The Racism Of White Women
It’s past time for us to ditch the damsel narrative, admit our power, and stand up for racial justice.
Celebrity Dating Gossip Is Getting Me Through This Pandemic
From Brad Pitt and Alia Shawkat (maybe) getting cozy during quarantine to Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s endless paparazzi walks, I can't get enough of celebrity odd couples.
Netflix's New Lesbian Documentary Misses The Mark
An otherwise heartwarming story of a decadeslong relationship, A Secret Love is undercut by its filmmakers' preoccupations with the closet.
6 TV Shows Worth Streaming Right Now
From Mindy Kaling's new heartwarming teen comedy to OG reality TV.
32 Short Story Collections That Will Cure Even The Worst Reading Slump
Look, we're not all spending quarantine breezing through the epics.
“I’m Depressed, But Feel I Have No Right To Be”: Class Anxiety During The Pandemic
“What good is the privilege I have when I feel like I can’t do anything meaningful with it?”
Is Someone In Your Household Going To Work While Sick?
We'd like to hear from you.
“Portrait Of A Lady On Fire” Is The Perfect Quarantine Watch
Céline Sciamma’s remarkable lesbian love story offers up some poignant — and timely — lessons about loving your hardest despite the future’s uncertainties. (Some spoilers.)
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 24 Best Books Of The Decade
There were a lot of books published this decade. These are the ones we’ll never forget.
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.
“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.
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.