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Jack Hughes’s Golden Tantrum

Posted on March 20, 2026March 20, 2026 by Whitney

There is much I could write about men’s hockey. If you want to know the character of a man, all you have to do is wait for him to tell you who he truly is. Jack Hughes (of the New Jersey Devils and also of the Gold Winning US Men’s Olympic hockey team) has been…

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Broadchurch vs Gracepoint

Posted on March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 by Whitney

In my never ending search for shows to have on while I work, I finally sat down to watch Broadchurch – and then later Gracepoint. Broadchurch is a three season series that begins with the death of a boy in Broadchurch, a small coastal town. Starring David Tennant and Olivia Coleman, the show is packed…

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Into the DNF Pile: The Buccaneers

Posted on August 16, 2025March 3, 2026 by Whitney

I think we’re all looking for the next thing to watch while we work, clean, walk on the treadmill. I gave Apple+’s The Buccaneers a shot, not knowing much about it. Based on what I did know, it should have ticked every box I enjoy. I am a fan of giving every project a solid…

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Guess who’s back, back again

Posted on January 20, 2025February 6, 2025 by Whitney

Well, that was fast. TikTok is back, and the message welcoming back Americans thanked Trump. I’m pleased to see a number of creators who are glad it’s back, but feel like it’s been tainted. At moments like this, where you have Zuckerberg sounding like every toxic podcast bro, Elon vying to be treated like he’s…

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On the temporary death of TikTok

Posted on January 19, 2025January 19, 2025 by Whitney

For some time, Sunday Mornings meant that I would get up to feed Ash (he does not understand the concept of sleeping in – he is a cat who wants his breakfast) and scroll on TikTok until everyone else woke up. This morning, it meant logging in to a ton of meta push notifications, and…

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Flightlessbird: a hoax and responsible activism

Posted on August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 by Whitney

Over on TikTok, my FYP was dominated last week by a woman whose screenname was flightlessbird. She was documenting the sudden and scary spiral of her husband in a mental health crisis – where he was turning her family and his against her, and threatening to have her committed. She admitted this week, that the…

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movie poster for The Lost City. A man and woman walk through a jungle with a volcano in the distance. She is Sandra Bullock, a slim brunette, with hair down past her shoulders, wearing a pink sequined jumpsuit that has been cut into shorts. He is Channing Tatum, wearing a dirty white t-shirt and khaki pants with a backpack and an travel neck pillow around his neck, pulling a rolling suitcase. There are also ruins in a background as well as a small blue car with a luggage rack. A goat stands in the rack.

Review: The Lost City

Posted on March 1, 2024January 10, 2025 by Whitney

The Lost City was another movie that we’d meant to watch awhile ago. We decided to watch it while celebrating our anniversary. This ended up being the perfect choice, as it’s a story that’s filled with romance. Not always in the way you might expect. Think of it as if Indiana Jones was written to…

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movie poster for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Several people stand in a V formation in front of a graphic that resembles a red dragon on a white background. They are dressed in fantasy type clothing. Chris Pine stands in the front, holding a Lute behind him. To his right is Michelle Rodriguez dressed as a Barbarian in furs with an axe, then Sophia Lillet as a Tiefling - she's dressed in green with black horns sticking out of her red hair. To the left of Chris Pine is Regé-Jean Page, dressed in the silver armor of a Paladin, and behind him is Justice Smith wielding a magic staff.

Review: Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves

Posted on January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 by Whitney

This had been a movie on my to see list, and we’d planned on seeing it in theaters, but life got in the way. I am Dungeons & Dragons adjacent. I’m someone who plays a multitude of tabletop games, but not D&D regularly. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and written by them…

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Rachel Zegler and the internet mob

Posted on August 14, 2023August 23, 2023 by Whitney

I made a promise at the start of the strikes not to give any struck companies promotion for free. And so much has happened, but I’ve been content to write drafts and save them. Something that’s happened online this week requires a comment (without talking about the movie itself). The silence from a lot of…

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Twitter continues it’s downward spiral, what now?

Posted on July 6, 2023July 30, 2023 by Whitney

I’ve previously written two versions of this post, talking about Twitter’s downfall and my thoughts on successors. So I thought I’d go through the good, the bad, and the buggy. In the last week alone, Elon rate limited Twitter, made it so that you had to login to see tweets – which resulted in Google…

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Whitney Drake

I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latina, or life with Crohns disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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Recent Posts

  • Jack Hughes's Golden Tantrum

    Jack Hughes's Golden Tantrum

    March 20, 2026
  • Broadchurch vs Gracepoint

    Broadchurch vs Gracepoint

    March 3, 2026
  • Into the DNF Pile: The Buccaneers

    Into the DNF Pile: The Buccaneers

    August 16, 2025
  • Guess who's back, back again

    Guess who's back, back again

    January 20, 2025
  • On the temporary death of TikTok

    On the temporary death of TikTok

    January 19, 2025
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