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(Not So) Real Monsters: Why Do We Still Care about Ted Bundy?
What is there to learn from a serial killer who, like almost all notorious serial killers, is white, male, and wholly mediocre?
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The Case for a Black Princess Carolyn
For Princess Carolyn, the case for her identity as a Black woman offers a more nuanced lens through which to view her character.
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Finite Love: What Lesbian Period Dramas Lose When We Project Our Fears on Them
Films and television series featuring queer characters are still relatively scarce.
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30 Years Later, “Kiki’s Delivery Service” Is Still Inspiring Young Feminists
Kiki’s Delivery Service offers a safe space that makes you feel connected to others, but most importantly a community of powerful women.
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The Teen Girls of “Big Mouth” Are Its Saving Grace
While Big Mouth is a show about teens of all genders, it shines best when it delves into the worlds and inner workings of its teen girl characters.
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“A Little Late with Lilly Singh” Has a Code-switching Problem
Lilly Singh is trailblazing as a South Asian woman on late night TV while also dismantling that good work by continuing to perform a Blackness that isn’t hers.
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Hell Is Older People: Aging as the Ultimate Cinematic Horror
Unlike horror-movie fates such as, say, decapitation by paper cutter, aging is the ultimate fright because viewers recognize that they cannot escape it.
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No Good Deeds: “Succession” Rejects the Redemption Arc for Its Ruthless Characters
HBO’s hourlong drama about a Murdoch-inspired family slyly toys with Americans’ impulse to see the good in the worst people, particularly when those people are white.
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Housebound: Why the Dollhouse Metaphor Remains So Indelible
The dollhouses of today are not, then, miniature playgrounds that train girls to believe their future paths go no further than their front door.
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Uneasy Spirits: Black Vengeance in Supernatural Pop Culture
There’s a specter in our midst, and it’s white people’s projection of their own guilt and fear onto the Black search for justice.
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