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The Final Frontier: With “Sex Education,” Netflix Expands the Pleasure Discourse
The centralizing of pleasure is what makes Sex Education shine.
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The Lie That Feeds Our Ugly Fascination with Makeover Shows
How do you produce a show that purports to make women more beautiful—presenting them as undesirable as is—and still manage to preach self-love?
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Badass Broad with a PhD: In “Birds of Prey,” Harley Quinn Is Free of Joker and Sexist Branding
Birds of Prey sets the bar for nuanced depictions of female comic-book characters on the big screen.
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An Ode to Diane Nguyen, Depressed Feminist Writer
“You’re responsible for your own happiness.”
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Presenting Our Alternative Oscars List Because the Academy Is Still White as Fuck
Cinema means so much to so many different people, and we hope this list is reflective of that.
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Off the Scale: Creating Fuller Stories About Fat People
In order to continue creating more authentic stories about fat people, more fat creators must be hired in writer’s rooms, granted book deals, and tapped by Hollywood to adapt their stories.
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Returning Our Heads: Inside the Fight to Dismantle the (White) Gods of Hollywood
White men have created 95 percent of the cinematic images we’ve ever seen in American mainstream films.
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In Season 2, “Shrill” Challenges Viewers—and Itself—on Fat Politics
Shrill’s sophomore season widens the show’s narrative to explore other areas of Annie’s life and identity.
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The Thirst Order: “The Rise of Skywalker” Ignites Complicated Feelings for Feminist Fans
Now that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker makes Reylo canon, debates about whether or not it constitutes a harmful relationship depiction are back in full force.
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