Category: Television

Black and Brown Sisters Are Doing Visual Media For Themselves
Television · Third Culture Kids · Wear Your Voice Magazine · Women

Black and Brown Sisters Are Doing Visual Media For Themselves

Sezin Koehler

“When the dominant visual media paradigm is one of hegemonic whiteness, there are a limited number of choices for women of color. Submit yourself to the hegemony and take whatever scraps casting agents, directors, producers throw at you even if they might be problematic. Or, smash that shit and begin carving out your own space. More and more black and brown women are choosing the latter, and it is glorious.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, June 2017.

Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King” and the Audacity of Equality
Politics · Television · Third Culture Kids · Wear Your Voice Magazine

Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King” and the Audacity of Equality

Sezin Koehler

“Hasan Minhaj’s eloquence and ability to reflect on micro and macro levels is so inspiring. I feel transformed for the better after spending an hour and change with him and his epic storytelling abilities.” For Wear Your Voice Magazine, June 2017.

13 Reasons Why “13 Reasons Why” is Dangerously Problematic
Death · Horror · Television · Trauma · Wear Your Voice Magazine

13 Reasons Why “13 Reasons Why” is Dangerously Problematic

Sezin Koehler

“It was supposed to be a show to get people talking about teen suicide, bullying, sexual assault and more. It was supposed to open and encourage dialogue between generations and demystify how insidious cyber- and other kinds of bullying can be in the age of social media. ’13 Reasons Why’ had many ambitious goals. Here are 13 reasons why it fails at every single one of them.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, April 2017.

The Women of “Twin Peaks,” From the Trickster to the Shapeshifter
Television · Wear Your Voice Magazine

The Women of “Twin Peaks,” From the Trickster to the Shapeshifter

Sezin Koehler

“In honor of Women’s History Month as well as the upcoming Twin Peaks revival, here are some alternate readings of the female denizens of that strangely frightening little mountain town. Many of these archetypes apply to multiple women at different times in the series. I’ve chosen the one for each that is most representative of her overall journey.” For Wear Your Voice Magazine, March 2017.