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Author: Anika

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.

OUaTiW 1.03: Forget Me Not

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on October 27, 2013December 6, 2018No Comments

This is a show about excellent faces. Hurray, this episode was good! No caveats good! I only really rolled my eyes once. Because Jafar is still a mess. Naveen Andrews: Great! Jafar: …not so much (to be fair, I have the same feelings about Rumplestiltskin. Possibly I just don’t like smarmy manipulative bastard type characters. …

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OUaTiW 1.02: Trust Me

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on October 25, 2013December 6, 2018No Comments

Apologies for being a week late, I spent last weekend at and traveling to and from GeekGirlCon and am only now starting to catch up! I really want to like this show. I really, really do. I want to love this show. But this show is making it so hard! My basic complaint is that …

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OUaT 3.03: Quite a Common Fairy

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on October 15, 2013June 29, 2022No Comments

Subtitle: Rumplestiltskin and Neal are both basically horrible people

OUaTiW 1.01: Down the Rabbit Hole

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on October 14, 2013December 6, 2018No Comments

So this was a pilot. I never really look at a pilot as representative of a show – it’s made to be picked up by a network and that is not necessarily going to be characteristic of the series audience. That’s not to say pilots are never representative of the show or that they can’t …

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OUaT 3.2: Lost Girl

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on October 7, 2013June 29, 2022No Comments

Subtitle: Layers and layers of Emotional Manipulation

OUaT 3.1: The Heart of the Truest Believer

by AnikaPixie Recaps StorybrookePosted on September 30, 2013June 29, 2022No Comments

Subtitle: It’s hard to be an adult in Neverland

Disney Princess: Ariel

by AnikaPixie ReviewsPosted on April 27, 2012July 18, 2022No Comments

A celebration of The Little Mermaid’s Ariel

Disney Princess: Snow White

by AnikaPixie ReviewsPosted on April 12, 2012July 18, 2022No Comments

A celebration of Disney’s OG Princess

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