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Quarter Life Crisis

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 I am a Millennial.  Try to tell me otherwise, and I’ll show you that I make the cut: August 1996.  Anybody born in 1997 is part of Gen Z.  Pew Research Center established anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is a Millennial  (Dimock 2019) .  I am also 25 years-old.  In a society where the life expectancy is 100 years-old, I am one-quarter of the way through my life…assuming I, too, live to 100 years-old.  That’s a long time… and a matter to explore at another time. What separates a Millennial from a Gen Z?  That is, besides birth year.  Michael Dimok, President of Pew Research Center, identifies unique trends in politics and technology.  Millennials witnessed the rise of the War of Terrorism with the bombing of USS COLE (DDG 67) in October 2000, 9/11, and the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.  Gen Z, in contrast, has no memory of 9/11 and grew up knowing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the field of technology, Millenni...
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Wanda Grieves

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Disney+ premiered WandaVision in February 2021.  After returning from “The Glitch,” Wanda has the time to grieve the loss of her loved one, Vision.  Wanda and Vision’s love is unlike any other.  When Pietro, callsign “Quicksilver,” dies in Avengers: Age of Ultron , Wanda releases a large wave of energy that obliterates the robots she is fighting.  This unique couple, however, still displays common trends identified in behavioral psychology.  Wanda’s grieving process follows the Kubler-Ross model, more commonly known as the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Feeling numb to the world, Wanda ventures to S.W.O.R.D., a department under S.H.I.E.L.D., believing seeing Vision will help her find closure for his passing.  Without the mind stone, Vision is a human-shaped vibranium filled with wires.  Director Tyler Heyward, concerned with the possibility that adversaries will weaponize Vision, leads the project to disa...
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Welcome to the Writing Board

Hello reader! My name is Anna Kang.  Welcome to my blog!  I enjoy watching movies and writing critiques.  One day, I decided to write about fiction television shows and movies in a political context.  Science fiction, in particular, establishes a respectable metaphor for today's national security concerns. If you have a movie or show worth recommending or have seen the discussed movies and shows, let me know!  I'm always looking to expand my library. All posts here are of my own opinion.  Please be kind in your responses. Enjoy! Anna
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