Culture
Mindy Kaling Puts a New, Comedic Spin on the Rom-Com Heroine
For some, Kaling’s characters represent the wish fulfillment of actually doing the wild thing your parents always warned against.
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True Revolution: In Quarantine, Queer People Are Redefining Community and Celebration
The thought of celebrating Pride Month has felt particularly complicated in the wake of the protest and rightful uprisings sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others.
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Mishaps and Milestones: “Insecure” Moves from Chaos to Clarity
Black women’s friendships are a saving grace but also a mirror that shows us our own imperfections.
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White Filters: Tech Companies Are Butchering Juneteenth
Tech isn’t hopeless, but fixing its problems will take more than a simple Snapchat filter or offering a day off.
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The Final Rose: A Black Bachelor Can’t Fix a Franchise’s Race Problem
The Bachelor franchise survives in the streaming age because it coddles white fragility.
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Sound Out: Coming Home to Lavender Country
Queer country artists have been making their voices known for decades.
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Petty, Egotistical Barbs Overshadow J. Cole’s Important Message
Holding people, including Black celebrities accountable for their inaction or misguided action, isn’t an attack or an attempt to create undue separation between Black men and Black women.
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Unexpected Connection: “Felix Ever After” Lets Queer and Trans Teens Be Messy
The characterization in this book should serve as an example to others writing queer YA in 2020.
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Abstract Pain: George Floyd and the Viral Spectacle of Black Death
Black people’s deaths at the hands of police officers are, like everything now, mediated through the internet, with the negotiation of life and death spread through videos that go viral.
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Greater Expectations: Through Music, Dua Saleh Nurtures Personal and Political Identity
“My brain was manufacturing new language because I was refusing to be seen as a woman.”
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