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an older white woman and an Indian woman embrace in Late Night

In “Late Night,” Comedy’s Whiteness Is a Backdrop for a Love Story

by Jourdain Searles
July 5, 2019 at 1:14pm
Mindy Kaling holds onto her affinity for caustic, negging romance, focusing this energy on the creative partnership between two very different women. Read more »
four white women and one Black woman stand together, in a conspiring stance, on Big Little Lies

Guilty Parties: “Big Little Lies’” Glorious Reflections on Female Penitence

by Aline Dolinh
July 3, 2019 at 11:38am
There’s something aspirational about the way Big Little Lies imbues even the most dysfunctional situations with a gloss of camp-adjacent catharsis. Read more »
A photo of Garcia as Jake Rodriguez and Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City.

Beyond Martyrdom: “Tales of the City” Introduces Two Generations of Complex Trans Characters

by Annette Covrigaru
July 2, 2019 at 5:28pm
The flawed history of our queer ancestors serves as a portal to the past. Read more »
A photo of Bojack Horseman's Diane Nguyen (voiced by Alison Brie), who is a Vietnamese-American wearing an army-green jacket and standing at a party.

TV Has Shifted Our Cultural Perception of Who Has Abortions

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
July 2, 2019 at 1:59pm
While TV shows are still learning how to tell accurate and authentic stories about marginalized people who have abortions, there have been a few examples that have had lasting impact. Read more »
a dark-skinned Black woman with a short, curly fro and big, bold pink earrings smiles on Pose FX

The Category Is “That Bitch”: Angelica Ross on Candy Ferocity’s Fierce Season 2 Turn

by Dr. Jon Paul
July 2, 2019 at 10:45am
This season, Candy still has had a lot to prove to a lot of people—and she’s not shying away from the challenge. Read more »
A photo of Kevin Keller, a gay white male teen character from Riverdale.

Swipe Left: When Marginalized TV Characters Turn to Dating Apps

by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
June 28, 2019 at 10:26am
For marginalized characters, small-screen depictions of dating apps are more regressive than excitingly futuristic. Read more »
A photo of Quintessa Swindell, Kiana Madeira, Brianna Hildebrand, who play the main characters in the Netflix show Trinkets.

Finding Power: In Netflix’s “Trinkets,” Young Women Steal Their Way to Autonomy

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 24, 2019 at 3:10pm
The young women of Netflix’s “Trinkets” break laws, but build each other. Read more »
a white teen wears a colorful bike helmet while sitting down

Spasms of Truth: “Sex Education” Disrupts Pop Culture’s Silence around Painful Sex

by Noa Fleischacker
June 21, 2019 at 12:31pm
The best rom-coms make their predictability feel not like a weakness, but like a giddily essential pleasure. Read more »
an Asian couple walks through San Francisco together in Always Be My Maybe

Love, Factually: “Always Be My Maybe” Updates the Rom-Com Formula with Cultural Specificity and Heart

by Aline Dolinh
June 19, 2019 at 1:47pm
The best rom-coms make their predictability feel not like a weakness, but like a giddily essential pleasure. Read more »
Millie Bobby Brown and Sadie Sink smile at each other while holding ice cream cones on a school bus

BitchWatch: 10 TV Shows Feminists Should Watch this Summer

by Marina Watanabe
June 18, 2019 at 1:00pm
While the movie industry’s health remains in question, we can thankfully take refuge in television. Read more »

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The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2014 at 10:29am
In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »

Saying Goodbye to Maria and the End of a Sesame Street Era

by Angely Mercado
August 13, 2015 at 5:52pm
Growing up, Sesame Street's Maria was one of the best Latina role models I had. Read more »