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5 Powerful Lessons Arya Stark Teaches about Surviving Trauma
Arya Stark’s darkness is not minimized or sugarcoated.
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Ride or Fly: “Tuca & Bertie” Offers a New Tail about Women’s Friendship
Stories about female friendships are often bookended by one or both of the friends experiencing a big life change and moving on.
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Lisa Hanawalt on Animating Your Own Escape
People are finally starting to pay attention to the terrible ways women are treated, but every animation studio and production company needs to be less oblivious.
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“Made in Heaven” Injects Feminism into India’s Big Wedding Industry
Though the show is purportedly about the lives of the wedding planners, its goal is in fact to not just challenge the patriarchy but to crush it under a designer heel.
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The “Claws” Effect: “Good Girls” Is More Than a Guilty Pleasure
These women are more concerned about paying their mortgages, caring for their children, and fighting complicated custody battles than facing consequences.
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A Girl Has Sex: Three Cheers for Arya Stark’s Sex Scene
Given Arya’s recent past, this might be the most wholesome thing she’s done in a while.
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Finally, There’s a Comedy Where Disability Isn’t the Punch Line
The show offers a protagonist who experiences insecurities that most people, disabled or not, can relate to.
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Every Breath You Take: Season 2 of “Killing Eve” Is Fuel for Our Obsession
Is Eve’s obsession with Villanelle or with the prospect of unpacking the psyche of female killers?
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Casual Righteousness: The Feminist Evolution of Teen Dramas
Though the politics of the Archie Universe aren’t perfect, they signify a powerful shift in the content of teen drama.
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Big as Life: “Shrill” Upends Pop Culture’s Fat Narrative
Aidy Bryant brings humor and positivity to a role that could have easily fallen into stereotype with a lesser actress.
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