Goodbye, 2009: A Brief Rumination on the Year That Was
Looking back, 2009 was a great year for television, and I’d also argue that 2009 was a great year for the online television community. This has been the first year where I have felt comfortable...
View ArticleCultural Anniversary: Thanks for 3 Great Years
On January 18th, 2007, I started this blog. On this, its three-year anniversary, I want to thank all of you for reading, and give special thanks to those who have linked to one of my 1467 posts,...
View ArticleOff-Site Learnings: More Thoughts on Familiar Topics
When writing my Across the Pond column for Jive TV, I often draw upon things I hint at in reviews, or discuss on Twitter – as a result, the material may not be new to you, per se, but I hope the column...
View ArticleA Cultural Vacation (if not a Cultural Hiatus)
Greetings all! If you follow me on Twitter, or pay attention to that little sidebar to the right of your screen, you may have noticed that I’ve been a bit preoccupied with an ongoing adventure:...
View ArticleA New Outlet: Contributing to UW-Madison’s Antenna
A New Outlet: Contributing to UW-Madison’s Antenna September 17th, 2010 As you may know, I recently joined the PhD program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which in some ways will limit the...
View ArticleThe Imaginary Forest: Cultural Learnings in 2010
The Imaginary Forest: A Cultural New Year January 1st, 2011 Starting a blog is a lot like playing pretend. Just as you have to pretend that you’re in the middle of an imaginary, magical forest...
View ArticleFour More Years: Another Cultural Anniversary
For the first few years of a blog’s life, every milestone is…well, a milestone. When you get through your first year, it’s a reflection of your own resolve: how many blogs appear and then disappear,...
View ArticleNotes on an Unintentional Cultural Hiatus
It is natural for people who write about television to write less during the summer: the number of shows on the air dwindles, meaning that the overall sense of activity within the industry is less...
View ArticleCultural Check-In: Thoughts on the Fall Survivors
Thoughts on the Fall Survivors October 22nd, 2011 First off, despite the image above, Survivor was actually an early casualty of this fall season. This fall has been tremendously busy in terms of my...
View ArticleCultural Announcement: Reflections on an “Academic Blogging” Journey
This has never exactly been a personal blog—while Cultural Learnings started in 2007 as a broadly conceptualized space for personal expression, it quickly morphed toward television and other media, and...
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