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Finally, There’s a Comedy Where Disability Isn’t the Punch Line
The show offers a protagonist who experiences insecurities that most people, disabled or not, can relate to.
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What’s Our Damage?: Revisiting the Legacy of the Teenage Alpha Bitch
These characters understood that being a teenage girl was synonymous with hypervigilant performance.
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Every Breath You Take: Season 2 of “Killing Eve” Is Fuel for Our Obsession
Is Eve’s obsession with Villanelle or with the prospect of unpacking the psyche of female killers?
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Casual Righteousness: The Feminist Evolution of Teen Dramas
Though the politics of the Archie Universe aren’t perfect, they signify a powerful shift in the content of teen drama.
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Backtalk: What About “Us”?
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into Jordan Peele’s latest horror film, “Us.” Lots of spoilers while they talk about how the film fits into genre canons, symbolism, and what can it all mean? And in Amy vs. Dahlia, an argument about the worst of adulting. There are so many terrible things to... Read more »
The Racial Politics of Disney Animals
Scholar and activist Walidah Imarisha talks about the messages of films like The Jungle Book.
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BitchWatch: 13 SXSW Films Directed by Women
These 13 movies directed by women are bold, provocative, and give a peek into the future of film and women’s stories onscreen.
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This is Us: In Jordan Peele’s New Film, the Tormentors Look All Too Familiar
Us is a film about the ways we can be complicit in the suffering of others without even knowing it.
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Higher, Further, Faster: “Captain Marvel” Aims for the Stars
Carol Danvers is a badass. This is a fact, not an opinion.
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Big as Life: “Shrill” Upends Pop Culture’s Fat Narrative
Aidy Bryant brings humor and positivity to a role that could have easily fallen into stereotype with a lesser actress.
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