In the fun and sexy second installation of their "lesbian B-movie" trilogy, filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke subvert pulpy noir tropes to reveal the narrative convention's...
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"M3GAN 2.0" has joined an ongoing storytelling tradition in American culture about the cishet male fantasy companion: a wholly submissive female robot. Except this time, AI has entered...
When the news is so punishingly awful, finding joy might feel impossible. But Queen Bey’s “Cowboy Carter” tour — which reclaims country music and American patriotism — can...
Mary Harron’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel—a portrait of a very specific, ghoulish brand of toxic masculinity—is more than just a genre film. Revisiting it on its...
Here are 16 sketches that remind us that the women on the show are some of the most provocative, creative talents, with sketches and characters that have shaped the public opinion on...
No sooner did Chappell Roan hit the pop charts than she discovered fame comes at the cost of privacy and personal space. Her experience is a lesson in setting boundaries for all of us.
Sofia Coppola is the filmmaker laureate of adolescent female loneliness. But “Priscilla” offers only a glimpse of the woman who ultimately emerged from the constraints of a...
The writer never imagined identifying with Barbie. But Greta Gerwig’s thought-provoking portrait of the doll’s rude awakening of experiencing misogyny in the real world mirrored the...
The nearly-50-year-old fantasy game used to be the primary domain of nerdy white cis guys. But with collaborative storytelling as its core, it has become more accessible, imaginative,...
TV's long-form narrative offers opportunities to watch sexuality unfold over time, but bisexual storylines continue to be made palatable through a handful of tropes.