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a white couple lays in bed with a small, white child between them in Marriage Story

Screaming Match: “Marriage Story” Doesn’t Reckon with the Misogyny of Its Male Protagonist

January 17, 2020 at 12:47pm

What’s most disheartening about Marriage Story is that Noah Baumbach clearly believes Charlie and Nicole deserve the same happy ending. Read more »

Two white women, one feminine with long hair, and one with short blond hair, stand apart from each other. They've had sex and appear hungover, makeup on their faces and hair messy.

“The L Word: Generation Q” Stumbles Over a Alcoholism Storyline—Again

by Britni de la Cretaz

January 17, 2020 at 10:59am

I’d like to see a queer character onscreen who has struggled with addiction but has done the work to be well. Read more »

Numa Perrier Brings Humanity to the Cam-Girl Experience

by Beatrice Loayza

January 16, 2020 at 1:12pm

Numa Perrier’s story of sexual awakening and self-realization is gritty and realistic without ever turning its Black women characters into victims. Read more »

Ginger, an animated chicken wearing a beanie, in Chicken Run

Flewed Out: After 20 Years, “Chicken Run” Remains a Lesson in Ethical Labor

by Dejan Jotanovic

January 16, 2020 at 10:42am

Ginger and her chooks taught us that collective action, coalition building, consciousness-raising, and plucky persistence are necessary ingredients for a revolution. Read more »

Grace and Frankie, two old white women, kneel on a beach

“Grace and Frankie” Expands Its World, but Loses Insight into the Women at Its Center

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

January 15, 2020 at 3:15pm

Grace and Frankie is at its best when it follows its tried and true formula. Read more »

Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne sit next to each other at a table, Haddish wears a t-shirt and leather jacket with a high ponytail, while Byrne wears her hair short and bleach blond and holds a coffee cup. They are speaking to each other animatedly.

“Like a Boss” Takes Down a Girlboss, But Loses Its Sense of Humor

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

January 15, 2020 at 8:55am

Like a Boss has a message that’s both confusing and unfunny. Read more »

Two girls, one with red hair and red lipstick, another one white with a high blond ponytail, stand by a fire in a trash can. They both look serious.

The Witching Hour: What the CW Loses to Magical Surrealism

by Meggie Gates

January 14, 2020 at 10:20am

As the CW depicts women’s coming of age stories through magical surrealism, we lose nuance. Read more »

John Cho and Issa Rae, an Asian man and a Black woman, respectively, sit next to each other at the Oscars.

The 2020 Oscars Noms Aren’t Just White—They’re Boring: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne

January 13, 2020 at 3:05pm

Once again, the Oscars are snow white and it’s become so predictable that it’s boring. Read more »

four white women dressed in mid-century dresses in Little Women

Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

by Jourdain Searles

January 10, 2020 at 3:25pm

Greta Gerwig offers a meditation on the novel’s biggest themes, rather than a familiar narrative trajectory. Read more »

Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley star as Love and Joe, a white couple standing together in a kitchen, in You

Sinister Niceness: On “You,” Killers Don’t Change their Spots

by Evette Dionne

January 8, 2020 at 1:35pm

If Season 2 is any indication, we have no choice but to overlook the obvious in favor of granting white men an inherent innocence; it’s a default. Read more »