In the past month, an increasing number of Americans are registering their horror at the genocide of the Palestinian people despite the insistent framing by many mainstream news outlets...
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Inspired by the examples set by Lena Dunham, Natasha Rothwell, and Lindy West, award-winning TV and fiction writer Zoe Whittall offers indispensable advice about how to combat fatphobia...
“Gaslighting” and “love bombing” are part of a language survivors use to describe weapons in the arsenal abuse. But these words are becoming part of our national idiom — and...
"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...
The more outlandish and dangerous his claims, the more determined is the press to normalize the increasingly delusional occupant of the Oval Office.
With the recent measles outbreaks, the U.S. is experiencing the devastating impact of "alternative facts," which will only worsen under RFK Jr's MAHA campaign. But there are ways to...
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...
Foster care is intended in this country to offer relief for children in dire situations. But increasingly, kids are being removed when parents are evicted from their homes — without...
The company’s lightning-fast response to White House pressure over the veteran correspondent reveals how quickly news organizations will capitulate.