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Britney Spears wears a red dress. Her hair is blond and in a high ponytail.

“Framing Britney Spears” Is a Portrait of a Pop Star on Fire

by Vanessa Willoughby
February 19, 2021 at 1:04pm
Framing Britney Spears is a clear indictment of society’s stigmatization of mental illness. Read more »
Nicholas Brendon playing Xander Harris in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

Bad Blood: The Quiet Misogyny of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

by Marina Watanabe
February 19, 2021 at 10:40am
To understand Joss Whedon’s nerdy repackaging of entitlement toward women and their bodies, one must look no further than the subtext of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Read more »
Rosamund Pike, a white woman with short blond hair, as Martha in I Care A Lot 

“I Care a Lot” is Visceral Catharsis for Women’s Rage

by Sadaf Ahsan
February 19, 2021 at 8:28am
There’s therapy to be found in these films. Read more »
Frances McDormand plays Fern, a white woman with short, brown hair stares off in the distance while smoking a cigarette in Nomadland

Great American Nowhere: “Nomadland” Is the Movie “Hillbilly Elegy” Wants to Be

by Alison Lanier
February 18, 2021 at 10:37am
Nomadland actively rejects poverty porn tropes. Read more »
Paige Woolen, a thin white woman, poses behind a table as she smizes at the camera

No Conversation: @DudesInTheDMs Is Making the Internet Safer for Women

by Allie Rowbottom
February 18, 2021 at 9:46am
Any woman can send Paige Woolen screenshots of unwanted DMs and have them shared with 61,000 followers. Read more »
The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Joss Whedon and the Persistence of Prioritizing Male “Creative Genius”

by Elly Belle
February 18, 2021 at 9:45am
What if we cared more about justice than “male genius?”  Read more »
Rachel Lindsay, a Black woman with long, dark hair, smiles. She wears a dress and a white fur coat and sits on a rooftop.

Fucking Tired: Fixing “The Bachelor’s” Racism Isn’t Rachel Lindsay’s Job

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 17, 2021 at 12:01pm
Rachel Lindsay has become the built-in key to solving the empire’s ongoing problems with racism. Read more »
Britney Spears, a white teenager with long, blond hair, smiles brightly at the camera while wearing a black dress

#FreeBritney Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by s.e. smith
February 17, 2021 at 10:11am
For the disability community, this movement could result in major changes to a system that has been taken at face value. Read more »
Patricia Lockwood, a white woman with short, brown hair, poses in profile in a black and white photo

“No One Is Talking about This” Brings Online Pangs to Real Life Tragedy

by s.e. smith
February 16, 2021 at 11:47am
No One Is Talking About This is a reflection of our ebbing and flowing need for connection. Read more »
Carlson Young plays Margaret, a white woman with short, blond hair, who looks aghast as she moves through a deep red world, in The Blazing World

BitchWatch: 5 Frightening Feminist Films from Sundance

by Michelle Krasovitski
February 16, 2021 at 10:16am
These movies are meaningful entries into a genre that has its sights toward social commentary. Read more »

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