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Friday, March 27, 2020

The Subversive Commentary on Gender in Netflix's Cheer

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When I was around eleven years old, there was a period of time when my mom would get her nails done every week, and she would take my sister...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Little Women and the Limits of Mainstream Radicalism

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Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is one of my favorite movies in recent memory. Most things about it are perfect, from the pacing to the charact...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

The Rom Com Resistance

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Throughout my childhood, and beyond it, I learned from the people around me and from the media I consumed that a man and a woman falling in ...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

My relationship with men: a story of rage, empathy, and hope

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I am angry at men, and I've been this way long before the #MeToo movement, which has made me feel validated and vindicated and all the m...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Lolly Willowes: My New Favorite Spinster Witch

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**Disclaimer: This novel was written in 1926, and it's been sufficiently spoiled by many others who have discussed it. Regardless, I sho...
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