TV
In Season 2, “Shrill” Challenges Viewers—and Itself—on Fat Politics
Shrill’s sophomore season widens the show’s narrative to explore other areas of Annie’s life and identity.
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Cold Comfort: “The Goop Lab” Proves Capitalist Takes on Self-Care Aren’t Going Anywhere
“We’re here one time, one life, like, how can we really like milk the shit out of this?”
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“The L Word: Generation Q” Stumbles Over a Alcoholism Storyline—Again
I’d like to see a queer character onscreen who has struggled with addiction but has done the work to be well.
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“Grace and Frankie” Expands Its World, but Loses Insight into the Women at Its Center
Grace and Frankie is at its best when it follows its tried and true formula.
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The Witching Hour: What the CW Loses to Magical Surrealism
As the CW depicts women’s coming of age stories through magical surrealism, we lose nuance.
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Sinister Niceness: On “You,” Killers Don’t Change their Spots
If Season 2 is any indication, we have no choice but to overlook the obvious in favor of granting white men an inherent innocence; it’s a default.
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The Most Impactful Pop Culture Phenomenons of the 2010s
As we speedily approach 2020, we reflect on some of the most memorable moments in pop culture of the last decade.
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In Bad Faith: Hallmark’s Jewish Stereotypes Meet America’s Rising Antisemitism
Hanukkah, as it exists to Hallmark, is just Christmas’s quirky ethnic sidekick.
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