“The characterization of Montrose demands we hold our sympathy for him as a traumatized possibly queer (as implied by Tree) Black man in the 1950s in tension with our disgust and dis-ease with his horrific act of violence against Yahima.”

She is a very pretty lady but I bet if she put glasses on she would be a disgusting ugly duckling that no one would ever love :)

You can tell Moore has it, she gets that sort of head-tilt thing Steinem did just right, definite nom. Vikander has me a bit more concerned because her part of the trailer makes her look “plucky.” That RBG movie made Ginsburg look “plucky” I just don’t understand why you would do that to somebody, especially a…

* Did the Orisha die? One thing I enjoy about the show is that so far its inverted the horror movie trope of black people being disposable. It’s the white characters that are fodder for supernatural terrors: whenever a black person is killed, its directly from very human white violence. We don’t see the Orisha in the…

After the Ouija board spelled out “George” is also spelled out “IS DEAD”. I took that to be the spirits in the house taunting Diana, reminding her her father is dead. As much as I want George to return as a ghost helper/guide, I don’ think this is it.  But maybe I’m wrong.

If it's anything like the book, Hippolyta will have a GREAT standalone starring ep. 

I find many parts of your statement to be presumptuous and entitled.

I thought, “Chekov’s bear trap.”

I’m so glad someone else is bringing up the fact that the ouija board clearly spelled “George.” I think his time on the series isn’t done, and I’m so excited to see what happens with his character!

I didn’t realize Emmett Till’s nickname was Bobo. He was the kid in the cellar who asked the Ouija board if he would have a nice trip...

As soon as it started I was struck by goddamn, what a brilliant idea to combine haunted house tropes with the actual horrors that middle class Black people faced trying to move into white neighborhoods. This actual history is so bloody (Trumbull was referenced and that violence was all over, like sundown towns. They ca…

I loved how from the first moment we see Leti being isolated from everyone. She’s died and feels she hasn’t all come back. And everything she does seems to be to feel like she belongs among the living again. She makes up with her sister or tries anyway. She throws parties. She finally has sex with Tic like she…

(Chekov’s elevator)

Drat, I almost had an excuse to post the “Period Sex” song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but it turned out Letitia was fibbing to hide that she was a virgin.

I also noticed how when she confronts him in the bathroom stall he goes through all possible reactions - justification, minimising it, anger, threats, seduction, breakdown - while Bella basically passively watches. It made much more sense once I realised she was running possibilities in her head to see which one would…

Once I realised that those were just fantasies I also realised it was Bella trying to find the perfect ending for her book. The resolution Zain was talking about. The way she fiddles with her notes and post-its after each one before we reset. We were watching her creative process.

I’m not sure I’ve seen a braver series finale than this one. By the time you realize this isn’t real (for me, it embarrassingly wasn’t until Patrick/David was bleeding out in her bedroom) and then later realize you’re not going to get real, you’re so invested into where it’s going to go. To tie it into the conceit of…

I’d rather see what she does next with all options wide open than see a continuation of this story. This one felt complete with one season.

Someone recently pointed out me that in the same scene where young Bella and her friends are talking about helping the boy accused of rape, there’s another Black girl in the background getting beat up who they are completely ignoring—which I totally missed the first time I watched it. So obviously the show has been…

Oh, no, he was clearly in on it. There’s a reason the camera is focused on the Black accomplice and not the primary rapist: the fact that a Black man helped a white man rape her adds a whole new level of trauma and betrayal, shattering the sense of racial solidarity that has been so central to Bella’s friendships and…