Entertainment
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,…
How ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Flips the Script on Common TV Tropes
March 14, 2019
How ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Flips the Script on Common TV Tropes
Image source: YouTube. CC BY-NC 2.0. Upon hearing the name of the CW show, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” that premiered in 2015, I…
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Be Ignored
March 10, 2019
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Be Ignored
Girls in film are either sexual or superpowered. Can’t we make room for them to just be girls?
Captain Marvel is a Female Cowboy on a Mission to Obliterate Patriarchal Exploitation
March 9, 2019
Captain Marvel is a Female Cowboy on a Mission to Obliterate Patriarchal Exploitation
I’ll be clear: the bottom line of this article is you need to see “Captain Marvel.” Your daughter needs to…
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and James Gunn: Stop Writing Sexist Scripts
March 6, 2019
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and James Gunn: Stop Writing Sexist Scripts
There are endless amounts of ways to make people laugh without alienating or disparaging a group of people.