jones, Season 1”
An honest, uncompromised critique tracking the portrayal of trauma and women in speculative mediums. I rage quite a bit against the lazy checklist of violence often used to define a protagonist's strength, unpacking what it means for a broken character to step up and become the hero of her own messy story.
A 2026 Retrospective Note: Re-reading this piece a decade out highlights how rare it was for a series to treat survivor agency with enough uncomfortable realism. Definitely worth a revisit.NOVEMBER 2015 • ESSAY • CINEMATIC ANALYSIS
“The Odds Finally in Her Favor: A Review of Mockingjay Part 2”
A visually centered study of color architecture and tone shifts in the Hunger Games finale. This essay tracks the transition from District dust to Capitol saturation, unpacking how the narrative uses cinematic palettes to evoke trauma, memory, and the hard-earned earning of post-war peace.
NOVEMBER 2015 • ESSAY • LITERARY CRITICISM
“Not Your Narnia: BBC, New Line Set to Produce Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials”
An analytical perspective on translating Philip Pullman’s alternate Victorian Britain for television. This piece examines the difficulties of compressing expansive fantasy universes, detailing how early cinematic attempts glossed over vital religious critiques in favor of surface-level CGI adventure.
SEPTEMBER 2015 • BOOK REVIEW • LITERARY ANALYSIS
“All Fun and Shenanigans ’til Someone Falls: A Review of Kate Evangelista’s No Love Allowed”
A deep-dive analysis of Kate Evangelista’s Swoon Reads debut, exploring how the text subverts standard feel-good romance formulas. This review unpacks the delicate, non-preachy depiction of mental health, mania, and the shared internal vulnerabilities of characters navigating modern stigmas.
APRIL 2015 • FOR THE LULZ • ARCHIVAL RETRO
“Netflix to produce Marvel’s RUNAWAYS”
A time-capsule pop culture artifact written for What’s A Geek’s April Fools’ layout block. A playful, deadpan speculative industry report detailing a fictional Netflix logo drop that predated the actual television adaptation by years. I nearly lost friends over this piece.
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