TV
Boss Butch: “Gentleman Jack’s” Warm, Irreverent Take on 19th-Century Lesbian Desire
Gentleman Jack is unquestionably fun, but it also doesn’t set out to be an unconditional empowerment fantasy.
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Unbroken and Unbowed: Revisiting Disability Representation on “Game of Thrones”
Tyrion Lannister is a survivor in a deeply ableist family who loathes him for being a “dwarf.”
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Fire and Bleh: In the “Game of Thrones” Finale, We All Lost
We’ll never forget the show or its finale—but we’ll also never forget to look deeper at what it says about gender, representation, and episodic television as a whole.
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Beyond the Back Alley: “Call the Midwife” and TV’s Stubborn Abortion Binary
To date, TV has told only a small, self-evident part of illegal abortion’s history.
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Truth Hurts: Season 2 of “Fleabag” Is All about Fessing Up
Perhaps the masterstroke of season is in making Fleabag’s love interest someone who’s literally in the business of confession.
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Backtalk: Meh of Thrones
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into their disappointment over the final season of Game of Thrones. The epic series has given audiences a big cultural moment in the world of dragons, the fight for power, and a slew of women characters to love and hate—but is it doing justice to the story?... Read more »
The Post-Colonial Politics of “Game of Thrones”
The show’s brutal violence reflects on our current reality, not a fictional past.
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Only White Kids Find Treasure: “On My Block’s” Fantastical Coming of Age Story
None of the kids have delusions of grandeur; all they want is to buy their way out of historical cycles of violence.
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Object Lessons: “The Act” and the Ethics of Consuming True Crime
The interest in consuming true crime isn’t matched by an obligation to discuss the ethical implications of doing so.
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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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