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Fire and Bleh: In the “Game of Thrones” Finale, We All Lost
We’ll never forget the show or its finale—but we’ll also never forget to look deeper at what it says about gender, representation, and episodic television as a whole.
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Cherríe Moraga Honors Her Foremothers in “Native Country of the Heart”
Capturing our foremothers’ stories is one of the ways in which women of color remember themselves.
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New Rules: Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Confidence is Super Infectious on “Fever”
“Fever” is a state of the union address for Megan’s “Hottie” nation.
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Popaganda: Fear
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? Give me a break. What about being afraid of murder? Indefinite detention? Stand-up comedy? On this episode, we explore some of the many things that make us afraid. The show begins with a story from filmmaker Assia Boundaoui, who grew up in a mostly... Read more »
Singing about Female Masturbation Has Become Cool—but Is It Helping?
Singing about masturbation is, for women artists, still radical.
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Beyond the Back Alley: “Call the Midwife” and TV’s Stubborn Abortion Binary
To date, TV has told only a small, self-evident part of illegal abortion’s history.
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There’s No Such Thing as Objective Science
Science intentionally created, and continues to recreate, race.
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Truth Hurts: Season 2 of “Fleabag” Is All about Fessing Up
Perhaps the masterstroke of season is in making Fleabag’s love interest someone who’s literally in the business of confession.
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Backtalk: Meh of Thrones
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into their disappointment over the final season of Game of Thrones. The epic series has given audiences a big cultural moment in the world of dragons, the fight for power, and a slew of women characters to love and hate—but is it doing justice to the story?... Read more »
False Alarm: The Tale of JT Leroy Is a Hoax with Layers
Like its subject, JT LeRoy is about so much more than it seems.
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