Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Fragile and Varied Masculinities: Road Trip and the Odd World of the 2000s

The 2000s were weird, y’all. Really weird. If, like me, you’ve taken a strange trip down the road of 2000s romantic and (teen/college) sex comedies, you’ll have noticed the curious similarities between so many of them. The 2000s trend probably began with the release of American Pie in 1999, a film that I actually quite […]

On Academic Brain and Compartmentalizing

As an academic, it is often very difficult to shut off the faculties I’ve spent the last fourteen years building.  Since I spend almost every day of the week analyzing literature, reading or thinking about theoretical/philosophical texts, I generally use my brain in a very particular way.  Turning that off is a chore, but a […]

5 Lesser Known SF/F Cold War Films

It seems Ian Sales and I are playing a list challenge game, and this list is sure to disappoint him this round.  Why?  Because I’m pretty sure two of the options on my list don’t actually qualify except in my head.  But we do what we can, no? This time around, I was challenged to […]