Culture
Cultivating Joy: Dani McClain Faces Down the Fear of Maternal Mortality
When you become responsible for guiding a young person through this world, there are a lot of reasons to have some anxiety.
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Red-Letter Day: A New Documentary Looks at How One Case Redefined Rape Culture
Jane Doe’s rape went viral at a moment when American society was on the cusp of a major reckoning with social media.
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“Always Be My Maybe” Lets Its Asian Characters Simply Exist
Always Be My Maybe features characters that are only incidentally Asian.
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Not Safe For Work: “Reckoning” Reminds Us That the Fight against Sexual Harassment Didn’t Start with #MeToo
The book is a fascinating, often dizzying ride through legal history, cultural evolution, feminist-movement dynamics, and media mythmaking.
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Across Time: 7 Lessons “Pose” Teaches Us about Survival
Pose exists in a New York that is long gone, but it sometimes feels like our queer and transcestors are using the show to send us messages across time.
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BitchTapes: Celebrating Queer Latinx Artists For Pride
This BitchTape honors queer Latinx artists, from an array of genres, who refuse to hide their sexuality.
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No Moderates in Gilead: Season 3 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Is a Warning
The new season is a cautionary tale about seeking allyship with our oppressors.
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Teenage Kicks: “Booksmart” is an Earnest, Affirming Fantasy of Feelings
Booksmart devotes itself more to the strange, transcendent kind of intimacy that can develop between teens during a singular night.
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Diva Behavior: Can We Call Beyoncé a Genius Now?
Beyoncé as an artist is also questioning a lot of things about the way we do things.
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Back by Popular Demand: Beyoncé Harnesses the Power of Conjuring in “Formation”
In “Formation,” Beyoncé gathers ghosts to attend to history and the present, standing in for a myriad possible conjure women from various Black spiritual traditions.
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