Regarding the Pain of Oprah By Soraya Roberts Feature She gets a mansion and she gets a boat and she gets a jet! And you get to suffer and then maybe pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you’re lucky enough and bare enough of your private pain.
In Defense of Boris the Russki By Ayşegül Savaş Feature Ayşegül Savaş calls into question a kind of racism in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, and laments the liberal reluctance to rebuke discrimination outright, regardless of its targets.
Every One of Us Is Other: Looking Back on Representation in “Heavenly Creatures” 25 Years Later By Alex Difrancesco Feature Alex DiFrancesco reflects on Peter Jackson’s nuanced approach to representation in the critically acclaimed film.
On Representations of Disability: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List “How does pervasive ableism affect the way our society continues to be architected?”
The 19th Century Lesbian Made for 21st Century Consumption By Jeanna Kadlec Feature Jeanna Kadlec considers Anne Lister, the historical figure at the center of HBO’s Gentleman Jack, and the influence of other queer women who preceded her.
The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror By Soraya Roberts Feature Horror movies give more screen time to strong female characters and attract a large female audience. But few female filmmakers get to work on them.
A Fat Body and a Fat Mind: On Taking Up Space, Unapologetically By Michelle Weber Highlight Carmen Maria Machado’s stunning essay in Guernica on the power of women who take up space is an important read for people of any size.
Fans, Fiction, and Representation: A New Hope By Nicole Dieker Commentary This is where we are, in the world of fans, fiction, and representation: making progress and mistakes simultaneously.
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