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Work in Progress: The Indian Directors Highlighting Depictions of Household Labor
Invisibilizing domestic labor allows men to ascribe higher value to the more “masculine” work they have traditionally performed.
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Pure Love and Trust: HBO’s “Share” Shows Groundbreaking Post-Assault Parental Behavior
Share sets a groundbreaking new model for a fresh paradigm of post-assault parental behavior.
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Eat or Be Eaten: Pollyanna McIntosh Brings Barbarism to Her Directorial Debut
Percentage-wise there’s more women watching horror than men, so it’s about time that there are more female voices.
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Gazed and Confused: How Do We Define the “Female Gaze” in Film?
A female gaze can’t simply be found in the deliberate desexualization of women, or in clever quips about smashing the patriarchy.
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Backtalk: Recasting a Disney Princess
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the live-action casting for Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Halle Bailey was announced as Ariel in the upcoming film and many racists cried it would be inaccurate to have Black mermaid in this classic story. Why is it so important for viewers to see a... Read more »
In “Late Night,” Comedy’s Whiteness Is a Backdrop for a Love Story
Mindy Kaling holds onto her affinity for caustic, negging romance, focusing this energy on the creative partnership between two very different women.
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Love, Factually: “Always Be My Maybe” Updates the Rom-Com Formula with Cultural Specificity and Heart
The best rom-coms make their predictability feel not like a weakness, but like a giddily essential pleasure.
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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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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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BitchWatch: 11 Movies Feminists Should Watch this Summer
If you’re looking for a comedy about women taking over the Irish mob, a spooky follow up to “Hereditary,” or a documentary exploring the racist horrors of the criminal justice system, we’ve got you covered.
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