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From the Junkyard: Meg Lionel Murphy Paints Through Trauma
I have had extreme, debilitating PTSD. I needed fantasy in order to survive
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Very Online: You Can’t Escape Death on TikTok
We’re still learning what to do with death, both online and off.
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Mind Interrupted: The Horrifying Manipulation of Black Women’s Psyches
The traumatic spectacles of these transformations often reveal so little about the interiority of the fictional Black women who experience them.
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Trauma Loop: “Antebellum” Mishandles Its Message
The film is fixated on racism as an act of overt violence, but racism is so monstrous because it can appear so deceptively normal.
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Jerry Harris and the Dark Underbelly of “Cheer”
The shows we so enthusiastically consume can transfer power and trust to people who will wield it violently.
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Begone with the Wind: How Hollywood Rewrites Slavery
If these cinematic perceptions of slavery are committed to memory, then we might accept the plantation as a mere backdrop to terror rather than the very site of it.
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“True Story” and “Fighting Words” Extend the Legacy of “Speak”
Twenty-one years later, we’re still telling similar stories to Speak—and yes, 21 years later, we still need them.
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Restoring Honor: Qandeel Baloch Defied Pakistan’s Patriarchal Code
By simply existing, Qandeel Baloch challenged nearly all of the dominant facets of Pakistani life.
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Alisson Wood Reclaims Her Power in “Being Lolita”
“My voice is my power, and I’m now able to share this with other women and make them feel like they’re not alone.”
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Journalistic Norms Dishonor Sexual Assault Survivors
A journalist’s hands are frequently tied by the same unjust systems.
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