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Soraya Roberts

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story

Cahiers du Post-Cinéma

by Soraya Roberts September 20, 2019January 27, 2023

The movie theater was once a kind of lay church, with festivals like TIFF serving as annual religious holidays — until new houses of worship opened online.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story

The Myth of Making It

by Soraya Roberts September 6, 2019January 27, 2023

If the most financially and critically successful artists don’t feel successful, maybe there’s something wrong with how we think about success.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women

Rock Me Gently

by Soraya Roberts August 30, 2019October 19, 2022

The classic rock star wanted to stick it to The Man, and did so bender by selfish bender. The new rock star knows you can’t do it alone.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

White Looks

by Soraya Roberts August 26, 2019October 19, 2022

Should white critics cover black culture? Only if they’re able to own their whiteness.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Take Off All Your Constructs

by Soraya Roberts August 16, 2019October 19, 2022

Hot Girl Summer has women subverting a feminine archetype, but only if they can embody it first.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story

Won’t You Be My Neighbor: An Anti-Hate Pop Culture Syllabus

by Soraya Roberts August 9, 2019October 19, 2022

Media and entertainment grounded in empathy are a critical part of a saner culture — and we can all help by actively producing, seeking, and supporting it.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story

Death Proof

by Soraya Roberts August 2, 2019October 19, 2022

With ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,’ Quentin Tarantino slakes his thirst for nostalgia while he plays god with another piece of history.

Posted inStory, Uncategorized

Free Solo

by Soraya Roberts July 26, 2019October 19, 2022

On the return of ‘Veronica Mars’ and the power of the solitary woman.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women

This (Wo)Man’s Work

by Soraya Roberts July 19, 2019October 19, 2022

When men devalue the labor of women like Andrea Arnold and overvalue the work of even problematic men, it’s a triple whammy that diminishes the individual woman, women in general, and the overall quality of culture.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

The Big Sick

by Soraya Roberts July 12, 2019October 19, 2022

Vomit culture keeps repeating on us because who doesn’t enjoy a good puke.

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