Shannon Keating
I Probably Have The Coronavirus. I Wish I Could Know For Sure.
There’s so much we can’t know about the future. But getting tested for COVID-19, at least, would tell me that my own worst-case scenario is the one I’m in right now.
Shannon Keating
When The People You Love Can’t Accept That They Need To Stay Home
“I deeply value doing things for the greater good, but so many people in my life seem not to. I don’t know how to go forward with these relationships.”
Shannon Keating
As The Coronavirus Spreads, What Do We Really Owe One Another?
Pandemics have historically pushed humanity to undergo great moral and spiritual reckonings. This one could be ours.
Shannon Keating
Opinion: Bernie Sanders Is A Straight White Man. Does That Matter?
Voters don’t have to identify with Bernie Sanders to believe he’ll do the best job representing people like them — and people completely unlike them, too.
Shannon Keating
14 Movies To Get Excited About In 2020
The best films out of Sundance 2020 include a feature based on a viral Twitter thread and a time-warp rom-com starring Andy Samberg.
Shannon Keating
Congrats To Everyone Who Realized Older Women Are Hot
It shouldn’t surprise us that fiftysomethings, from Jennifer Lopez to Jennifer Aniston, can still look this good.
Shannon Keating
The New “Little Women” Makes Space For Jo’s Queerness
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation leaves room for the idea that Jo might be different in a way Louisa May Alcott never put into words. Spoilers ahead.
Shannon Keating
The Year In Heteropessimism
In 2019, mainstream American culture has wrestled with (white, middle-class) straightness — and the question of whether it might be an ultimately doomed project.
Shannon Keating
You Wanted Same-Sex Marriage? Now You Have Pete Buttigieg.
To a lot of progressive queer people, Buttigieg’s campaign symbolizes everything the marriage-focused mainstream gay rights movement has failed to deliver.
Shannon Keating
“The L Word: Generation Q” Is Trying To Atone For The Original’s Sins
Showtime's new iteration of an old favorite mostly makes me wish that Hollywood would take more risks and let a new generation of queer characters explore their own universes.
Shannon Keating
25 TV Episodes From This Decade We’ll Never Forget
Narrowing down the 25 best TV episodes from the past 10 years is maybe a silly thing to do. But we tried it anyway.
Adam B. Vary
The Case For Renting Your Clothes
I love experimenting with style, but hate how much clothing I end up getting rid of. By renting and returning a few things each month, I think I can have it both ways.
Shannon Keating
The “Terminator” Franchise Has Let Sarah Connor Down
Linda Hamilton's iconic character is as fit and formidable as ever in Terminator: Dark Fate, but the movie ultimately squanders the opportunity to say something new.
Shannon Keating
Kindness Is Not Enough
As illustrated by the A-list stars applauding Ellen DeGeneres’s friendship with George W. Bush and a “beautiful” video of Brandt Jean forgiving his brother’s killer, the most privileged among us too often prioritize positivity over justice.
Shannon Keating
Am I Writing About My Life, Or Selling Myself Out?
Narcissistic, self-indulgent, worthless, cruel: criticisms leveled against social media influencers and young women who write about themselves sound a lot alike.
Shannon Keating
Against Nihilism
This summer I confronted an unsettling question: Why bother being kind to my body or saving for the future if there isn’t even going to be a future?
Shannon Keating
Do Women’s Clothes Seem Weird Lately? Because I’m Into It
The modesty of a prairie dress, the horniness of a crop top — women’s style trends have gone haywire, and it’s great.
Shannon Keating
This HBO Show Nails What It’s Like To Be Alive In 2019
The family at the heart of HBO’s Years and Years alternates between anger and despair in the midst of global turmoil — just like us.
Shannon Keating
People Are Calling For This Queer Indie Film To Be Canceled Before It Hits Theaters
Rhys Ernst’s queer coming-of-age movie, Adam, was set to be an indie hit — then an online campaign started urging audiences to boycott it. What happened? (Spoilers.)
Shannon Keating
Are Straight Women OK?
Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women is framed as a sweeping exploration of human desire, when it’s really just one more “relatable” narrative of straight women’s sexual despair.
Shannon Keating
