Essay Portfolio

Freelance essays and articles across pop culture and travel

-Film Analysis

-Music & Musicians

-TV

-Travel

-Film Analysis -Music & Musicians -TV -Travel

MUSIC

  • How Shinedown Went from Drugs and Angst to Inspirational Advocacy

    Hard rock band Shinedown are never quiet about their struggles and never will be as they assure fans that being “slightly awkward, kinda weird” is perfectly normal.

    PopMatters

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  • Tame Impala: The Champion of Introverts

    Despite society’s antagonism toward introverts, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker steadfastly offers himself as a vulnerable, somewhat blushing symbol of the gifted loner.

    PopMatters

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  • The 10 Quintessential Tame Impala Songs

    Tame Impala’s deeply revealing songs disclose important details about Kevin Parker’s life and outlook and mark the cornerstones of his individuality.

    PopMatters

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  • Brian May and Benson Boone at Coachella 2025

    Brian May, Coachella 2025, and Modern Music Festivals

    Is a young person’s inability to recognize Queen’s guitarist, Brian May at Coachella, the cardinal music sin many believe it to be?

    PopMatters

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FILM/TV

  • Surprising Parallels Between the King of Kaiju and King of Kings

    Godzilla has always been more than a monster. He even shares traits with God Almighty!

    Geeks Under Grace

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  • Akane Yashiro: Nothing So Strong as Gentleness

    A deep-dive into one of the Godzilla saga’s greatest heroines.

    Asian Movie Pulse

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  • Nefarious: A Game-Changer for the Christian Film Industry

    An analysis of one of Christian cinema’s darkest and most daring entries

    Film East

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  • Volcano: A Subtly Brilliant, Half-Baked Disaster Epic

    A defense-of piece for one of disaster cinema’s most well-known—and well-loathed—films

    Film East

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  • Should Christians Watch The Simpsons?

    Is America’s favorite dysfunctional family too dysfunctional for the pop culture-engaged believer?

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TRAVEL

  • Wallace, ID, the Tiny Idaho Town Hollywood 'Destroyed'

    Photo essay of the setting of Dante’s Peak (1997), a volcanic disaster movie filmed in Wallace, ID

    Go World Travel

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  • Solo in Idaho: In Tough Times, the Right Choice

    A narrative photo essay about a multi-week solo trip across the Gem State—including the good, bad, and decidedly ugly

    IDAHO Magazine—requires purchase to read full article

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