Journalist Donna Minkowitz realizes 25 years later she was victim to her own internalized homophobia and ignorance on trans issues when she broke the story of Brandon Teena, subject of Boys Don’t Cry.
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Posted inEditor's Pick
How Reese Witherspoon is Flipping the Script on Hollywood
A profile of actor, director, producer, and literary taste-maker Reese Witherspoon, with a focus on her influential media company, Hello Sunshine, through which she’s creating roles and jobs for women, and changing the way movies and shows are made.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes
Tangled in the Infinite War
Superheroes they used to stick up for the underdog and punch a lot of Nazis. Now, they fight villains who look a lot like themselves. Who are the baddies now?
Posted inBlog Post, Media, Unapologetic Women
Why Can’t Female Reporters Stay in the Picture?
Journalists who get screen time are most often men—even when the original story was told by a woman.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
The Many Acts of Keith Gordon
How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews
The Many Acts of Keith Gordon
How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post
‘The Paper’ is the Most Essential and Overlooked Film About Journalism
No other film conveys the madness or the fun of deadline journalism.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Real Refugees of Casablanca
When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the U.S. consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.
Posted inReading List
Longreads Goes to the Movies: A Reading List
Five stories about movies, for your reading pleasure.
Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List
Our Zombies, Ourselves: An Undead Reading List
The zombie movie is more than an easy scare. It’s also become an essential lens through which we can view society.