Who Has the Privilege of Anger?
In popular culture, as in life, race, class, and gender play an inextricable role in the way people express rage—and how society values it.
Skirting The Issue
The Science of Watching TV On Repeat
Are you caught in an endless loop of re-watching the same TV shows and movies? Your brain is trying to tell you something.
‘Ramy’ Is the Intersectional Show We Didn’t Know We Had
Ramy Youssef's Hulu comedy centers on a straight, male Muslim. But in season two, it's the women who are driving the plots—and social conversations.
Normalizing Abortion In Entertainment Is Long Overdue
Abortion has been legal for 47 years, but films and TV habitually skirt the issue. Two new projects propose a new subgenre: the abortion road trip.
The Self-Care of Escapist TV
With the distressing realities of politics, the spread of Covid-19, and a halt to life as we knew it, there’s comfort in political dramas, if only for an hour at a time.
It’s Time to Stop Mystifying Women’s Sexuality
Culture has consistently litigated women's desire to the point of spectacle. But it's really not that complicated.
Are TV’s Strongest Women Anti-Heroines, or Just Assholes?
Power-hungry, conniving, and vindictive female characters don’t necessarily make for rich storytelling, especially when that rage serves no purpose.
With the Release of ‘Dirty Computer’ Janelle Monáe Is Free AF
In her new visual album 'Dirty Computer,' the shape-shifting artist celebrates the core of what it means to be a woman, and finds her true identity in the process.
Why We Need ‘Our Bodies Ourselves’ Now More Than Ever
The classic guide to sex and sexuality is going out of print at a time when women’s bodies are under attack. Will the disappearance of this resource lead to a public health crisis?
We Need to Be Talking About Recy Taylor
“The Rape of Recy Taylor” filmmaker Nancy Buirski tells the largely forgotten story of a survivor whose injustice sparked a movement—and should be taught for generations to come.