Riverdale

The Witching Hour: What the CW Loses to Magical Surrealism

Two girls, one with red hair and red lipstick, another one white with a high blond ponytail, stand by a fire in a trash can. They both look serious.
by Meggie Gates
January 14, 2020 at 10:20am
As the CW depicts women’s coming of age stories through magical surrealism, we lose nuance.
A photo of Kevin Keller, a gay white male teen character from Riverdale.

Swipe Left: When Marginalized TV Characters Turn to Dating Apps

by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
June 28, 2019 at 10:26am
For marginalized characters, small-screen depictions of dating apps are more regressive than excitingly futuristic. Read more »
Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz on Riverdale

A City Divided: Gentrification Comes to “Riverdale”

by Natasha Ramoutar
January 11, 2018 at 8:00am
The small-screen gentrification of the southside mimics real-life dynamics Read more »