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Nuanced conversations about ‘the immigrant experience’—and what that even means. Watch all episodes
A chat with the CBC sitcom's co-showrunners, Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, and star, Anna Lambe, about Inuit humour, writing for a wide audience and making potentially controversial storytelling decisions.
I don’t want to discount the emotional impact of seeing your community targeted by an authoritarian government. But I’m going to need ultra-wealthy and powerful people to do a little more than cry when faced with injustice.
Like all the other immigrant kids on my timeline, I've been obsessed with "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS"—and especially how it crystallizes the feeling of longing for a place that might not actually exist anymore
Four years after those cannibalism allegations, the actor says his career is getting back on track—and he’s grown as a person, naturally. Whether or not that’s true, this mini news cycle is a lesson in crafting narratives, and evidence of how male celebrities are wielding spin against the women in their lives
From celebrity conservatism to the politics of smell, here’s a sneak peak of the pop culture themes I already know I’m going to be thinking about next year.
The picks in the fourth annual Friday Things holiday gift guide take inspiration from the most memorable pop culture moments of 2024, from the Wicked press tour to Kendrick Lamar’s hater energy to Chappell Roan’s pop supremacy.