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A slight man wearing a hoodie, wide-eyed, wracked with anxiety but assured in what he’s about to do, reveals he’s going to expose a...
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Analysis
Content warning: Article contains discussion of depictions of racist violence. Fandom, especially femslash fandom, is starting to confuse tokenism with representation. Worse, they hold...
Analysis
Are bad tropes always bad? Good or bad, tropes exist. Media has always gone hand in hand with them. Generally, they are seen as...
Podcasts
This week on Ladies First, Elizabeth is joined by Lisa, our site’s resident expert on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. We discuss the roles that queer women...
Analysis
The L Word was a show that came on TV at a time when women-loving women (wlws) sorely lacked representation in media. It was...
Television
Dear Mr. Moffat, I’m not a current viewer of Doctor Who, but I know people who are. People who were excited and happy to...
Analysis
Black Sails, the Starz show about swashbuckling pansexual pirates, came to an end on Sunday after four seasons. And not just any end—it came...
Podcasts
In the fourth episode of Ladies First, Elizabeth, Gretchen, and Kori discuss the problematic tropes that are often used in the depiction of wlw couples in...
Analysis
(HUGE spoilers for Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, and The Americans ahead. So turn away and watch them for yourselves, then come on back.)
Analysis
This article contains mild spoilers for the third season of ‘Orphan Black’ and the most recent seasons of ‘The 100,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The...
Culture
(General spoilers for Rosewood and The 100 ahead.) By this time there have been a variety of articles written about the horrendous way that Lexa was killed...
Analysis
Dear Mr. Rothenberg, I don’t watch your show, but I know many individuals who do—individuals who are actively hurting right now. I also happen...