Entertainment
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May 11, 2016
Hello, My Name is Doris: A Fresh, Coming-of-Age Film
Why is “Doris” any different from a long history of large age gaps in movies? It stands out because the…
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May 4, 2016
Your Recipe to LEMONADE
A guide to the best Beyoncé think pieces since the last two weeks.
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May 1, 2016
The CW: Dare to Defy (Tropes) and The 100
The main issues with "The 100" are queerbaiting, the mistreatment of minorities, both through the cast and the characters on…
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April 16, 2016
Book Review: “We Believe You”
By telling accounts of their assault and their recovery, these survivors create the possibility of educating others, as well as…
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March 4, 2016
Films We Love That Pass the Bechdel Test
Note: none of these films are guaranteed to be unproblematic—this is simply a list of films that pass the Bechdel…
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February 25, 2016
Five Films Feminists Should Watch Instead of The Best Picture Nominees
Why are a group of white guys the metric we most use to establish which films are the highest quality?…
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I am unbelievably exhausted with people equating the “festival of colours” with our entire existence as a nation. The problem…
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February 14, 2016
“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the Politics of Making History
I never thought that I would be begging my friends to listen to a rap battle between Alexander Hamilton and…
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February 14, 2016
Brittany Howard, Alabama Shakes, and Diversity in Music
With Beyoncé’s radical Super Bowl 50 statement and the comeback of icon Missy Elliot, Black History Month this year seems…
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February 8, 2016
Book Recommendation: Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen: An American Lyric”
“Because white men can’t police their imagination, black men are dying.”
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