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The cast of NBC's The Good Place in a red room in Season 3

Cord Jefferson Finds a (Good) Place for Pop Culture Optimism

September 27, 2019 at 2:05pm

In 2016, Michael Schur’s The Good Place started as another quirky NBC comedy that then blossomed into a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Read more »

Nomi, played by Emily Arlook, a white college student with blond hair, left, and Professor Hewson, played by Katherine Moennig, a white woman with dark, short hair, on Grown-ish

Not Quite “Grown-Ish”: Power Dynamics Complicate Onscreen Lesbian Student-Teacher Relationships

by Kirby Marshall-Collins

September 27, 2019 at 12:29pm

Despite our excitement and enthusiasm about seeing brilliant lesbian professors represented onscreen, they aren’t immune to critique. Read more »

an Asian woman and a Latinx woman sit beside each other in two-piece swimsuits on a balcony in Hustlers

“Hustlers” Explodes the Damaging Stereotype of Sex Workers as Thieves

by Aya de Leon

September 25, 2019 at 11:15am

The prevalent trope feeds the idea that sex workers are criminals instead of professionals who deserve to be compensated for their labor. Read more »

Mariska Hargitay, a middle-aged white woman with short, brown hair, sits in front of a hospital bed speaking to a victim on Law & Order: SVU

Beyond Tabloid Crime: The Slow, Methodical Evolution of Sexual Assault on “Law & Order: SVU”

by Katherine Tallman

September 23, 2019 at 12:01pm

Though SVU has largely steered clear of the gore and intense luridness of other prime-time procedurals, it has still played into the idea that violence against women isn’t about the woman’s experience but rather about the remains of her body. Read more »

four older white women standing in front a purple background on The Golden Girls

30 Years Ago, “The Golden Girls” Treated Sick Women like We Matter

by Diane Shipley

September 23, 2019 at 10:05am

Three decades later, “Sick and Tired” remains a cultural touchstone for people with chronic illnesses. Read more »

Mariska Hargitay, a middle-aged white woman with short, brown hair, who's wearing sunglasses, squats in front of yellow crime-scene tape

The Necessary Escapism of “Law & Order: SVU”

by Cameron Glover

September 20, 2019 at 10:08am

In Dick Wolf’s formulaic world, victims are always believed, cops are dedicated to catching bad guys, and justice is always served, no matter how long it takes. Read more »

a Latina woman wearing a brown fur coat sits in a car alongside an Asian woman with a black bob in Hustlers

Family Ties: “Hustlers” Promises Crime, but Delivers Matriarchy

by Jourdain Searles

September 18, 2019 at 2:51pm

Ramona frames all of her behaviors as acts of love, whether she’s teaching Destiny how to diversify her stripping moves or instructing the larger team of women on how to seduce, drug, and steal money from white, wealthy, and unsuspecting men. Read more »

Ella Balinska as Jane Kano (left), Elizabeth Banks as Susan Bosley, and Kristen Stewart as Sabina Wilson in Charlie's Angels. All three women stand next to each other.

BitchWatch: 7 Movies Feminists Should Watch This Fall

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

September 18, 2019 at 1:03pm

This fall, we’re anticipating movies about women astronauts, another Charlie’s Angels reboot, and a thriller all about socioeconomic class. Read more »

Tina Belcher, an animated teenaged girl, is wearing glasses and has black hair with bangs

BitchWatch: 9 TV Shows Feminists Should Watch this Fall

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

September 18, 2019 at 9:04am

From Netflix to cable, fall television is filled with feminist TV shows. Read more »

a dark-skinned, dark-haired man in a loincloth stands in a river, looking toward the camera

Burning Issue: “Embrace of the Serpent“ Sees Capitalist Destruction through Indigenous Eyes

by Mallika Khanna

September 17, 2019 at 3:10pm

The film subverts a colonialist narrative by presenting the experience of a white man on Amazon land—not through his eyes, but through those of the people he’s exploiting. Read more »