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Personal Parallels: Halsey’s Gothic Film Is a Gendered Journey Through Pregnancy
“I am not a woman, I’m a god / I am not a martyr, I’m a problem.”
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Frigid Family: “Spencer” Amplifies the Horror of the Royal Family
At last a Diana every bit as batshit as any of the inbred remnants of House Saxe-Coburg-Goth.
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A Love Scorned: What “You” Season 3 Says about Fans’ Obsession with Male Killers
Despite viewers’ desire to “fix” the fictional male serial killer, Love Quinn’s murderous heel turn didn’t get the same reaction from fans after Season 2.
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Female Trouble: In the Absence of Tropes, What Can a Woman Be?
We still aren’t fully comfortable with women who can’t be slotted into recognizable roles.
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Bare Trap: How Girls Gone Wild Sold Sham Empowerment
Much like OnlyFans, Girls Gone Wild appealed to people (mostly men) because it showcased “amateurs.”
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Wynonna Earp Reimagines the Old, Male West
Instead of celebrating hypermasculine cowboys who terrorize Indigenous peo-ple and abuse women, Emily Andras’s dramedy made a complicated woman the unlikely hero tasked with saving her town.
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Bloodlust: “Mayday” Is a Brutal, Irresistible Feminist Revenge Fantasy
Karen Cinorre delivers a bloody, cathartic thrill with Mayday.
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Words Fail: “Dear Evan Hansen” Is an Obvious Disservice to Mental-Health Representation
Corny and contrived, Dear Evan Hansen is an obvious disservice to mental-health representation.
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Bad Sport: “Squid Game” Exposes the False Rhetoric of “Choice” and “Resilience”
Resilience is admirable; challenging the system is intolerable.
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One-Inch Barrier: How Americans Watch Netflix’s “Squid Game” Matters
Americans really, really don’t like subtitles.
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