Cultish provides readers with an explanation of not only how cults gain influence and but how seemingly any innocent person could fall prey to their power: the potency of words.
The Other Side of Perfect, which was released on May 11, imagines what a teen dancer would do if they suddenly couldn’t pursue dance professionally anymore.
Bhuiyan, who is now 22, was very aware that the stories she came across did not reflect her experiences as a Bangladeshi American teen from an immigrant family.
While quarantining and practicing social distancing, watching artists perform online and through social channels has helped me — and so many others — feel not only entertained, but also less alone.
I still find myself wrestling with the miniseries on a regular basis. Namely, I’m stumped by my minimally wavering desire to love the series despite the red flags of its portrayal of women.
According to Swift, she had previously “asked, pleaded for a chance to own my own work,” but was denied the opportunity to buy back her masters and thereby own her songs.
The anthology, which is being released on March 30 by Workman Publishing, is divided into chapters that center on themes that include “Seeking,” “Attitude,” “Longing” and “Shame.”
A Phở Love Story centers on two teens whose families own rival phở restaurants in the Little Saigon section of their hometown.
Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, knew that she wanted to feature a teen girl who could be what she calls an “Indigenous Nancy Drew.”
“I wanted to write about joy and about a girl who gets to fall in love, and gets to mess up and make mistakes and be a nuanced girl who isn't perfect."
Bridgerton deftly handles race, in much the same way Lin Manuel Miranda’s game-changing masterpiece Hamilton did.
The FBomb had the chance to talk to Jones about her career journey, working with other Black female creators, and why she strongly believes in advocating for diverse stories and creators.
These writers keep working, and all of them told The FBomb that more amazing stories about amazing women are coming soon.
On February 28, The César Awards, which are essentially the French Oscars, awarded the Best Director honor to Roman Polanski — a man who fled the United States after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
To this day, feminist zines are still a considerable presence in the zine universe.
These characters’ journeys expose our culture’s ridiculous link between relationship status and total happiness
2019 was a banner year for women in the entertainment industry. But female filmmakers are still unable to break the “celluloid ceiling.”
No women were nominated in the category of Best Director at the Golden Globes even though there were more women-directed top-grossing movies in 2019 than in any year before.
Waves is rare in its willingness to present a blurred marriage of volatility and sympathy without preaching or suggesting anything to the viewer. The movie itself crashes down on the audience like a wave, putting viewers in a state of constant unrest.
Black Twitter is generally known as a space for responses to cultural events and light-hearted humor. But it is also a genuinely critical space for black intellectuals and influencers, providing them a unique platform to explore the nuances of black Americans' lived experiences.
The award is well deserved, given that the influence of Missy Elliott’s work — especially her creative vision for her music videos — transcends generations and is still evident in popular music today.
As I've grown older, the author whose words I have most often remembered, that has rescued and offered solace to my friends and me is Toni Morrison.
Wry, humorous, and dark, Pity Boy captures the inner turmoil of being an LGBTQ+ adult trying to navigate relationships with family, friends, and partners; the songs on this album explore self-destructive habits, and self-doubt, that emerge from this exploration.
This film takes place in 2006, at the height of over-surveillance of Arab and Muslim communities in a post 9/11 United States and gives viewers a much-needed view into the inner life of a Muslim American teen girl.
Now that season 3 has premiered (it came out on June 5), it’s worth asking: Is it fair to characterize these depictions of violence against women in season 2 as “torture porn” and dismiss watching this season or any future seasons, or did those depictions have value?