She haunts the screen like she’s just emerged from a crypt: twin raven braids, ghostly complexion, shadowed undereyes and a tell-tale flat expression. Yet, Wednesday…
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Content warning for sexual assault. On Nov. 4, 2022, HBO announced that “Westworld” will not return for a fifth season, leaving the show with no…
Hillerska: a private boarding school tucked away in Sweden; horseback riding, rowing, rowdy parties and, most notably, 16-year-old Crown Prince Wilhelm. Still, “Young Royals” (2022)…
More than nine million viewers streamed “House of the Dragon’s” finale, making it HBO’s most-watched conclusion since “Game of Thrones.” Despite being set in the…
This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and for “The Lord of the…
In an age of increasingly sensationalized content, the media takes advantage of women’s stories more often than not. As of late, the film industry has…
More than a decade after the premiere of “Game of Thrones,” “House of the Dragon” finally gets the female perspective right.
A show that only knows how to develop female characters by raping them is not a show made for women or survivors. When writers create strong female characters, they are creating some of the only positive role models that young viewers have. Raping them to make them more appeasing to the male gaze is a vile and inaccessible dramatic mechanism that carelessly perpetuates gendered violence.
In Avatar, the Water Tribe is conceived as an expansive global culture, but self sacrificing women in the real world often operate on a smaller scale, one of family or community
As Twitter user @jishnu_bandu so eloquently put it, in the era of COVID-19, in some of the dimmest of times in recent history, one must remember: “As you binge watched your thirteenth entire series, or read a book, or sleep to music, remember. Remember that in the darkest days, when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” This is true. We have all become heavy, gluttonous consumers of all forms of media.