Entertainment
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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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January 28, 2016
Norway’s KOSO is a Badass Girl’s Club
The ugly truth: less than 5% of music producers and sound engineers are women. This shocking statistic is true even…
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January 28, 2016
It’s 2016. Will Bollywood Change its Ways?
It’s 2016. Why on earth is India’s film industry so adamant about reflecting their long-standing sexist attitudes in their new…
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" felt like a beautiful combination of the old and the new, setting the stage for…
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January 22, 2016
Asexuality: Sherlock’s Biggest Mystery
“The Abominable Bride” features a fun scene regarding Sherlock’s ever-mysterious sexuality.
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