Basic fascination with fancy people, a little bit of schadenfreude and, oh yes, deep frustration that they can neglect social mores in ways that racialized, fat and disabled folks cannot.
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The rapper has been losing followers, endorsements and famous friends by the dozen after his unprompted homophobic remarks at Rolling Loud, so it’s no wonder he’s trying to save face by claiming cultural differences. There’s just one tiny thing: that’s bullshit.
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Here are Ishani Nath’s must-watch picks for Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada in August 2021, including Anne Boleyn, Only Murders in the Building and The Chair.
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The billionaire space race has me thinking about income inequality—but the problem isn’t just Bezos, Branson and the rest of the rich white guy contingent.
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The Tokyo Summer Games kick off one week from today, and with every news story about a Black athlete who’s been disqualified, I find myself wondering who actually benefits from the Olympics.
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When Mesley took to the Globe & Mail’s opinion pages to tell her side of the story, she wasn’t shedding light on a complicated situation. She was trying shift focus from what she actually did: use a racial slur.
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Our must-watch picks for Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada in July 2021, including Ted Lasso, Gossip Girl and Never Have I Ever Season 2.
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We learned a lot about Britney Spears’ conservatorship this week. To help put it all in perspective, I recruited my friend Russ Martin, a writer, pop culture expert and long-time Britney fan.
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Some people refused to listen to necessary critiques around the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in ‘In the Heights’—but thankfully, Lin-Manuel Miranda was not among them.
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No one should be surprised by the horrific terror attack on a Pakistani-Canadian family in London, Ont. this week. If you were, it’s time to start paying attention.
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Talking to journalists is part of Osaka’s job–so what we *should* be asking is, what can tournaments and news outlets do to create a safe work environment for her?
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Here are Ishani Nath’s must-watch picks for Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada in June 2021, including The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Physical and Lupin.
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After Courtney Stodden reminded the internet that Chrissy Teigen was a terrible Twitter troll back in the day, I kept looking for feminist-leaning publications to weigh in. And I’m still waiting, tbh.
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The inadvertent message was that Gen Z isn't faced with the same unrealistic and damaging beauty ideals as millennials. But they definitely are.
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Western media, politicians and even social media platforms create and control a narrative that upholds Israel’s colonialism—and while there are limits to celebrity activism, subverting this narrative is one thing it actually can help with.
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From Rihanna to Drake to Kanye West, here’s the summer soundtrack we deserve. (Whether we will actually get it is another story.)
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There has been a lot of conversation over 19-year-old singer Billie Eilish’s grown-up transformation in the pages of British Vogue. She’s made it clear that the concept was her choice, but in an industry notorious for hypersexualizing young women, how much agency does she actually have?
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her actor husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, were trending this week because of a now-debunked divorce rumour, which inspired me to look back at how they couple, who are 23 years apart, have been covered before. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t great.
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Here are Ishani Nath’s must-watch picks for Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crave and CBC Gem in May 2021, including Sound of Metal, The Underground Railroad, Ziwe and Master of None.
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If there was no video, Derek Chauvin likely wouldn’t have been found guilty of murdering George Floyd. But how do we share videos of police brutality without also commodifying Black death?
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