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Accidents Still Happen: Revisiting “Degrassi’s” Infamous Abortion Episode
The N refused to air the episode for several years.
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Cruella Is an Irredeemable Villain—and Disney Should Keep Her That Way
Just because a villain is a woman doesn’t mean she needs to be redeemed.
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Finally, a Neurodivergent Family Saves the World
Just because a routinely ableist society often overlooks and underestimates neurodiverse people, that doesn’t mean they aren’t integral to the world around us.
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Can “Master of None” Survive Aziz Ansari’s Scandal? We Still Don’t Know.
Master of None lost one of its most compelling components: unflinching emotional honesty.
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Layered Onion: Remembering “Shrek,” the Ironic Film That Poked Fun at Us
Turning the fairy-tale genre on its head was a clever, if not totally novel, notion at the time.
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Lunchbox Moment: “Gilmore Girls” Is Haunted by Its Asian American Problem
Gilmore Girls is a contradiction in and of itself: It’s a show that tried to represent Asians well but never quite gave the task its proper due.
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We Still Don’t Believe Mentally Ill Women
Anna Fox is the epitome of a tragic, hysterical woman—the kind of character who’s easy to write off and should be a victim rather than a heroine.
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Whole Person: Lindy West Reflects on the Fat Positive Legacy of “Shrill”
“It was important to me to tell especially young fat women that romantic love will not save you.”
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“The Nevers” Can’t Escape the Joss Whedon Curse
There are too many characters, too many high-stakes plotlines, and not enough explanation for how it all connects.
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Body and Soul: In Its Final Season, “Shrill” Explores the Fear of Being Seen
We’ve seen Annie face off against the world; now it’s time for her to face herself.
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