Singles experience more prejudice and discrimination from society at large than most are willing to recognize or admit, especially coupled people who benefit from it. This essay contains spoilers for The Lobster (2015) and briefly mentions sexual assault and suicide Bisexuality is no longer an option. Guests of the hotel must register themselves as either...
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Indian Reality TV is Pushing Modi’s Hindutva Narrative
This new insurgency of Indian reality TV has become “a terrible shorthand that erases all the different cultures and societies within India,” in the process of showing Modi’s modern India, exclusive to Hindus. CW: mentions sexual assault/r*pe By Manaal Farooqi Over the past year, Netflix has become even more essential to passing the time, and...
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Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Was Almost A Perfect Black Film
Soul is one of Pixar’s most artistically beautiful, emotionally moving, and conceptually ambitious projects. Its biggest failure is that it fails to center Blackness. CW: mentions of sexual assault and some spoilers for Soul By Inigo Laguda When the trailer for Soul was released, it was embroiled in controversy. The film was accused of contributing...
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When Celebrities Fake Class Solidarity To Seem “Relatable”
Celebrities often fake class solidarity, while living in a completely different reality. To see Chrissy Teigen and John Legend continuously pretend to understand the needs of lower-class Americans is beyond maddening, but not surprising. By Priyanka Bansal While many of us were curled up on the couch in fear on November 3rd, waiting for results...
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The Garden Grant and the Perils of Being A Wallflower
The Garden Grant encourages diverse, nontraditional creators to make experimental and escapist art. The Verdant Fund repackaged the idea and refuses to credit its creator. By Maacah Davis Here are the three things you’re supposed to do when a larger, more established white-run nonprofit organization repackages your work (read: steals your idea) in order to...
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Uses Blackness and Bisexuality To Serve White Heterosexuality
The Queen’s Gambit is marked by both misogynoir and biphobia, as Jolene and Cleo operate as stereotypical plot devices that bolster up the straight/white power of chess prodigy Beth Harmon. By Maz Hedgehog CW: substance abuse, alcoholism, and spoilers for Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ The Queen’s Gambit is a good show. It’s engaging and exciting,...
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Just A Bunch of Pandas To Get Us Through The Election
Pandas. We need them, you need them, so we simply compiled an extremely important dossier of 21 panda pictures to get us through the week and beyond. Yeah, this week is really fucking difficult. Actually, this whole year, decade, lifetime has been difficult. But you know what, it’s ok to not read the news and...
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The Capitalistic Ties of #BlackExcellence Are Linked to Internalized Respectability and Classism
#BlackExcellence is a methodology, an ideology, a marketing schema, and an aesthetic, and it deserves to be re-examined for its elitism and the capitalist exploitation it can and often does engender. By Dalí Adekunle There has always been a place in the American economy for “get quick rich” schemes, especially ones that save your soul....
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A Spectacular Spooky Season Horror Watch List
No matter your horror tastes or boundaries, there’s bound to be something for you in this spooky season watch list. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And I’ve made you a list of recent and current horror movies and TV shows for the 2020 Spooky Season. It’s less a list of recommendations and...
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Ledisi Is Here To Stay
An illustrious career, music true to her New Orleans roots, Grammy-nominated artist Ledisi is all of herself with her newest release, “The Wild Card”. Ledisi has long been one of my favorite voices in the music industry. With her effortless fusing of Soul, Rock, Blues, and Jazz genres, it comes as no surprise to me...