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Herophobia – How stories shape society
Villains are scary. Villains are evil. Villains do bad things. So it’s understandable when people are afraid of a villain. But why would someone be afraid of heroes? Today’s video is about Herophobia – fear of heroes. Yes. It’s a real thing. The thing that makes it really easy to hate or fear a villain…
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Can Green Lantern save your religion?
I am a storyteller. I write comic books, essays, short stories, and most of what I create has to do with religion, mythology, and Indian culture, which is why I often run into people who don’t like to touch mythology or would rather not have storytellers reinterpret mythology. But why is this? I think it…
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Leila by Netflix is not anti-Hindu propaganda
Netflix has released a series called Leila. It’s based on a book by the same name by author Prayag Akbar, but some people are calling it anti-Hindu propaganda. So, this very first episode of my vlog is going to be about dystopias. Any civilization is defined by the stories that it tells about itself, and…
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The Colonial Roots of Star Trek
I have loved Star Trek my whole life and probably always will. For the last several years however, I haven’t been able to watch a single episode of it without thinking, “Wait! This is the East India Company… in space!” Here’s the thing. One of the clearest images that will form in your mind when…
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Loki, Thanos and Free Will
The Marvel series Loki introduces us to the idea of the sacred timeline. It is a singular view of the universe where things are allowed to happen in only one way. When someone diverges from this “one true way”, they are punished. This is a lot like some of us having this idea of “true…