How About We Don’t Position Shia LaBeouf’s Return to the Red Carpet As Triumphant

After four years of avoiding the spotlight, the actor walked the red carpet at Cannes last week like he *hadn't* been accused of horrific violence by his ex, FKA Twigs. Wtf?

Club Friday Q&A: Lisa Whittington-Hill on How Pop Culture is Failing Women

A journalist and author of the upcoming book of essays, argues that, despite conventional wisdom saying things are better now, pop cultural representations of women haven't actually improved

The Boys Are Not Okay

The stabbing death of 15-year-old Elianne Andam by a 17-year-old boy has sparked important conversations about the manosphere, and how it’s instructing boys and young men on the finer points of misogyny.

Jonah Hill’s Controlling Texts Are About Way More Than What His Girlfriend Was Wearing

This month, it seems like every other discourse has been about some dude who wants to dictate what women and femmes can wear—and by extension, do. But we need to talk about more than just men. This is actually about patriarchy.

Why Didn’t Gap and Adidas See Kanye West’s Anti-Blackness as a Dealbreaker?

West has faced serious consequences for his antisemitism, and rightly so. But we need to talk about why it took so long for companies to respond to his problematic behaviour.

CTV Ending Lisa LaFlamme’s Contract Early Sends a Terrible Message to All Journalists

It tells female journalists we’re all going to age out of this business, journalists with more privilege not to stand up for their peers with less, and all of us that the bottom line matters more than the work we do.

Oh Cool, The Number One Movie on Netflix Right Now is Pure MAGA Propaganda

Yes, the main characters have great chemistry and that one song is super catchy, but is that enough to make up for the rampant pro-military messaging in 'Purple Hearts'? Uh, no.

‘Fire Island’ Doesn’t Need to Pass the Bechdel Test to Be Great

Joel Kim Booster’s Pride and Prejudice-inspired rom-com celebrates (and subverts) rom-com tropes to tell a story that’s both sweet and sharp. For one white journalist, that was a problem.

What The Amber Heard Verdict Can Tell Us About the Limits of #MeToo

Five years ago, #MeToo, Tarana Burke’s feminist movement went viral, ushering in an era of accountability for predatory men. The Depp/Heard verdict proves just how short-lived that era was.

Content Creators, Stans and Even Media Are Using the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Defamation Trial for Clicks. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

There's no simple, tidy narrative here—but that's not stopping the internet from trying to create one.

Celebrity, MediaStacy Lee KongApril 29, 2022Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Paul Bettany, Black-ish, Met Gala, Turning Red

This Is What’s Wrong With Those Recent Articles About Self-Censorship

In the past several weeks, there have been two articles published in huge outlets decrying the next stage of cancel culture: self-censorship. Too bad they’re B.S.

The Conversation We Should Have Had About Letitia Wright’s Anti-Vax Tweet

Black Panther actor Letitia Wright posted a transphobic, inaccurate anti-vax video last week—and instead of talking about medical racism, we’re talking about cancel culture (again).

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