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Gloria Steinem, equal rights revolutionary, dies at 92
Journalist and feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. magazine and spent her life working toward a more equitable world for women and girls, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. She was 92. As one of the most consequential figures of…
Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage
Every time I watch the 1986 action-horror classic “Aliens,” a film I’ve seen so many times I’ve lost count, it takes on new meaning. I’ve long argued its merits as a metaphor for a woman enduring sexism in the workplace,…
Women’s rage is in season again
The ancient Greeks had three distinct words for anger. Until “Furious,” I had no idea this was the case – but then, I’m not a “nut about mythology,” as FBI agent Nora Washington (Quincy Tyler Bernstine) describes herself. Nora explains…
Senator calls for criminal investigation into RFK Jr.’s lies to Congress over vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly lied to Congress last year during his confirmation hearings, according to a new report from The Guardian and The Associated Press. Now a senior Democrat is calling for an investigation into the Health and Human…
COVID vaccines are back. Just don’t expect the CDC to tell you that
As school starts up again and temperatures (hopefully) start to drop, with it comes the annual rise in airborne sickness — but luckily there’s also a crop of updated vaccines to prevent sickness, hospitalization and death. This year is no…
“Death of the Pastor’s Wife” casts doubt on true crime
The dead don’t rest anymore, at least not until someone’s turned their stories into content. A bit of a nihilistic viewpoint? Maybe. But my experience with the new Netflix docuseries, “Death of the Pastor’s Wife,” came only a day after…
Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies
Before dismissing Netflix’s trivia-based “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” as another passing fancy, remember that it is merely carrying on part of a larger quiz show tradition of lying. If shows like “Twenty-One” hadn’t been exposed for deceiving audiences by feeding…
FX’s fearless “Snowfall” comes to a close: A perfect ending to an American horror story
The final episode of FX’s “Snowfall”aired this week, marking the end of a creative, engaging and overall excellent television show, that made all of its viewers better, and hopefully policy makers paid attention. “Snowfall” debuted back in 2017. We meet…
Why Netflix only champions crap
Have you heard the tale of — come closer, we can’t speak too loudly — the . . . Whisper Man? If the beast’s name alone didn’t send shivers down your spine, just wait: He’s like those other cockamamy-named figures…
Lake America is Trump’s “freedom fries”
For a few years around the turn of the millennium, Ronald McDonald had an unusually sophisticated side hustle. Between 1998 and 2003, McDonald’s released six installments of “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald,” a direct-to-video series sending Ronald, Grimace, Hamburglar…