Culture
Me Who?: Debbie Harry’s “Face It” and the Challenge of Addressing Outmoded Rape Narratives
The urge to superimpose the cultural context of today on the difficult truths of the past risks erasing them.
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Leah Vernon Won’t Be Hemmed in by the Fashion Industry
The fat, Black, Muslim, blogger speaks truth to power on her Instagram account, in her new book, and in this raw, honest interview.
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Uneasy Spirits: Black Vengeance in Supernatural Pop Culture
There’s a specter in our midst, and it’s white people’s projection of their own guilt and fear onto the Black search for justice.
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Girl Watchers: The Uneasy Female Gaze of “Black Conflux” and “The Other Lamb”
Two new films challenge sexist coming-of-age tales where teen girls are master manipulators.
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Transmitting Culture: A New Slate of Films Serve as Love Letters to Korean American Mothers
Always Be My Maybe, Searching, and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before depict Asian American mothers as worthy of the same care, sympathy, and compassion that they bestow on their children, family, and friends.
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In “Batwoman,” Lesbians and Queer Women Are Complicated—and Brave
A lesbian superhero who saves the city and her girl stands out considering that pop culture is still learning how to stop killing off lesbians onscreen.
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Fashion Victims: Can Creativity Survive If the Hustle Never Stops?
It’s not just the fashion industry that’s suffering the effects of late-stage capitalism’s relentless production demands.
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Victims Owe Us Nothing: Chanel Miller Reclaims Her Story and Identity in “Know My Name”
Chanel Miller’s weaving of her day-to-day life with the lingering trauma of her assault illustrates the singular way sexual-assault victims are asked to move through the world.
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Jeannie Vanasco on Processing Rape by Writing About It
“The thing I felt most afraid of was publishing this and having feminists read it and be disappointed in me.”
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“Big Mouth” Endlessly Explores Sexuality, but Still Stumbles on Queerness
It’s not that I’m surprised a television show failed to accurately represent bisexuality and pansexuality. It’s that I’m surprised Big Mouth was one of those shows.
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