Filmmaker Jessica Dorsky discusses socially responsible media and why feminism is about the right to choose in her documentary, Our Censored Bodies, on the Free the Nipple Movement.
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“Cool Girl” Immortal: Understanding Joan Didion
She posed existential questions through the mouthpieces of Californian characters who had wildly distinctive visions of the American Dream.
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A Work of Enduring Brilliance: Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
Gyasi encompasses hundreds of years of history between the covers of this 320-page masterpiece.
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The Films of Almodóvar: A Definitive Ranking
Our culture has not given Almodóvar enough credit for his radical depictions of nuanced identity.
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Rupi Kaur: The Only Worldly Antidote for Heartbreak
Kaur’s poetry is akin to comfort food, Advil, cough syrup and an emotional AED in one.
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Illuminating Loss, Hope, and the ‘American Dream’ in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake”
Lahiri’s prose is straightforward, unencumbered, and honest.
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