No Warning Sign or Symbol: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Exposes the Double Standards of Mental Illness
For the first time, a mentally ill woman serves as neither warning nor sex symbol.
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Warrior To Wallflower: “Stranger Things” Shrinks Nancy Wheeler
Nancy doesn’t need Jonathan or Steve to get out of Hawkins.
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“Underground” Highlights the Complexities of Life Under Slavery
In “Underground,” we found the love, hope, and determination of enslaved people that most of us weren’t exposed to in history class.
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Digging into Horror's "Final Girl" Trope
A teen girl waits inside a creepy, empty house with a knife. She knows the killer is outside and she knows he’s coming to kill her next.
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This World Looks Familiar: Steven Universe's Anticolonial Critique
Breaking down Steven Universe’s power dynamics, like interrogating the worlds of the Hunger Games or Harry Potter, offers a pop-culture framework for all... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: The Witch Hunt is Coming For You, Woody Allen
Allen’s films have paraded his perversities in front of an international audience for decades.
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Popaganda: Fear
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? Give me a break. What about being afraid of murder? Indefinite detention? Stand-up comedy? On this episode, we explore some of the many things that make us afraid. The show begins with a story from filmmaker Assia Boundaoui, who grew up in a mostly... Read more »
Carrying the Future: There’s No Birth Control In Future Dystopias
What Happened To Monday is the latest example of this tired trope.
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“Black Girl” Unmasks the Phantoms of Colonialism
Black Girl resonates deeply with our own contemporary moment, mirroring U.S. treatment of groups marked as “alien” or “illegal.”
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20 Terrific Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween
To put together the ultimate horror movie recommendations, we asked the Bitch community for your favorite horror films. You did not disappoint.
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