Culture
Kristen Arnett’s “With Teeth” Packs a Huge Bite
As unreliable a character as Sammie is, the reader knows she’s not a liar.
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Cute Overload: Pride, Kink, and the “Smol Bean–Industrial Complex”
It’s important to remember that respectability will not save us.
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Jessica Darling Saved Teen Girls in the 2000s. Can She Do It Again?
For a lonely teenage girl looking for a reflection of herself in a culture that disdains her, a brutally honest, interiority-heavy YA book can be a lifeline.
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“Somebody’s Daughter” Redefines the Way We Think about Love
We have to be open to the idea that love can look and be so many different ways.
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Sunken Place: “The Other Black Girl” Magnifies the Everyday Horrors of Racism
What’s scarier than a villain who pretends to think like you and looks like you?
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Remembering “Glee,” a Show That Fervently Celebrated LGBTQ Teens
Glee changed the representation game for queer kids on TV, which, in turn, changed the real-life game for queer kids off TV.
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Chrissy Teigen Cyberbullied Teen Girls. She’s Not the Only One.
She, like most of Hollywood, understood the gratification of tearing down other celebrities, particularly those considered “infamous.”
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Can “Master of None” Survive Aziz Ansari’s Scandal? We Still Don’t Know.
Master of None lost one of its most compelling components: unflinching emotional honesty.
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“The Other Black Girl” Verbalizes the Horror of Workplace Racism
Zakiya Dalila Harris puts a contemporary social lens on the horror her book details.
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