Explore how Gen V’s Jordan Li offers groundbreaking non-binary representation in the superhero genre. This case study examines how the character’s gender fluidity is seamlessly integrated into the storyline, challenging gender norms and showcasing trans identity without feeling forced.

A psychological look at Bob and Teddy’s friendship in Bob’s Burgers, exploring lopsided friendship, emotional labour, attachment, boundaries, social support, and why Bob may be a better friend than he looks.

A psychological look at whether The Breakfast Club is still relevant to teenagers today, exploring identity, peer groups, social media, mental health, stereotypes, and the awkward survival of John Hughes’ high school classic.

Jeff Winger is not just Community’s sarcastic lawyer with good hair. His charm, vanity, manipulation, and emotional distance work as defences against shame, abandonment, and the terror of being genuinely known.

Explore the psychological themes and lessons from the Hagakure, examining how these principles can be applied to modern life.

Doll play may help children practise social imagination, empathy, and theory of mind, but when the research is tied to Barbie and Mattel, the neuroscience needs careful reading rather than easy marketing.

Harry Potter does not need to have been written as a trans allegory to be read as one. This essay explores identity, misrecognition, chosen belonging, and the discomfort of loving a story whose author later became harder to live with.

Cinderella is often remembered as a romance, but psychologically it is also a story about coercive control, emotional abuse, forced labour, isolation, humiliation, and the struggle to reclaim agency.