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Sutton Foster as Liza Miller and Hilary Duff as Kelsey Peters in Younger

One True Pairing: “Younger” Is Ultimately a Rom-Com about Women

by Scarlett Harris
April 16, 2021 at 1:40pm
The show is more than a rom-com about a cishet love triangle between Liza and two men. Read more »
Illustration of two floating apartments in a purple and yellow gradient background, female figures in red swimsuits coming down the stairs from one apartment into the background.

Love and Surveillance: Dating Shows Channel More Than Reality

by Imran Siddiquee
April 14, 2021 at 9:22am
Netflix released multiple reality TV shows in 2020 that feature beautiful people blissfully succumbing to the power of being watched. Read more »
three white people, Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant, pose playfully next each other in promo photo for Bridget Jones’s Diary

Botch Goddess: How Bridget Jones Redefined Career Failure

by Christine Estima
April 13, 2021 at 2:19pm
The unlikely icon made fallibility as a career asset. Read more »
Blue graphic illustration of Regina King as Sister Night, a Black woman with short, braided hair, in Watchmen on a bright yellow background

Quid Pro No: Women Approach Power from a New Direction

by Joshunda Sanders
April 13, 2021 at 9:25am
Recent representations of women on television have reset gender hierarchies centered around cishet male desire. Read more »
a black and white photo captures Soon-Yi Previn, an Asian American teen, holding hands with Dylan Farrow, a small, white child, and Woody Allen, an aging white man with glasses

Let’s Go to the Tape: Filmmaker Amy Ziering on Bias and Belief in HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow”

by Andi Zeisler
March 31, 2021 at 4:21pm
“The fact that you hear a victim speak out doesn’t make it biased.” Read more »
Tina Turner, a Black woman wearing a blond wig, smiles brightly while performing on stage

Live Through This: HBO’s “Tina” Is a Fitting Final Bow for an Iconic Survivor

by Andi Zeisler
March 30, 2021 at 11:29am
The documentary isn’t a revelation or a surprise—it’s a much-needed closure. Read more »
Miss Fiona Frizzle, voiced by Kate McKinnon.

The “Magic School Bus” Reboot Ditches Ms. Frizzle's Extravagant Spirit

by Maggie Chirdo
March 24, 2021 at 7:56am
There’s uninspired scenery and characters—and a weirdly sexualized Ms. Frizzle. Read more »
A young Jay-Z in black and white wears a t-shirt and a hat.

Nobody’s Savior: Jay-Z Can’t Be Our Messiah

by LaTesha Harris
March 24, 2021 at 7:55am
Jay-Z cannot deliver us into an era of racial equity. He’s nobody’s savior—not even his own. Read more »
Gabbi Tuft, a white woman with long blond hair, wears a black tank top reading “she bad.”

Cis Gatekeepers Have No Place in Trans Stories

by Britni de la Cretaz
March 19, 2021 at 9:19am
Allow trans people to tell trans stories on their own terms and through their own lens. Read more »
Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) in WandaVision.

Is “WandaVision” Celebrating or Condemning the Military?

by Amelia Merrill
March 18, 2021 at 11:23am
WandaVision is unsure of its footing when it comes to S.W.O.R.D. and the FBI. Read more »

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The Feminist Power of Female Ghosts

The Ring
by Andi Zeisler
October 3, 2017 at 8:21am
The female ghost is an enduringly fascinating figure. Read more »

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 »

No Disrespect: Black Women and the Burden of Respectability

an illustration of Black women standing around together in a circle
by Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Summer 2012 • Fame + Fortune
Hollywood still filters (and distorts) the lives and histories of minorities through the eyes of the majority. Read more »

What I Learned About Gender and Power from Sailor Moon

by Soleil Ho
May 31, 2013 at 1:43pm
My life began in 1995 — the year I turned eight and became a divorced kid.    Read more »