Culture

an illustration of a Black woman in pink sitting on the floor with jellies in her hand

Ready For Those Jellies: The Shoe That Became Both Cheap Luxury and Status Symbol

July 26, 2021 at 12:10pm

It’s disheartening to watch the young folks who popularize apparel being excluded from the very trends they helped start. Read more »

Amy Winehouse, a thin, white woman with black hair combed up in a beehive and a white t-shirt, is surrounded by paparazzi

Chasing Amy: Amy Winehouse’s Life—and Death—in the Media Glare

by Christine Estima

July 23, 2021 at 11:47am

Not much has changed in the decade since Winehouse passed. Read more »

Doja Cat, a light-skinned and thin musician, is wearing a gold costume in a pink prism

“Planet Her” Cements Doja Cat’s Pop Reign

by DeAsia Paige

July 23, 2021 at 11:20am

“Planet Her” is a thrilling ride into Doja Cat’s mesmerizingly eccentric world. Read more »

Eleanor Wong, an Asian American teenager wearing an orange outfit, Fabiola Torres, a mixed-race teenager with an afro, and Devi Vishwakumar, an Indian American teenager, stand next to each other looking appalled in Never Have I Ever

Big Time Crush: “Never Have I Ever” Loses Itself In a Teenage Love Triangle

by Mansee Khurana

July 22, 2021 at 11:44am

Never Have I Ever is like a teenager: It wants to be popular, relatable to everyone, and alienating to no one. Read more »

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, an aging white man with short, brown hair and a blue sweater, in Ted Lasso

Ones You Can Depend On: “Ted Lasso” Offers Up an Ode to the Power of Friendship

by Leah Johnson

July 20, 2021 at 3:06pm

Recently, Ted Lasso racked up a historic 20 Emmy nominations, more than any freshman comedy in history. Read more »

a collage of two books: The Upstairs House by Julia Fine and Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Mother Monsters: Two New Books Get Raw about Mothering as a “Natural” Role

by Scarlett Harris

July 20, 2021 at 12:42pm

“Maybe this was what happened to all moms and no one had told her.” Read more »

an illustration of a child laying in front of a computer with a red light overlaying their body

Who’s Spying On Your Kids? Everyone.

by Heidi Boghosian

July 19, 2021 at 1:18pm

TikTok, just like McDonald’s, is a flagrant collector of kids’ data. Read more »

One Black Barbie doll in a red swimsuit and black hair, one white Barbie doll in a turquoise swimsuit and blond hair, and another white Barbie doll in a pink swimsuit and blond hair stand on a sandy beach background holding towels.

Revisiting Malibu Barbie’s Sinister History On Her 50th Anniversary

by Addissyn House

July 16, 2021 at 11:52am

Malibu Barbie and ’60s actor Sharon Tate have a lot in common. Read more »

Anjana Vasan as Amina, a brown-skinned, thin woman with a hijab, who is playing the guitar in We Are Lady Parts

Bring the Noise: “We Are Lady Parts” Chooses Joy Over Judgement

by Aaliyah Dasoo

July 16, 2021 at 11:44am

No trauma porn, no white saviors. Read more »

Illustration of Billy Porter, a thin, Black man, against a marble swirled background wearing a tiara with jewels around his eyes

Godmothers of Invention: The Enduring Power of the Cinderella Story

by Noa Azulai

July 16, 2021 at 9:00am

There is no tale of Cinderella without her Fairy Godmother. Read more »

Best of Bitch

Will Filming the Police Keep Us Safe?

by Victoria Law

February 5, 2015 at 10:31am

There’s a cultural idea that having someone looking over our shoulder makes us behave better. From fake security cameras to Elf... Read more »

One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon

by Sara Century

November 13, 2014 at 10:52am

Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole... Read more »

Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens

by Zetta Elliott

December 17, 2013 at 3:19pm

What happens when two great black women fiction writers get together to talk about race in young adult literature? That's exactly what happens... Read more »