Searching for Detroit: “Sorry To Bother You’s” female lead is more symbol than person
Behind all the symbolism, we could have seen the person.
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Sinful and Indulgent: “Dietland” and the Language of Fatphobia
Indelicate language is seen as tough love.
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Inconvenient Women: "Disobedience" tests religion, passion, and choice
Disobedience is the kind of woman-at-a-crossroads film I love.
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Turning 20: How An Iconic ’90s Film Normalized Stalking
Humor that takes stalking seriously requires nimbleness and nuance.
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Beyond the Closet Door: Rhea Butcher on Sobriety and Queer Roadmaps for Happiness
Sober LGBTQ individuals can sometimes feel excluded.
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Pulp Nonfiction: The Unnerving Fascination with Prime-time True Crime
Our relationship with fear, excitement, and violence against women hasn’t evolved at all.
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Access (Sm)all Areas: Disabled gamers vs. the industry's status quo
Disabled gamers should experience meaningful representation as often as non-disabled gamers do.
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Taking Bumps: “GLOW” Mirrors the Real-Life Violation of Women Wrestlers
Wrestling is not (just) about gratuitous violence.
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Bad Blood: “Hereditary” Finds the Horror in Denial and Repression
Hereditary is a fable about generational silence in the face of mental illness.
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Them, Too: Remembering the Lawsuit that took on a writer’s room
Can writers’ rooms continue to justify creativity in the name of hashing out “uncensored” personal anecdotes?
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