Entertainment
Frankly, My Dear, You’re Seeing Closed Captions
November 20, 2019
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
June 5, 2019
‘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’
May 28, 2019
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
May 24, 2019
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
May 11, 2019
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
May 7, 2019
‘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
April 9, 2019
‘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
March 22, 2019
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…
Why I’m Obsessed with Celebface and Why I Probably Shouldn’t Be
March 18, 2019
Why I’m Obsessed with Celebface and Why I Probably Shouldn’t Be
We all know Instagram isn’t real - and here’s the proof.
Female Entertainment Writers Champion Diversity On and Off the Screen
March 17, 2019
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,…