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“Framing Britney Spears” Is a Portrait of a Pop Star on Fire
Framing Britney Spears is a clear indictment of society’s stigmatization of mental illness.
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Bad Blood: The Quiet Misogyny of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
To understand Joss Whedon’s nerdy repackaging of entitlement toward women and their bodies, one must look no further than the subtext of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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“I Care a Lot” is Visceral Catharsis for Women’s Rage
There’s therapy to be found in these films.
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Great American Nowhere: “Nomadland” Is the Movie “Hillbilly Elegy” Wants to Be
Nomadland actively rejects poverty porn tropes.
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Joss Whedon and the Persistence of Prioritizing Male “Creative Genius”
What if we cared more about justice than “male genius?”
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Fucking Tired: Fixing “The Bachelor’s” Racism Isn’t Rachel Lindsay’s Job
Rachel Lindsay has become the built-in key to solving the empire’s ongoing problems with racism.
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BitchWatch: 5 Frightening Feminist Films from Sundance
These movies are meaningful entries into a genre that has its sights toward social commentary.
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Hiding in Dreams: Jane Schoenbrun Is Redefining Trans Cinema
Bitch spoke with Jane Schoenbrun about the film, dysphoria, and how the internet shapes our identities.
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Homophobic Violence Mars the Romance of “The World to Come”
What the film lacks in any real, tangible chemistry between its leads, it makes up for in its excess of violence.
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Twisted Trauma: “Malcolm & Marie” Evaluates the Young, Female Muse
Marie is a muse without divine favor: She must know invisibility so that he might know its opposite.
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