Culture
No Foes, Real Friends: “Insecure” Has a Love-Hate Relationship with the Classic Marriage Plot
In a time when there are more single adults in America than ever before, it’s depressing to see Insecure suggest that Issa requires this much contrived romantic failure to justify her realization that a man won’t “fix” her life.
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Remember Me: The History of Día de Muertos
The cobblestone streets of Pátzcuaro, Mexico, bustle with frenzied preparation in the weeks leading up to Día de Muertos.
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Through the Eyes of Others : “The Hate U Give” and the Burden of Racial Awareness
Starr’s concern about being stereotyped as the “angry Black girl” isn’t petty or trivial.
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Dial Femme for Murder: How Female P.I.’s Inherited the Hard-Boiled World of the Private Dick
In the past few decades, women private eyes and their tough-gal attitudes have managed to almost take over the genre of the classic mystery novel.
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Not Your Final Girl: In “Halloween,” Laurie Strode Is a Survivor
In 2018, the former “scream queen” is armed with resolve and pain, and her only scream in the film comes from a place of anger and grief—not fear.
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No Shame Monster: “Big Mouth” Sweetens the Bitter Pill of Puberty
In the past, stories of adolescent sexuality and desire on television were often only focused on boys—with girls as a mystery or a conquest. Big Mouth evens up the score.
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Douchebag Decree: Megyn Kelly Is Cancelled
Megyn Kelly’s show was 60 minutes of Beckery.
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Turning Fury Into Fuel: Three Women Authors on Publishing’s New Investment in Anger
Infiltrating the toxic architecture, learning and exposing its mechanics, cutting the wires, and burning it all down is my type of Trojan Horse chess play—being strategic and precise, turning fury into fortitude.
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Breaking the Covenant: What Does Solidarity Look Like for Sexual-Assault Survivors?
Women who publicly support men who abuse and violate women are communicating that your pain does not matter.
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Witch Please: “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Puts the Magic in Teen Rebellion
Sabrina is a force to be reckoned with.
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