Culture
“Shadow and Bone” Diversifies Its Fantasy World
The characters feel like a chosen family who are just starting to come together.
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Coming Out Doesn’t Excuse Colton Underwood’s Abusive Past
Accepting this narrative is a disservice to queer folk who are or were closeted and have never abused their partners in the process of finding themselves.
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“Diners, Dudes, and Diets” Reveals the Absurdity of Gendered Food
By naming and examining dude food, Emily J.H. Contois gives us the language and historical context for an omnipresent phenomenon we’ve all surely noticed.
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Beyond Skin Deep: Khloé Kardashian, Madison Beer, and Social Media’s Unwinnable Beauty Game
We’re all body positive so long as that positivity includes warping ourselves beyond recognition.
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“Them” and Us: Do We Need to Televise Black Pain to Take It Seriously?
Stomach-churning violence against Black women is near constant.
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One True Pairing: “Younger” Is Ultimately a Rom-Com about Women
The show is more than a rom-com about a cishet love triangle between Liza and two men.
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Unhappy Medium: The Business of Misery Memes
The meme has entered a new era as an emotional shorthand.
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Love and Surveillance: Dating Shows Channel More Than Reality
Netflix released multiple reality TV shows in 2020 that feature beautiful people blissfully succumbing to the power of being watched.
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“We Are Watching Eliza Bright” Turns Gamergate into Experimental Fiction
There may be other Gamergate novels to come, but for now, A.E. Osworth has set the bar.
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Botch Goddess: How Bridget Jones Redefined Career Failure
The unlikely icon made fallibility as a career asset.
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