Recent articles
February 21, 2026
Why the <em>Wuthering Heights</em> Movie Is Infantilizing
Everyone is 12 now, all the time.
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February 20, 2026
An Extraordinary Account of a Dangerous Marriage
Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is an astonishingly honest look at her life with a man who did the unthinkable.
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January 27, 2026
Less <em>Lolita</em>, More Late-Stage Capitalism
Jennette McCurdy’s Half His Age may seem like a story of exploitation—but it’s much more intriguing than that.
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January 16, 2026
The Unspeakable, Enabled
This year will decide whether gendered abuse in real life and online becomes the norm.
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January 10, 2026
<em>The Pitt </em>Is a Brilliant Portrait of American Failure
The HBO Max show has a moral clarity that’s hard to find of late on television.
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December 24, 2025
Why Did We Ever Watch <em>To Catch a Predator</em>?
A new documentary probes the influential Dateline series—and the titillating nature of true crime itself.
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December 22, 2025
Everything We Know About Rape Is Wrong
Girls Play Dead is a transformative analysis of what sexual assault does to women.
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December 17, 2025
The 14 Best TV Shows of 2025
The series that stood out in a year of noise
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December 4, 2025
The Slow Death of the Prestige Thriller
The genre’s overreliance on pulpy paperbacks is turning into a problem.
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November 27, 2025
‘Stranger Things’ Comes to an Exhausting End
The Netflix show is back for a final season, but its brand is forever.
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