Culture
Dig Me Out: Sleater-Kinney’s Newfound Gen Z Audience is No Accident
Together, Gen Z’s coming of age and Sleater-Kinney’s return create the perfect storm.
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Viewers Over Decency: How “The Bachelor” Franchise Keeps Failing Its Leading Ladies
The Bachelor franchise is willing to toss women into the flames of abuse for bigger ratings. Has it even earned the right to tell the stories of these women if it won’t protect them?
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Gazed and Confused: How Do We Define the “Female Gaze” in Film?
A female gaze can’t simply be found in the deliberate desexualization of women, or in clever quips about smashing the patriarchy.
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Tentacles of Terror: Who’s Afraid of a Big, Black Ursula?
Unlike the “Mammy” stereotype, Ursula isn’t sweet or complacent: She’s unabashedly fraudulent and mischievous.
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Bye Sharam: Indian Women Are Tapping into the Enduring Power of Memoir
Sharam, or shame, is one of patriarchy’s most powerful weapons, and it begins early.
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May Hong on Bringing a Queer, Asian American Lens to “Tales of the City”
“I was thrilled to see that an Asian American character was specifically written into the show to be a complex and compassionate person [who is] part of a loving chosen family.”
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From Lovable Brute to Aggressor: How “Stranger Things” Turned Jim Hopper Into an Abuser
The issue with Stranger Things is that its depiction of abuse seems unconscious and uncritical. A series that doesn’t recognize abuse only normalizes... Read more »
Scream On: “Big Little Lies” Shows That Abuse Doesn’t Always Die with the Abuser
Big Little Lies never lets us forget that it’s a show about the inextricable hold that domestic violence has on those who experience it, witness it, and survive it.
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“Hot Comb” Uplifts Black Women by Their Roots
All Black women haven’t experienced the trauma captured in Hot Comb, but there are still broad strokes that all Black women have either shared in intimate dialogues with our friends and family.
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5 Fat-Positive Podcasts Feminists Should to Listen To
I am particularly fond of personality-driven podcasts hosted by fat people that center around our myriad experiences.
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