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“Always Be My Maybe” Lets Its Asian Characters Simply Exist
Always Be My Maybe features characters that are only incidentally Asian.
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Across Time: 7 Lessons “Pose” Teaches Us about Survival
Pose exists in a New York that is long gone, but it sometimes feels like our queer and transcestors are using the show to send us messages across time.
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No Moderates in Gilead: Season 3 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Is a Warning
The new season is a cautionary tale about seeking allyship with our oppressors.
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Teenage Kicks: “Booksmart” is an Earnest, Affirming Fantasy of Feelings
Booksmart devotes itself more to the strange, transcendent kind of intimacy that can develop between teens during a singular night.
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BitchWatch: 11 Movies Feminists Should Watch this Summer
If you’re looking for a comedy about women taking over the Irish mob, a spooky follow up to “Hereditary,” or a documentary exploring the racist horrors of the criminal justice system, we’ve got you covered.
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Mother Mayhem: “Ma” Honors Black Women’s Rage
The new horror film gives us a chance to see a Black woman wreak the revenge she deserves.
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You Can Laugh If You Want To: “Veep,” “Shrill,” and TV’s Abortion Plotlines
Abortion no longer requires a Very Special Episode.
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Thor’s “Endgame” Weight Gain Should Have Been More Than a Punch Line
There’s a longstanding assumption that fat people feel less pain or sadness than non-fat people, and that they both deserve and can handle less-than-human treatment.
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Body Freedom: Shemekka Epps Should Get to Have It Too
She’s Gotta Have It buys into the idea that self-love and body modification can’t coexist.
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(Un)smart Buddies: “Booksmart” Is an Adorably Gawky Entry into the High School Comedy Canon
If “Booksmart” endeavors to make an argument for what youthfulness can be, and for all the messy hope entangled in it, then it must unearth the muck, too.
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