Carolyn PetitLake and the Alluring Escapist Fantasy of the Readily Available, Decent JobSometimes, when I’m in the mood to break my own heart with the difference between the world I imagined as a child and the one I’m actually…7 min read·Jun 18, 2021--1--1
Carolyn PetitHumanity’s Exiles: My Trans-Loneliness and Zack Snyder’s Justice League“Make love.” — Daft Punk, 1993–202119 min read·Apr 5, 2021--2--2
Carolyn PetitTell Me Why and the Limits of Positive Trans RepresentationDontnod has a knack for place, for memory, and for the link between the two. In Life Is Strange, I relished the opportunities I was given…9 min read·Sep 12, 2020--1--1
Carolyn Petitand all the sinners saints: Hope and Salvation in Perry MasonNOTE: This piece assumes the reader has watched season one of HBO’s Perry Mason.16 min read·Aug 19, 2020----
Carolyn PetitBroken People, Broken Worlds: Thoughts on The Last of Us Part IIPLEASE NOTE: This piece is intended as post-game reading. It discusses plot events in detail, including the ending.22 min read·Jun 29, 2020--19--19
Carolyn PetitRemake Fakeout: The Strange Defiance of Final Fantasy 7 Remake(PLEASE NOTE: This post contains spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 Remake.)7 min read·May 6, 2020----
Carolyn PetitThis Makeshift Life — Personal Reflections on Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBefore its release, I was suspicious of Animal Crossing: New Horizons — suspicious of the idea that it could have anything to offer me…9 min read·Mar 25, 2020----
Carolyn PetitHard Times: Revisiting Acts I-IV of Kentucky Route Zero While Desperately Looking for WorkWhen Cardboard Computer announced that the fifth and final act of their magical realist adventure game Kentucky Route Zero was finally…11 min read·Jan 25, 2020----
Carolyn PetitOf Star Wars, Wonderful Lives, and Terrifying New Beginnings at the End of the DecadeThis is my attempt to write something cleansing in the final hours of this decade, so that I can start the next one with the right mindset…13 min read·Dec 31, 2019----
Carolyn PetitRuthless Individuality: Criticism’s Past, and Hopefully Its FutureWriting in The New Yorker in June of 1981 about the upcoming film Raiders of the Lost Ark, film critic Pauline Kael made it clear that she…12 min read·Dec 5, 2019----