Culture
We Need More Than Just Crumbs: In Search of Africa’s Afrofuturist Narratives
By honoring Black life in all imaginings of our futures, these films present us with a blueprint for worlds in which where Blackness is honored, period.
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Bitch In A Box: Hostile Gifts 2017
If there’s still “that person” on your list, or if Roy Moore’s loss has ignited your holiday spirit, here are some ideas.
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Nothing New: America’s Conveniently Forgotten History of Anti-Semitism Is Us
Although anti-Nazism permeates U.S. media and culture, this construction of America as inherently anti-Nazi is just that, a construction.
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Backtalk: Silence Breakers & The Weinstein Effect
This week, Dahlia and Amy break down Time’s much-anticipated “Person of the Year” magazine cover and cover story, and the continued fallout from the Weinstein effect. We thank our respective dieties that Trump’s ego isn’t being fed for being on the Time cover,... Read more »
White Hollywood: The Golden Globes Snub “Get Out” and “Mudbound”
What does it say that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri jumped over Get Out and Mudbound?
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Bitch in a Box: 10 Gifts For Every Witch
These gifts will bring out a little magic in anyone.
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Not Just Football: Abusers Rarely Strike Out in Baseball
Baseball hasn’t gotten the memo about the seriousness of domestic violence.
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Macabre Desires: What Lady Killers In Pop Culture Teach Us About Ourselves
When movies place qualifiers on women’s violence, they reinforce sexist ideals of violence.
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Douchebag Decree: Kate Winslet, WYD?
Woody Allen is a sexual predator and Kate Winslet is out here working hard to rehabilitate his image.
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Popaganda: Fembots
From Metropolis to Westworld, female robots have always played out complicated power dynamics onscreen. While the term “fembots” conjurs up the image of killer mechanical sex-kittens from Austin Powers, cinematic stories about female robots often deal with much... Read more »
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