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Frankly, My Dear, You’re Seeing Closed Captions

Frankly, My Dear, You’re Seeing Closed Captions

Where is the urgency to find more convenient and influential technological advances meant for deaf moviegoers? Obviously there is none.
‘Someone Great’: Applauding Female Friendship and Queer Relationships

‘Someone Great’: Applauding Female Friendship and Queer Relationships

In almost all of the romantic comedies I’ve watched since childhood, the female protagonist’s friendships always took a backseat to…
Superheroes Should Come In All Sizes, Not Just in ‘Thin Straight Male’

Superheroes Should Come In All Sizes, Not Just in ‘Thin Straight Male’

By having superheroes be depicted with highly unrealistic but conventionally attractive bodies, fatness is presented as antithetical to the very…
Not Everything is Love: Why We Need to Kill the “Ride or Die” Chick

Not Everything is Love: Why We Need to Kill the “Ride or Die” Chick

America is a motherfucka to Black women just as much as it is to Black men. Perhaps even more so…
Hey Netflix, Cancelling Good Shows Won’t Make Us Love You

Hey Netflix, Cancelling Good Shows Won’t Make Us Love You

Netflix canceled “One Day at a Time” after three seasons, and that’s a problem.
‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Deserves La Chancla

‘The Curse of La Llorona’ Deserves La Chancla

Here’s a hypothetical: if you were given the task of crafting a movie centered around a myth from Latinx culture,…
‘Captain Marvel’: Feminism Lacking in Intersectionality

‘Captain Marvel’: Feminism Lacking in Intersectionality

We can ask a new question: is “Captain Marvel” really all that intersectional?
Dear ‘The Umbrella Academy’: It’s Still Incest

Dear ‘The Umbrella Academy’: It’s Still Incest

Writers, stop romanticizing incest. Stop normalizing all these harmful tropes and influencing your audience to simply accept them as they…
Female Entertainment Writers Champion Diversity On and Off the Screen

Female Entertainment Writers Champion Diversity On and Off the Screen

On Wednesday, March 6, the Bruin Film Society hosted a Women in Entertainment panel with three television writers: Kara Brown,…
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