The Department of Alchemy is dedicated to providing critical analyses of popular culture and media.
The blog provides commentary, news, essays, reviews, reports, presentations, audio/video, and general thoughts for a mainstream audience, with intended respect to the context of the works and the broader society that encompasses them.
The original Department of Alchemy that inspired this website is located on the MIT campus.
Alex Leavitt founded, writes for, and edits the Department of Alchemy. He grew up on the prairie lands of Saturday morning cartoons, subtitled Japanese animation, and Nintendo console video games. Alex is a media scholar and a researcher of popular culture, Web theory, and general geekery. You can find more about him by visiting http://alexleavitt.com.