A pandemic like COVID-19 renders celebrity nearly useless, and the lack of fan adoration—not a pandemic—is the celebrity’s version of a global crisis. At the beginning of March, it became very clear that COVID-19 had finally reached the United States. And because this doodoo-ass country had spent the last, what, EIGHT decades chipping away at...
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From Tumblr To Twitter: The Increasing Dangers of Stan Culture
In stan culture, the anonymity on social media collide with celebrity worship, spawning a toxic environment that rewards obsessive and violent behaviour. “Halsey Is Very Sorry for Accidentally Calling for Another 9/11” is a headline that I never would have imagined reading in 2020. In yet another entry in the Celebrities Can’t Take Criticism canon,...
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What Kevin Spacey Did Has Nothing To Do With Being Gay
Spacey’s actions have nothing to do with his sexuality — like anyone who makes unwanted sexual advances on young teens, it is about one thing and one thing only: Power. By Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins With the news of actor Anthony Rapp alleging that fellow actor Kevin Spacey made sexual advances towards him when Rapp...
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Women and Reality TV: What Competitors’ Journeys Say About The Feminist Struggle
One of our favorite things about watching competitions is feeling like one of the competitors represents us. We cheer for the home team, the contestant from our town or someone we identify with. But one of those competitors was representing an entire gender? We may claim to be a progressive society striving for equality, but...
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Hollywood of Color Snubbed Once Again: Oscars 2016
On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, two prominent names in the film industry decided to boycott the 2016 Academy Awards. Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both took to Social Media to express why they will not be attending this year’s award show. This is the second year in a row there no actors...
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10 Films Directed By Women in 2015 to Watch in 2016
2015 had some record-setting box office releases as well as some amazing feminist films. However, equality in the film industry is far from realized, which is why recognition is especially important. Personally disappointingly so, this was the year that a woman director gave us 50 Shades of Grey, so it was important for me to...
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6 WOC Leads That Could Have Been Played by Anyone
A well-written, well-rendered character who is genuine and interesting has viewers not only coming back, but transcending their shows and representing hope and inspiration for viewers who identify with them. Or, more so, who can identify with them. Too often in mainstream TV, if there happens to be a person of color, they are often...