Top 10 Episodes of ‘Star Trek: Voyager’
Voyager is my favorite Trek and if that makes me an anomaly, it just means I fit right in.
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Author: Anika Dane
Anika Dane works at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. A writer of words. A dancer of dreams. An author, podcaster, and lecturer studying the intersections of pop culture and mental health. A feminist and a fashionista. A teacher and a student. Social Justice Magical Girl. Bohemian revolutionary. Secretly a dragon.
Top Ten Episodes of ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’
For Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary, my top ten episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Top Ten Episodes of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ was the beginning of my love for more. The new series took nothing away from the original series, it was just more ‘Star Trek’ to love!
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Top Ten Episodes of ‘Star Trek’ (The Original Series)
In honor of ‘Star Trek’s fiftieth anniversary, here are the top ten episodes of the original series.
Continue ReadingComic Book Corner: Boldly Going Where No Man, Synthezoid, or Skeleton Has Gone Before
This month the GeekMoms are reading about pirates, politics, and penguins. Catch up with Lt. Gaila, Mycroft Holmes, presidential candidate Loki, and more.
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Dinosaur State Park: Dinosaurs in Connecticut!
We’ve gone to many museums to visit dinosaurs — the Smithsonian in DC,the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, the Museum of Science in Boston — but one of our favorites is just next door, in the Connecticut River Valley.
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Pokébiology: Where Science and Pokémon Meet
Anika interviews a biologist to discover how Pokémon and real-world science intersect.
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Disney’s ‘Nutcracker’ Is More Than Yet Another Holiday Movie
Disney’s exciting upcoming ‘Nutcracker’ adaptation features a black ballerina, an acclaimed director, and a fresh new writer.
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Russian History Takes Center Stage in ‘Anastasia’
‘Anastasia’ the musical uses both the desire for the fairy tale and the tragedy of the truth to construct a nuanced story.
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5 Reasons We Need a Bail Organa ‘Star Wars’ Film
Bail Organa deserves a standalone film more than anyone in ‘Star Wars.’ Here’s why.
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Star Wars at Disney Parks
Star Wars Land is coming to Disney Parks, but Star Wars has already arrived.
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Progressively Ever After?
Mattel and Netflix’s fairy tale doll series is a lot smarter than it appears on the surface.
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Don't Be Afraid to Grieve for Professor Snape
Science says grieving someone you only met through their art is normal, real, and healthy. And I say it’s beautiful.
Continue ReadingIn Defense of Padmé Amidala: The Queen’s Sacrifice
Throughout the series of three movies Padme fades away before our eyes. And for this she is met with a lot of derision from fans. But I love Padme. All of her.
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All My Favorite Holiday Movies Aren’t About the Holidays
The best holiday movies aren’t about the holidays at all.
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DIY: Winter Cat Shelter for Outdoor, Feral, and Free-Roaming Cats
My daughter and I are cat people. We have four at home and every Wednesday we volunteer at our local cat shelter, Cat Tales. We spend up to ninety minutes feeding, grooming, and socializing the approximately 100 cats who live there, including these two.
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Can Neuroscience Explain the Popularity of The Hunger Games?
Dystopian young adult fiction takes the chaos of adolescent development and transforms it into a narrative which provides both an outlet and a map to the teen audience — and any parent looking for a way into her teenage child’s brain.
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