Bertha's Blog (4)

Some of you may know, via Twitter or Facebook, that I'm a volunteer for a small, non-profit organisation called Caleb's Hope. I always forget that I can use the wonderful platform here, and be a more active part of this community, but I'll try to cross-post to BL everytime I update my blog from now on.



As with my blog, I will periodically highlight events and news… Continue

There are new volunteer positions available for Caleb's Hope. We're looking for a huge range of people with different skills - makeup artists, hair stylists, visual & performance artists, researchers, writers, film editors, camera operators, photographers, etc. Some of those need to be Vancouver and LA based for obvious reasons, but there are others that don't need you to be there in North America physically.



The entire e-Publications team, for instance, is spread out (rather… Continue

Recently I had a student posed me a question: why do I show an open dislike of Sex and the City (and by extension, others of its genre like Desperate Housewives) when I am clearly one of its ‘target audience’. Funnily enough, this is actually the second time someone has posed such a question to me. “Why not Sex and the City, why The X-Files,” a friend asked earlier in the year. Indeed, why not The X-Files and why must it be Sex and the City? Is it… Continue

This community is such a great place, and I know I should make more full use of it. Not to mention, hang out here more. :) I will endeavour to try. On to my thoughts - this was something I posted back in August 2008 on my own site - so without further ado: -



The X-Files has been the big love of my life for 14 years now. My deep involvement with the show - as a fan and as an academic - has pretty much dictated which television shows… Continue