Culture
Capitalism Is a Cult, and You’re Already a Lifetime Member
Similar to the language of scams and gaslighting, cultish language purposely obscures and confuses both followers and nonbelievers.
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Must Every Murder Show Revolve Around a Dead Girl?
The victim is a black hole, an empty vessel, and a symbol of both innocence lost and the horrors of patriarchy.
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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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License to Feel: “SOUR” Highlights the Unique Wisdom of Teen Girls
Rodrigo’s practice of sitting intently with her messy emotions—whether on her bathroom floor or in her car—seems like a metaphor for the recent seasons of quarantine.
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Romantic Resilience: Jamal Jordan Captures the Beauty of Queer Love in Color
This book is offering a unique gift to the world, one that presents a new story with new definitions and new possibilities.
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Afrominimalism Offers a New Vision for Black People
Minimalism’s loudest voices have historically been white people who consistently overlook how people of color, especially Black people, have to approach minimalism differently.
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Of Course Cis People Are Being Weird About Elliot Page’s Body
Many cis people have a long way to go when it comes to thinking critically about talking about trans people and their bodies.
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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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#MeFirst: Lady Gaga Doesn’t Need to Name Her Rapist
Treating survivors as a monolith only perpetuates further violence against them.
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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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