Editors Choice

From a sociological perspective, I know that civilisation is a social construct and varies from culture to culture, but there is one thing that binds the human race together and that is the innate notion of good and evil, creativity, innovation, and hierarchy.

Women are presented as fickle and shallow creatures only concerned with their vanity. I would argue that men are more concerned with women's looks than women are, but OK, I guess

Characters such as Loki are ‘fan objects’, a transitional object that provides fans with a sense of security and familiarity. Fandom characters are consistent in their depictions and somewhat predictable in their characterisation and interpersonal relations, creating a sense of stability for fans through ritualised viewing/reading. It is also argued that fans use characters in their identity contraction by identifying with specific characters’ traits, values, or trauma which also influences their self-narratives in the real world (Williams, 2016).

The Black Monday Murders is a crime fiction graphic novel with Lovecraftian qualities of horror and mystery carefully interwoven into the storyline. The costume design of Inspector Theodore Dumas seems to be largely influenced by the hardboiled detectives created between the Thirties and the Fifties

In mainstream media; television news, newspaper press, and cinematic entrainment are framed from a male perspective. It can be argued that the male-centric position highlighting masculine values allows these values to become a standard way of thinking within society.

Crime drama is usually considered nothing more than frivolous television fodder for evening audiences to play detective; weighing up the evidence presented to them and making judgment calls on the suspects and characters that surround the investigation.