Culture
“Practical Magic” Travels Through the Realm of Outsiders
“Practical Magic” withstands the test of time and reinvigorates interest in witchy feminist spirituality.
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The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture
There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules.
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Douchebag Decree: Shitty Media Man Continues to Be Shitty
So far Stephen Elliott’s suit is the only legal action that’s arisen from the list.
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Backtalk: What Are We Supposed to Do Now?
This week, Dahlia and Amy are tired, depressed, and angry—what are we supposed to do with all these awful feelings? In the wake of the Supreme Court confirmation for Brett Kavanaugh, we’re thinking about who gets to display feelings and what it tells us about where our feelings belong. Mostly... Read more »
The Parent Trap: Birth-Control Sabotage Is an Insidious Kind of Abuse
The high-profile nature of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s relationship exposes young people to this horrific form of abuse through a joke that downplays its actual harm.
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Douchebag Decree: Your Laughter Won’t Protect You
Trump doesn’t care about the crowd, only the roar.
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Eclipsing Fame: “A Star is Born” Treats Pop Music as a Telltale Sign of Selling Out
What Jackson comes to describe as Ally’s artistic insincerity is very nakedly the nascent bloom of his own jealousy.
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Sunday Kind of Love: Sex and Spirituality in the Black Church
Black female sexual propriety is not just conscribed by popular culture but also by an institution with a lot more gravitas and authority—the Black church.
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A Woman’s Weapon: Pop Culture Takes On the Poison Trope
Poison is the symptom of a decidedly feminine evil.
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Time Bombs: “Her Smell” and “Vox Lux” Let Viewers Fill in the Blanks
The use of time jumps might advance a narrative—but it’s also a way to bypass organic character development.
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