Olivia Luchini
a writer. an editor. a clown.
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Olivia Luchini
- Aug 31, 2018
Avatar and Second Chances
Spanning from 2005 to 2008 with 61 episodes total, Avatar: The Last Airbender rocked the realm of children's entertainment for every...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 26, 2018
Adventure Time's Victories and Losses
Adventure Time's pilot episode aired over ten years ago in 2007 on Nicktoons. As of 2010, it became a series on Cartoon Network that saw...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 18, 2018
Children's Literature: No Larges Allowed
During my second year at the University of California, Davis, I took a class on children's literature taught by my favorite professor. As...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 15, 2018
Disney Channel and Its Faults
Disney Channel has filled the childhoods of many people with laughter, magic and even some life lessons (thanks to Hannah Montana, we can...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 12, 2018
Sailor Jupiter's Importance
When I was growing up, I never knew about the cultural phenomenon that is Sailor Moon. I think that the first time I even heard about the...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 11, 2018
Cringe: Why Insatiable Is Already Hated
On July 19, 2018, Netflix released a preview for one of its many new and original series. Starring Debby Ryan (whom you might recall from...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 10, 2018
Why We Worship Barb
Stranger Things premiered in 2016 and gained a massive amount of fans with its '80s aesthetic, witty dialogue and complex...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 9, 2018
Pokémon: A Collection of Body Hate
I originally intended to write about Pokémon and its singular body type for female characters yesterday, but when I began my research on...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 8, 2018
Why You Should See Eighth Grade
Before I get into today's installment of my month-long bloggery on the lack of tall, strong, chunky protagonist women in children's...
Olivia Luchini
- Aug 7, 2018
Harry Potter and the Big, Bad People
Before beginning today's topic, I have a confession to make: I didn't follow the Harry Potter series during my childhood. It seems that...
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