Culture
Feminist-ish: The “Cool” Asian Hair Streak Trope
In its most egregious examples, the “cool” Asian hair streak trope is used to camouflage underwritten characters who lack personality.
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Women in the Picture: The Art Historian Challenging the Western Gaze Through a Feminist Lens
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé.
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“Sex Cult Nun”: Faith Jones Interrogates the Abusive Community Her Grandfather Created
“Sex Cult Nun” is a startling memoir of child abuse about the Children of God.
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Facial Difference and PTSD: Ariel Henley on Growing up with Crouzon Syndrome
What Henley addresses with intelligent ferocity in her memoir is the emotional and psychological abuse that she endured throughout elementary and middle school growing up with Crouzon syndrome.
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Man Down: "The Power Of the Dog" Is a Brutal Meditation on Masculinity
Jane Campion’s new film explores what makes a man, and what traps him.
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Freedom Fighters: Are Better Days Ahead in Palestine?
Palestinians’ will to free themselves from Israeli occupation is as strong as ever.
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5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through November
Get emotionally vulnerable with releases from Adele, Lotic, Summer Walker, and more.
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Double Down: "King Richard" Is an Ode to the Power of Believing in Black Girls
“King Richard” succeeds in drawing us to root for the Williams family to beat the odds against them—the specter of both genteel and bloody racism, the gang violence that threatens their neighborhood.
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Rare Delight: : "Sort Of" Is a Refreshingly Complex Take on Nonbinary Life
What makes Sort Of work is its exploration of a nesting series of communities; one is diverse and queer, featuring people of a variety of genders and sexualities who move fluidly through each other’s lives in a way that highlights the rapid diversification of the LGBQT community... Read more »
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